Charlottesville Virginia

[PoppaJ]

"In recent weeks, we’ve received a number of requests to name Black Lives Matter a hate group, particularly in the wake of the murders of eight police officers in Dallas and Baton Rouge. Numerous conservative commentators have joined the chorus. There is even a Change.org petition calling for the hate group label.

In our view, these critics fundamentally misunderstand the nature of hate groups and the BLM movement.

Generally speaking, hate groups are, by our definition, those that vilify entire groups of people based on immutable characteristics such as race or ethnicity. Federal law takes a similar approach.

While it’s no surprise, given our country’s history, that most domestic hate groups hold white supremacist views, there are a number of black organizations on our hate group list as well." - from SPLC

BLM gets a clean slate. In fact the pastors who reported from Charlottesville praised how well the young folks from BLM worked with them, comported themselves and how helpful and passionate they were.
They too often take the wrap for anarchist types who aren't part of their nonviolent group.
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Fake news. They are black radicals. Saw it on Fox News so it must be true.

 

[elgordoboy]

I like how in political discussions/skirmishes minds really do get changed! Such an optimistic and hopeful system. Through manic posting of links and a flooding of acronyms the Left is moved to the Right and the Right is moved to the Left. Harmony has ensued. And only five pages were needed to get there in this case. I see some other threads with dozen of pages. They must be full of good cheer, pats on the back, and overloaded with "hail fellow well met"isms. I'm going to go check those out and get some feel good on before I risk going to publix later. It appears that The BLM, KKK, IBS, MS13, Sur13, Sur La Table, HIV, and gosh knows what else have heavy representation here in Mayberry at the Beach.

 

[Kaydence]

"In recent weeks, we’ve received a number of requests to name Black Lives Matter a hate group, particularly in the wake of the murders of eight police officers in Dallas and Baton Rouge. Numerous conservative commentators have joined the chorus. There is even a Change.org petition calling for the hate group label.

In our view, these critics fundamentally misunderstand the nature of hate groups and the BLM movement.

Generally speaking, hate groups are, by our definition, those that vilify entire groups of people based on immutable characteristics such as race or ethnicity. Federal law takes a similar approach.

While it’s no surprise, given our country’s history, that most domestic hate groups hold white supremacist views, there are a number of black organizations on our hate group list as well." - from SPLC

BLM gets a clean slate. In fact the pastors who reported from Charlottesville praised how well the young folks from BLM worked with them, comported themselves and how helpful and passionate they were.
They too often take the wrap for anarchist types who aren't part of their nonviolent group.

Black Lives Matter Is Not a Hate Group

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Mmm hmm, it was all about feelin the love from both sides. #peopleslivesmatter

 

[Kaydence]

I guess you haven't been paying attention to the flood of reporting in recent weeks about when and why most confederate monuments were erected?

The real story behjnd all those Confederate statues

Does it make it any less HISTORY because of when it was done? No.

 

[carson]

Clergy was warned, yet they went to a convention of hate mongers, racists, antifa, BLM, KKK and nazi protesters.

I just can't wrap my brain around the fact people knew there would be violence and went anyway....to do what? Did they think this was going to be an ethnic cleansing and everyone would throw down their beliefs and come away filled with the holy spirit and embrace one another? Delusional much?

This nation was stolen from Native Americans and reconstructed after a brutal and bloody war. Americans hunted, imprisoned, raped, and murdered Native Americans and we continue to this day to stake claims on religion, history and anything else that offends our sensibilities. We can't rewrite history, we can't ignore how we got here...to continue to do so, shows us unequivocally that we have learned nothing from the mistakes of the past. Removing anything that offends your personal sensibilities (like monuments and flags) isn't going to change our nation or how it was founded.

Learning to live and tolerate our differences and ignore hate filled rhetoric won't make it go away but it damn sure means you're not going to be a victim of your own stupidity either. Going to a convention of hate in my opinion was just downright stupid! Giving hate and ignorance a platform...stupid! Removing statues and flags won't make our history go away and you don't get to rewrite it as if we are a kinder gentler nation either...we are not and never have been.

We are one race...the human race. The sooner we learn to live and embrace what we personally believe and stop trying to change what everyone else believes the better off we will be. People are gonna hate. Let them. You don't have to be an active participant in it. Walk away, be the bigger person, let our history be YOUR PERSONAL lesson that you never want to go back where we came from and let those monuments and flags be a constant remainder of what we should never be again but still are in so many ways... Charlottesville just showed us that while we may have come a long way we have much much farther to go.

Well put.

 

[Kaydence]

To any who claim supremacy over other human beings, to any who believe in racial or religious hierarchy: I am NOT you.

This whole idea of ridding the US of things people are offended by is a superior attitude that you are somehow better than those who don't share you particular views.

It's just my opinion...but that makes you part of the problem.

 

[elgordoboy]

Here Hear! I propose a statue of Charles Manson be erected on the corner of 98 and 331 in the Tom Thumb right of way. And as it is part of History we use Tax payer dollars of course. Let folks coming in, and ones that reside here, know that we won't be intimidated from offending any and all!

 

[John G]

I'm going to go out on a limb and just assume this is "fake news" too....

"A group of predominantly left-wing protesters tore down a monument to Confederate veterans in Durham, North Carolina, Monday night. The vandals claimed they were taking a stand against a symbol of evil."

Left Shows Hypocrisy with Selective Monument Rage

 

[elgordoboy]

On a serious note, someone just sent me this. Seems appropriate

 

[Kaydence]

This woman was also filled with the holy spirit

This was the result of her holiness...