The phrasing in this statement clearly shows the mindset of some of these individuals. They donât feel any connection or compassion to what is happening, they just donât fucking care. And theyâre not afraid to say it either. Itâs TERRIFYING. Look at this:
I canât get behind the violence and the destruction in the name of justice.
It makes me wonder, did they get behind the violence and destruction of an officer kneeling on the neck of a black man in the so-called name of justice? Is that something âthey can get behind?â
It does nothing but take away the focus and validity of your cause. If you want others to be open to your cause, if you want your causeâs impact to have longevityâŠÂ Â
Your, your, your. No âour causeâ or even âthis important causeâ. For this individual, this is NOT their cause. Itâs yours and they donât seem to want to show any compassion or solidarity with it. And so they label it as âyour causeâ, please donât expect them to support YOUR CAUSE unless you do so within the boundaries of what they deem acceptable.
âprotest peacefully â no matter what they throw at you.â
I didnât even have to bold this part, this person put it in bold themselves. âNo matter what they throw at you?â This person wants me to ignore the long list of black people being brutalized and murdered in America- thatâs not enough to get angry about. No matter what they throw at you? What theyâve thrown at me is the constant fear and terror and anxiety and profound sorrow and worry that MY SON, MY FATHER, MY PARTNER, MY NEPHEWS, MY COUSINS, MY FRIENDS may possibly be brutalized and murdered because they are black. Thatâs whatâs being thrown at me, but for this person- itâs apparently not enough.
Donât go and destroy your own city. -Â
This person canât or refuses to see that this isnât about property damage and destroying a city. This is about dismantling a violent, racist and destructive system that has taken too many lives because we are black.
I havenât expressed my feelings over the atrocities in my nation on this platform because I talk about it continuously in daily life and I use Simblr/Tumblr as an escape. But I couldnât stay quiet over this. THIS mentality is why itâs dangerous for me and my family to exist.
