But those ATTACKING those who are trying to work for their cause are NOT representing BLM, as shown by them espousing more connections to Sarah Palin and other agendas, and were there for agendas that weren't trying to further what BLM was originally set up for, which we all support, and no one can accuse Bernie supporters of not wanting to support POC's fight against police oppression, etc. The crowd was loudest last night in expressing that sentiment, even if many of them had some ill feelings that were instigated by the actions of those women that were there to agitate, not do anything constructive.
Now the BLM movement like many other movements such as Occupy, perhaps has a a hard time having anyone standing up to speak for all of them, but so far I think we're still waiting for some decent leadership to step up and make some statements that these women weren't speaking for most of the rest of the movement's members, and try to reach out to those who will, which I can guarantee you would be very gladly accepted by all of us. Instead we had some dismissing one POC's attempt at trying to help fix this problem when he put forth an apology and tried to claim official responsibility for doing so. Yes, he might not have been an "official" leader of the membership of that group, but in my mind, those that are if there are any strong leaders in the movement, should have picked up his message and said that though he wasn't amongst official leadership entities, that he spoke for them and thank him for doing what he did. They lost that opportunity, so we're still in a state of flux of what the rest of the movement really stands for. Disrupting progressive change movements, or really working to help further the rights and welfare of oppressed people of POC that everyone wants.
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