Please read this! SLC Dunk- Black Lives Matter

[My2Cents]

Black lives do matter. It's as simple as that. You can support the movement and be critical of the methods. I don't like everything that's happening, but I still support the idea.
That said, I don't have the time to look at every poster but I'm not convinced those negative comments are all from Jazz fans. Twitter is a crap fest. Also, guessing you can find the same negative comments in other team's timelines. .

 

[Deleted member 95]

What a convenient excuse to pigeonhole all Jazz fans and remove his Jazz gear. Land of the free New York City, here he comes. Good riddance, ya ****ing baby.

 

[One Brow]

The idea that any comment that questions BLM or the methods of protest currently being employed is racist is manipulative and wrong.

I don't know of anyone who says that *any* criticism is wrong. However, many people who want to protests to go away for racist reasons will try to portrays their questions as not being racist.

 

[One Brow]

Welcome to 2020 and cancel culture.

Meaning it's getting harder to cancel protests you disapprove of?

 

[One Brow]

Call me what you want #All lives matter

Why don't you put that into a discussion where people are saying it isn't true? Why would you think that's a good response to #BlackLivesMatter?

 

[One Brow]

It only seems to pop up when it's white on black issues, never when it's black on black.

Actually, it's authorities (especially police) on black. It's not like you see protests organized around interracial bar fights.

 

[DasJazz]

I don't know of anyone who says that *any* criticism is wrong. However, many people who want to protests to go away for racist reasons will try to portrays their questions as not being racist.

I don't mind protests at all, for many topics. I do not agree with radical rioting and burning down the very livelihoods of the people these rioters supposedly are fighting for. It takes the narrative away from what is important and doesn't allow for proper dialogue to fix or address the actual problems at hand.

 

[One Brow]

I don't mind protests at all, for many topics. I do not agree with radical rioting and burning down the very livelihoods of the people these rioters supposedly are fighting for. It takes the narrative away from what is important and doesn't allow for proper dialogue to fix or address the actual problems at hand.

That's one reason so many protesters are calling out the rioters and looters, and sometimes protecting the police. Don't confuse the rioting with the tactics of BlackLivesMatter.

 

[Joe Bagadonuts]

Cancel culture sucks.

It is ironic that some say that they cannot scrutinize BLM.

Then they get upset when others scrutinize them for expressing their anti BLM views.

Karma is a bitch.

Show me an instance of this happening.

 

[oneye]

Context Matters. Saying Black lives matter incites that they didn’t before. Of course they matter, they always have. Isn’t it that pretty clear when I say All lives matter?

look it’s clear we don’t agree on this issue. All I am trying to say is to me the article is racist. Racism is a two way street and as long as we see people as black, white, brown and yellow. There will be racism, in other words we will be divided.

Black lives have absolutely not been created equal through the entirety of this countries history.

 

[Joe Bagadonuts]

I won't call you anything but .......
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In all fairness, if you make any of the other statements in that post nobody denounces you. If the breast cancer foundation is focused on talcum powder lawsuits and you point out that giving some attention other leading causes of breast cancer might make some sense nobody tells you that you're an out of touch, insensitive jerk. If you point to statistics that indicate that the general trend of a specific cause of cancer has been improving and that the vast majority of cancer doctors are very dedicated to properly handling the disease you aren't vilified. If you notice that some of the breast cancer activists are doing things like tatooing other body parts or destroying organs they don't particularly like you are not considered to be a bad person. When it comes to BLM if you do anything other than agree completely with everything they say, and capitulate immediately to all of their demands you are apparently, in their eyes, a racist. It is unlikely that we can make the necessary progress until the dialogue on both sides improves significantly.

 

[oneye]

What a convenient excuse to pigeonhole all Jazz fans and remove his Jazz gear. Land of the free New York City, here he comes. Good riddance, ya ****ing baby.

It has certainly become very clear Donovan is super immature. Every player/teams page has those comments. Go check the last Lakers post. It’s whatever, he needs to grow up. If comments on social media get you that up tight you’re either looking for excuses to leave, or you’re really super immature.