Free Republic

The BLM mission goes much deeper than boycotts. Black Lives Matter (BLM) is urging a boycott of “white” businesses. The official Black Xmas website urges “No spending with White corporations” and “buy exclusively from Black-owned businesses” until Jan. 1. It’s the seventh year BLM has proffered this perversion of the ecumenical spirit of Christmas. Racism begets racism. The ugly racism of the BLM message invites the retaliation to buy only from white-owned businesses. Thus do racist directives make for a society more segregated, intolerant, and angry. Racism always moves in that direction. Let’s establish first principles. In a free-market capitalist...