Given BLM's co-founder has come out is support of the Seattle protesters, I think

[snagglepuss]

the notion that the "real" BLM is critical of what happened there can be ditched. (Babel 17 on another thread posted this.)



https://www.facebook.com/marissa.jenae.johnson




Patrisse Marie Cullors-Brignac
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Mara Jacqueline and Marissa Jenae deserve to be treated with respect and dignity. They are apart of BLM. I support them in their leadership. Please discontinue harming them through social media. If you have questions about what Black Lives Matter's does. Please message me. I'm tired of folks not being principled or just hateful for no good reason.

BLM did not circulate a petition asking for an apology. We are not circulating articles that are slandering these women's names. Cut this shit out, yall.




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Personally I don't know whether to laugh at cry at her being "tired of folks not being principled or just hateful for no good reason" and stating that "Mara Jacqueline and Marissa Jenae deserve to be treated with respect and dignity".

[BillZBubb]

1. Perhaps if they had afforded others respect and dignity...

they wouldn't be receiving this well earned blowback.

And if BLM supports what happened in Seattle, they are politically clueless at the top.

[99th_Monkey]

4. +10 ~nt~

[yourout]

2. If they want to be...."...treated with respect and dignity" then earn it.

What they did was neither respectful nor dignified.

[snagglepuss]

3. The hypocrisy is jaw-dropping. nt

[retrowire]

5. yeeeaaahhh...

respect begets respect.

Sorry, if the majority of BLM starts to endorse these actions then I'm going to start ignoring their movement and getting back to the real issues like racism, police brutality and all the original issues we were fighting.

[SoapBox]

6. One earns respect...You don't get respect by demanding it.

How about cutting the bullshit crap dumped on Bernie Sanders?

And how old are those nitwits? Still in their teens?

That alone pisses me off.

[HereSince1628]

11. I was raised to be respectful and polite by default...

I know the notion of earning respect is popular, and I think there is sometimes confusion...

When a person is talking about respecting ability and merits of others, it certainly is something that is earned. When you step into an interaction with a stranger in polite company, you start respectfully.

The BLM Seattle protestors can't be said to have behaved that way. What they earned is distrust, what they cast aside was that default respect.

[winter is coming]

7. It will be interesting to see just how much of BLM Patrisse Cullors represents. n/t

[DinahMoeHum]

8. While they're at it, BLM had better watch out for it's wallet. . .

. . .when it comes to member Tia Oso (the lead disruptor at Netroots Nation).

She has a record of spending money that ain't hers:

http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/tia-oso-protester-who-interrupted-martin-omalley-is-convicted-embezzler-7505469

[Pharaoh]

9. "tired of folks not being principled or just hateful for no good reason" and stating that "Mara Jac

hypocrite

[snagglepuss]

10. Someone who is that hypocritical is not in touch with reality.

[ALBliberal]

12. Unprofessional. Really? This is a BLM spokesperson?

Watched a clip of their "shut down" of Bernie' s rally. Physically hanging on speakers and yelling. The young men with them seemed embarrassed. It was cringeworthy.

[glinda]

13. Bothered by either trolls or just misguided people on some BLM related sites

spreading false facts, rumors and false accusations about Bernie. This is fueling the problem IMHO.