Thanks. I wasn’t sure if you were still local so I asked...tech37 wrote: ↑Sat Aug 15, 2020 11:07 amAh, the word from the Fanlax global ambassador...Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Sat Aug 15, 2020 9:19 amI was referring to the movement itself. I don’t know much about the BLM organization. Where are their offices? YOU only hear from them when it’s on the news you mean? You were probably against the anti-apartheid movement as well. Given all the diversity you have been around, it should be easily to call up 15-20 lifelong friends of color and get their opinion. I can. Have a good Saturday chief. BTW, is that “diverse” HS in CT and if so, is it an all girls school?tech37 wrote: ↑Sat Aug 15, 2020 7:27 amThis has already been discussed. IMO, BLM is a sham organization, starting with what they call themselves, which is a complete misnomer. We only hear from them when something is politically advantageous for the organization, meanwhile, countless black and brown people are murdered daily across the nation, and we hear nothing from them.Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Fri Aug 14, 2020 9:52 pmWhat is wrong with Black Lives Matter? What is it that you oppose? I understand those other items but what is it about Black Lives Matter that caused you to lump it with those other things?tech37 wrote: ↑Fri Aug 14, 2020 9:20 pma fan wrote: ↑Fri Aug 14, 2020 8:49 pmNo, you just don't want to listen.
There are annoying libs on campus-----same as it ever was.
I recognized that you're older....I forget sometimes...so I asked what years were you in college.
1970's, early 80's, right? You mentioned that there was no racial unrest at your campus.
Think for a second, for heaven's sake. Even with the same libs on campus-----what's the makeup of those libs in 2020 vs. what it looked like in the 1970's, or even 1980's?
What HAS changed? BLM, Antifa and all it's components, Cancel Culture, Virtue Signaling, Defund (abolish) Police, Culture Warriors, White Privilege/Fragility, Sanctuary Cities, Open borders, etc., etc. Do you endorse these things a fan?
If you tell me they are against police brutality (which obviously needs to be addressed) that's fine but why stop there if your motives are sincere?
If it hasn't been changed, their Mission Statement states things that emphasizes their political and counter culture nature, not to mention that some of their leaders are self-proclaimed Marxists. Read it and figure it out if you haven't already.
Thousands of people (including many white) came out to protest Floyd's murder displaying Black Lives Matter wherever possible. You do realize that that had nothing to do with the organization itself? Just more reason I find their name deceptive/dishonest.
I guess I should have insisted my parents send me to school in South Africa... I could have been so much more worldly. I have a couple close friends I keep in touch with, as opposed to many acquaintances. No, I don't live in CT anymore.
Didn't your son attend Princeton?... that's quite a privilege isn't it?
Yes he did. And it was.