I am beginning to believe what you wrote.
It is interesting to watch this unfolding civil war. We, western civilization, has made huge efforts in 140 years to integrate the ‘person of color,’ into the United States. Tearing down our monuments and statues is just one example of how much the POC wants to be segregated from the nation.
I am sure some diligent FReeper could put together the price that has already been paid by Western Civilization in the efforts to have the POC walk with us in Liberty.
As surely as POC can rail against the prosperity bought upon their ancestors slave backs, surely we as a whole nation can demonstrate the continual reparations we’ve paid to secure their liberty and Rights?
Starting with the sacrifices of the abolitionists and Union Soldiers through to today I know of no other “race” that has so many truly lay down their own lives to help another. This exercise is one of true historical documentation of the fight for freedom and equality. So much has been already paid and it is best we put together such documentation to answer them.
The very idea their liberty/freedom was paid for with the blood of union soldiers and fellow citizens is insufficient 140 years later seems ludicrous. But history demands such documentation.
> I am beginning to believe what you wrote. <
I gotta tell you. A couple of months ago I myself would not have believed what I wrote there (post #3). Back then I saw the protests as mainly protests against police misconduct.
But now there is no doubt in my mind. Their goal is not just to reform the police, but to destroy free speech and reshape society. Perhaps that was not their original goal. Perhaps they only upped the ante when they saw there was zero pushback.
And I don’t see BLM as the enemy (if I can use that word). Yes, they are 90% in the wrong. But something bigger than BLM is the real enemy. And I don’t necessarily mean it’s some secret Soros group. More likely it’s just loosely-organized violent white radicals. After all, those are the guys who are pulling down the statues.