Posted on 06/03/2020 6:14:23 AM PDT by rlmorel
This video is only seven minutes, but can give you the fact based tools to see current events in their proper perspective. I implore you to use your time wisely by watching it.
Opening commentary from linked video at:
"Black Lives Matter Kills People" by Bill Whittle (originally published on August 30, 2016):
“Black Lives Matter is a Democratic Party scam. It is a combination street army, terrorist organization, and voter turnout machine and has killed, and will continue to kill, policemen, white people, hispanics, and asians. Oh, and…Black Lives Matter gets black people killed too."
That summarizes Black Lives Matter (and Antifa) perfectly and more succinctly than any other characterization I have seen. This short 7 minute video by Bill Whittle really explains a lot (and gets a lot of its derived data from the link to Heather MacDonald (who was at the Wall Street Journal at the time) who did the number crunching on the federally supplied numbers to reach her conclusions)
The linked video puts it in context, and explains much. If you want to understand any single thing about what is going on right now, watch the Bill Whittle video. It was created in 2016, but not a thing has changed except ONE thing:
Antifa is an accepted and integral arm of the Left in general, and the Democrat Party in particular. When watching the video, keep Antifa in mind as well.
Black Lives Matter is a racist organization founded on the racist premise that there exists an epidemic in the USA of black men being murdered by white policemen, when the exact opposite is true. The real shame and racist atrocity here is, Black Lives Matter follows the same financial and coercive principles that Jesse Jackson’s Rainbow Coalition used to adhere to, which is to shake down large corporations for money in exchange for not labeling them as racist and/or targeting them with public condemnation or picketing actions.
Granted, there are many organizations that will give them money because that allows them to virtue signal, most notably The Ford Foundation which I believe has given them up to $100 million dollars over the last five years, and various Soros Open Society organizations which have given tens of millions ($30 million last time I checked a few years ago)
Now, the number has grown, and the money flowing in makes The Ford Foundation look cheap. Bank of America, a Leftist organization to their rotten core, yesterday pledged a billion US dollars to , to include Netflix, NFL, and a host of others. (I recently terminated my Netflix account because of their wildly Leftist leanings, not to mention the content they feature)
Thanks to Ennis85 for putting this all in one place: Activision Blizzard, Amazon, Andrew Yang, Apple, AT&T, Ben and Jerry’s, Bethesda, Cartoon Network, Cash App, Citibank, Civvie11, Crunchyroll, CW Network, DC Comics, Disney, Dreamworks, EA Sports, Funimation, Gematsu, Google, Harmonix, HBO Max, Hulu, Idea Factory International, Instagram, Intel, Logitech, Marvel Entertainment, Microsoft, Mozilla, MTV, Naughty Dog’s Neil Druckmann, Netflix, NFL, Nike, Patreon, PlayStation, Pornhub, PQube Games, Randy Orton, RevScarecrow, SK Gaming, Spotify, Spriters Resource, Star Wars, Target, Technology Connections, TronicsFix, Twitch.tv, Universal Music Group, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Xbox, YongYea, YouTube.
Many of the same people you expect, some new ones. The point is, there is a huge amount of money involved in this coming from the Left.
Any time the narrative comes up where there it is asserted there is an epidemic in the USA of black men being shot by police officers, here is the statistic that should lead off the ensuing conversation:
In 2015, according to federal crime statistics, a police officer of ANY race is 18 times more likely to die at the hands of a black man, than a black man is to die at the hands of a police officer. (From The Wall Street Journal: "The Myth of Systemic Police Racism" by Heather MacDonald) It is behind a paywall, so you might need to find a way to get around it.
If you are interested in a summary, she discusses it in an interview here: Heather MacDonald on Black Lives Matter: Does The Truth Matter?
She herself also did an excellent short video for the superlative PragerU Website: “Are the Police Racist?"
What is interesting is that she was pilloried and accused of being racist for stating the truth, so it is appropriate that her interview linked above addresses this. I have read her excellent and well researched and footnoted book: "The War on Cops: How the New Attack on Law and Order Makes Everyone Less Safe” by Heather MacDonald
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But it’s OK when they do it cause they down wi da cause.
Good video, rlmorel. Thanks for posting.
History is definitely repeating himself. Biden’s outreach with his “You ain’t black” comment may have been more of a veiled threat than a slip of the tongue.
This is a diabolical threat to our nation, the commonwealth, and civil rights — of all Americans. At some point “Civil Rights” was equated with Black rights.
No, it’s far more sweeping than the vision of the leftist social justice warriors.
The rioting and lawlessness is absolutely destroying the rights of all citizens who inhabit these cities. And Blacks will probably suffer the most from this corruption.
The murders and lawlessness found every day in Chicago’s South side are being exported to all American big cities.
Shameful. I know you’re living in Mass. I was encouraged to read that Boston police (or State Police) arrested a bunch of “protesters” the other day and I suppose that put a lid on rioting there. Am I correct?
Sometimes it’s the simple things that get lost in the noise.
Glad to help.
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Check out article, and graphics at # 11.
I had to laugh, though...made me look!
Jesus Christ: You can't impeach Him and He ain't gonna resign.
I sure hope so...I don't watch television or read the news, especially the local stuff since it is exactly what you would expect. My wife has it on 24x7, but I can't even look at it.
I get my links to events from FR, and the context to those events from the diverse (meant as a COMPLIMENT in the context of "diversity of THOUGHT" which is the ONLY kind of "diversity" that is important or useful!) collection of people here at FR!
Thanks for the ping.
Love Bill Whittle! He’s always been spot-on. :)
And not one protest for a white dude.
A word to the wise is sufficient. 15 minutes of straight talk:
https://youtu.be/C7Tvfy_HLiI
I believe he is one of the most eloquent and consistent conservative voices out there, and he is unafraid to speak his mind. He isn't at all mealy-mouthed about conservative issues (even some conservative voices I admire tip-toe around certain issues) but Bill Whittle doesn't do that.
In that light, if you haven't seen these, I send the links to people all the time, and in this COVID-19 enforced isolation, if you wish to view something uplifting that makes you want to jump up and say "YES! THIS IS WHY I AM A CONSERVATIVE!" these videos will do that.
Here are links to some of the best videos out there, as a reward for anyone who clicked on this thread and got past the long introduction...:)
We The People 2.0 Webpage (all videos):
These short videos (just 3-6 min. long each) are some of the most brilliant, pithy, and informative summaries on how we as conservatives view these things, and contrasts them with the views of the Left. (I was so impressed with these (I got a DVD for joining BillWhittle.com that I was going to spend money and buy a dozen of them to give to people as gifts, until I found out he thought these arguments and ideas were so important that he had to make them available to everyone for free on YouTube...and I agree with him)
I have heard of this, but haven’t had the link nor the time to watch it...I am going to watch tonight.
Thank you.
Yes.
Someone made that case with a link to the video of the guy who got shot by a SWAT goon who was obviously on a power trip, who got called to some hotel because the guy stuck a BB gun out a window and someone saw it. (That made me angry, because it became clear the guy was an a-hole clearly on some kind of power trip, steroid induced or not)
That is because most people don’t operate under a false delusion that ALL police are evil/racist even if we fully understand that there are individual police who ARE evil/racist.
You’re welcome!
God Bless you, keep up the good work and thanks!
Emotion is a fine thing, but I would rather be rational about important things, and I can’t be rational without information!
I hope it helps you too.
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