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Bezotcovschina wrote (edited )

I think, we all can agree that peaceful protests won't acheave anything at this point, but it's clear that the whole movement is held responsible for actions of one. I want to say that you should feel what action is acceptable for the movement in this specific case. You aren't here to harm the movement. If you feel that isn't acceptable to break windows and torch cars in this particular situation - you shouldn't do it. You are not alone here.

I saw videos of protesters handing "provocateurs" to cops, I saw videos of black people frawning white people for tagging Starbucks, I saw videos of protesters hugging with cops. And I saw videos of pig's station burning and Target looted. Each situation is different and if you want to show solidarity - you should act accordingly.

As a side note, I want to express my disgust when every "violent" act is attributed to forces outside the actual movement. That's just watering down and downplaying people's outrage.

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LostYonder wrote

An important observation - that the "whole movement is held responsible for actions of one". This is something, generally, whites will never experience - being held accountable for their entire race/community. White thought and the powerful industries of representation that reinforce white privilege, construct whites as independent, individual agents whose actions are driven by their personal psychological make up while all others are products of their culture. Whenever a Black, or Latino, or Muslim person does anything whites deem as unacceptable, the entire community is expected to stand-up and condemn the act and try to prove that they aren't that.

Whites behaving badly at a BLM protest taints the black protesters, not the white ones - this is white privilege...

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