09-23-2017, 10:20 PM
(09-23-2017, 09:31 PM)Johnny Cupcakes Wrote: These players protesting is definitely not what's causing people to hate each other. If anyone hates these players for doing it, they likely didn't like them for one particular reason or another to begin with.
As for how it's making the US better, I'd argue that anytime someone peacefully protests to bring light to injustice, it's making the country better. The division comes from the people whose nationalist idolatry is so strong that they've thrown a missive fit over some insignificant player starting a "movement" that they disagree with. The attention and butthurt has kept this all alive. Actually, it's what made it what it is.
And you're right...this stuff was just as bad when Obama was in office. It was the worst I've ever seen, I believe. Good ol' boys simply couldn't stand to see a black man rise to be the leader of the country, and it hurt their feelings even more when they saw that he was incredibly good, competent, and successful with the position.
BLM is important and history will shine well on the movement, as well as with the protesting players.
Be specific. How are the protests helping? Are the protesters working with police more than they're alienating them?
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