i think you're misunderstanding what BLM is about, it's not saying that police violence against black people is morally worse than police violence against other groups it's just people identifying a problem (police violence against black people) and seeking improvement
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I think they are systematically underestimating, either in good faith or bad, the extent to which police abuse and terrorize non-blacks as well.
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but it's an advocacy movement primarily oriented around police violence against black people; thinking that it should comport with some cross-racial or nonracial conception of police violence is just a conceptual mistake & misunderstanding
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I think the question is: should it be, and does it present itself honestly? Strategically, I think it makes more sense to focus on police conduct and accountability.
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Secondly, morally, I think it is more honest to note that police violence is widespread and cross sectional. Media have made incidents of brutality against black people more noteworthy. This might not be BLM's fault directly, but they have benefited from it.
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While I think that’s fair, I don’t think that it takes away from the greater goal of ending police brutality/etc... It just doesn’t seem like a competition to me, something worth anything but my support. It’s normal IMO for advocacy groups to focus on their own communities
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i’m the one trying to make t not a competition, but BLM frames *everything* as a dichotomous problem- it’s literally in the name
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That’s the part I don’t understand. A group is advocating for safety and dignity for its community, I don’t see how thats divisive or exclusive. I can’t picture that advocacy as coming at the expense of anyone else
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It's the deliberate or implied understatement of how much the problem is effecting everyone else that is the problem.
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While that’s true, I don’t see it as a problem. I don’t think it takes away from anyone else. Can’t blame a community for advocating for itself, personally
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I think what we are really taking umbrage at is the idea that a victim's worthiness depends on how convenient they are to a certain narrative, and it is linked directly to their race.
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that's a clarifying way to put it
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