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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: #BlackLivesMatter but 15 Minutes of Fame Seekers Shouldn't: The Sanders/O'Malley Shoutdown NN15 [View all]fredamae
(4,458 posts)68. I Agree With the Disruption
Democracy:
Isn't always "Polite, courteous and warm". Sometimes when a community, or some of our fellow Americans are in Such Social Crises and So Oppressed and So Disregarded and So ABUSED and WE...folks...WE Allowed #BlackLivesMatter to take a "back-seat" Again.
Sometimes Democray-Real Democracy is LOUD, Angry, Disruptive and Sometimes the message "we" finally hear..is Uncomfortable and humbling and Slaps our conscience. Good!
Let People Speak...The Good, The Bad, the Ugly Must be Heard and "we" who call ourselves Compassionate, Progressive and All Embracing....of "all things living" must Get Up and Walk with Our Fellow Americans when they Need Us!
Yes, I know...many do...but More of us Don't that could.
Oh, yes...I get the whole argument that there are Many Injustices in our country and Indeed our world. But..WE. who Boast our "liberalism, our progressiveness" have allowed the conversation to slide back into the way back seat.
I am led to believe...perhaps "we" don't understand the damned problem in the first place.
I Heard them. Really Heard the demonstrators. I Heard the Raw Pain in their voices. I had tears running down my face.
They are Right! Their Crises IS a National Emergency. A national Crises. And "we Criticize them??? Because Why?
How about Focusing on the Message and "feeling their knowing", discussing how WE can help Instead of criticizing the method, time and Place....for crying out Loud!
Of course ALL Lives Matter but for those who feel: "Wait, we're important too...or what about everybody else"
?"
What is Wrong with US?
Personally....that some Our Own People....HAD to use This as a Means to hopefully get OUR damned attention is kinda reveling about "us" as a whole!
This is just how I feel about it. I'm damned tired of the heartbreak and grief I feel Every time another life is maliciously and callously and with, imo...murderous Intent, taken......And I can't even, in my wildest imagination - even begin toi imagine being Forced to Exist this way in America! In America!
Take a moment, for crying out loud and SEE what WE have largely Ignored
and, therefore ALLOWED! For crying out loud FEEL this Crises WITH them! Let's try to focus on the issue - forget about the Venue!
If we Progressives can't figure this out................................
I rarely speak out on these issues. I am about as rural as you can get in my state. Admittedly, I am "not travelled and worldly" on social matters and other cultures..but I have eyes, and a Heart and I Grieve with them. I feel Powerless to stop this INJUSTICE where I am...but I have a Voice and a Phone and I am not afraid to speak up.
I don't know if I am correct in my response. I don't know if I "get it" and I mean No offense to Anyone. These are my raw emotions, my opinion based upon my observations and I am Horrified.
#SandraBland #BlackLivesMatter
Isn't always "Polite, courteous and warm". Sometimes when a community, or some of our fellow Americans are in Such Social Crises and So Oppressed and So Disregarded and So ABUSED and WE...folks...WE Allowed #BlackLivesMatter to take a "back-seat" Again.
Sometimes Democray-Real Democracy is LOUD, Angry, Disruptive and Sometimes the message "we" finally hear..is Uncomfortable and humbling and Slaps our conscience. Good!
Let People Speak...The Good, The Bad, the Ugly Must be Heard and "we" who call ourselves Compassionate, Progressive and All Embracing....of "all things living" must Get Up and Walk with Our Fellow Americans when they Need Us!
Yes, I know...many do...but More of us Don't that could.
Oh, yes...I get the whole argument that there are Many Injustices in our country and Indeed our world. But..WE. who Boast our "liberalism, our progressiveness" have allowed the conversation to slide back into the way back seat.
I am led to believe...perhaps "we" don't understand the damned problem in the first place.
I Heard them. Really Heard the demonstrators. I Heard the Raw Pain in their voices. I had tears running down my face.
They are Right! Their Crises IS a National Emergency. A national Crises. And "we Criticize them??? Because Why?
How about Focusing on the Message and "feeling their knowing", discussing how WE can help Instead of criticizing the method, time and Place....for crying out Loud!
Of course ALL Lives Matter but for those who feel: "Wait, we're important too...or what about everybody else"
?"
What is Wrong with US?
Personally....that some Our Own People....HAD to use This as a Means to hopefully get OUR damned attention is kinda reveling about "us" as a whole!
This is just how I feel about it. I'm damned tired of the heartbreak and grief I feel Every time another life is maliciously and callously and with, imo...murderous Intent, taken......And I can't even, in my wildest imagination - even begin toi imagine being Forced to Exist this way in America! In America!
Take a moment, for crying out loud and SEE what WE have largely Ignored
and, therefore ALLOWED! For crying out loud FEEL this Crises WITH them! Let's try to focus on the issue - forget about the Venue!
If we Progressives can't figure this out................................
I rarely speak out on these issues. I am about as rural as you can get in my state. Admittedly, I am "not travelled and worldly" on social matters and other cultures..but I have eyes, and a Heart and I Grieve with them. I feel Powerless to stop this INJUSTICE where I am...but I have a Voice and a Phone and I am not afraid to speak up.
I don't know if I am correct in my response. I don't know if I "get it" and I mean No offense to Anyone. These are my raw emotions, my opinion based upon my observations and I am Horrified.
#SandraBland #BlackLivesMatter
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#BlackLivesMatter but 15 Minutes of Fame Seekers Shouldn't: The Sanders/O'Malley Shoutdown NN15 [View all]
LovingA2andMI
Jul 2015
OP
They have to disrupt. They are in an emergency. This is the only way they have to get attention.
Cheese Sandwich
Jul 2015
#4
Was going to alert that comment but figured Sanders' supporters on jury wouldn't agree
KittyWampus
Jul 2015
#77
Well, I just voted to hide that filth. We'll see if the rest of the jury agrees.
PeaceNikki
Jul 2015
#89
"I promised last night to step back from that topic on DU and am going to refrain."
Number23
Jul 2015
#111
Then make sure you are correct on where Hillary was --- In Iowa Campaigning...#FYI...
LovingA2andMI
Jul 2015
#62
I have been waiting to hear about "Black Lives Matter" and the cop killings across the country
Stellar
Jul 2015
#6
"Right now, the Justice Department can do the most to remedy this situation."
winter is coming
Jul 2015
#45
What exactly do you want them to do, other than to not say "All Lives Matter"? /nt
RiverLover
Jul 2015
#42
I guess addressing it in Netroots KEYNOTE speech wasn't enough. That makes sense. Protest!!!
RiverLover
Jul 2015
#48
"Instinctual politicians" PANDER. Bernie Sanders does not. "Instinctual politicians" say what they
cherokeeprogressive
Jul 2015
#108
I get it that black people have more or less been played by Democrats in the past. They happily
brewens
Jul 2015
#46
the link is bad. Is that from the website where banned DU'ers go to trash talk Skinner?
KittyWampus
Jul 2015
#64