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Saw this article today http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2016/07/27/caught-on-video-black-lives-matter-literally-orders-white-people-to-the-back-of-protest/
Terebravisse
My guess is most members of BLM would tell you both are racist.
JohnWilkesTableorBooth
I could already tell this was going to be stupid before the second image loaded.
createdforupvoting
"Everything I know about racism I learned from other white people."
blehmann123
I'll bet you thought this meme actually meant something.
tatatataco
becuase these two things are EXACTLY alike
cptkipard
Why else would she say that exact thing?
existentialmeltdown
A bus is a public amenity, and a protest is a means of expression.
HNNNNNNNNNNGGGGG
Ah ha hush that fuss Errbody move to the back of the bus Do you want to bump and slump with us We the type of people make the club get crunk
PlantainSuperNova
What law made you go to the back of the crowd?. Thats right there isnt one.
Loveonethecoast
Yeah, because It's about their movement and their lost children. White allies are happy to be in the back. Happy to support.
inkeydoo
No. It's all racist. The fact that BLM is a thing is racist! That woman is ignorant. End of story. ALL lives matter. Except terrorists.
yogurtandstuff
The thing with "black lives matter" is that there is an implicit "too" at the end, that people don't seem to get.
lasaganalove
Will you people please shut the fuck up
Lasarahann
I'm sorry, doesn't make her 'opinion' any less racist because she wasn't enforcing a law.
steelreign10
Blacks can't be racist right? right? of course they can.
endsim
(1/1) While the woman's behavior is abhorrent, this article doesn't mention the other protesters that were yelling at her for saying that
endsim
(2/2) that she completely ignored which the Washington Post does mention
mrsocialeyes
Social justice perspective says its impossible to be racist to whites. It's all semantics tho, everyday people view it as racism.
UnwarrantedCalculus
I believe OP is not trying to say that the two things are equal, which they aren't, but rather that the thing that BLM is fighting for 1/?
UnwarrantedCalculus
(Racial equality) is the opposite of what they are doing. So that's where the irony is, not that The two events are the same thing.
WhatRaySay
I am genuinely disappointed in you guys. the racism has been worse around here lately, but this requires an additional dose of pure stupid.
MasterofNoneSon
I couldn't agree more. It's sad to see a lot of racist post get to the front page.
storebrandproductmascot
Complaining About BLM is the new Complaining About Feminists on Imgur.
Rengii
Don't forget vegans. Did I mention I hate vegans?
PileOfWalthers
They knew exactly what they were doing.
chris22568
If it was a white person yelling, blacks to the back, the media would lose their shit...
snicklefritzmcgiggletits
I stopped taking you seriously when I saw that the article was from The Blaze
gethiptothewiz
One that isn't irony and two the first one was a law( enforced very thoroughly mind you)
OutInTheRain1
There is like 1 Klan member left. The other 4999 are all fbi and atf agents.
TherealGuyLeDouche
I'm African American and both make me fucking sick. There is no excuse for either. If you know what the sting of discrimination feels like..
TherealGuyLeDouche
At the very beginning of the civil rights movement. My fellow black people please get rid of the chip on your shoulders it does the cause no
TherealGuyLeDouche
I support BLM but nothing is going to get done without the help of our white brethren. By the way we've had the help of white people....
TherealGuyLeDouche
good at all!!!!!
TherealGuyLeDouche
Then what the fuck are you doing oppressing others with it. What are we trying to accomplish with these protests? Will this help the cause?
BearsWhiteSoxFan
Totally agree with most the comments saying they're not the same. But I feel like one of the hallmarks of the Civil Rights protests was
BearsWhiteSoxFan
(1) the idea that there was some semblance of unity. I thought whites and blacks would march together
OF37
who said that the bottom part isn't racist? however, one was a request the other was a law, huge difference imo
NiHZ
"Request"? ... Did you watch the video?
Taxicat
The bottom one was referring to asking white attendees to step back so everyone else could get a chance to speak/hear what was going on.
djnibler
Why do I see more complaints about this kind of crap on imgr than all the horrible shootings of innocent black people?
Taxicat
If the data is any indication, Imgur is mostly white and mostly male, and both groups feel threatened when other groups speak up.
100mikes
Except that the first one was a government enforced LAW while the 2nd is just some Yahoo's in a park. Don't mean to crush your soapbox tho.
LearningOnImgur
The "soap box" is referring to the fact that the "civil rights" activist in B is implying the bigotry principles that Rosa Parks fought.
elipseinforeignlanguage
for idea to live (Yahoo's in a park), there first must be idea. So for the LAW to exist you need idea.
graehall
This one time, on imgur, there was a post that was supportive of black people. It wasn't today, as we're 5 bitching about blacks posts deep/
graehall
Straight up fact is, black people don't feel welcome here, there was a bunch of discussion about it last year. It's only gotten worse.
graehall
But for real, any one else getting sick of every fkn post about black folk being negative douchy & smug? User Sub needs to grow the fuck up.
stephsolenoid
I'm super sick of it too. Some fuckwads are submitting baity circlejerk images to capitalize on fresh waves of negativity and spite.
graehall
Like-I get it, racist pricks figured out brigading user sub. Congrats, they make imgur super unwelcoming to black folk & look racist as shit
andtheseashalltell
It's not that one is more racist than the other, it's that there is a huge fucking difference between a private opinion and a law.
imabeautifulbutterfly
But what starts as an opinion can turn into laws. We want to stop racism before it continues to grow.
generalsplayingrisk
i don't think anyone's gonna make a law to regulate how a group can protest. that would be the easiest thing to protest ever
crazyoldlady
Upvote this to heaven
xtraa
So you say a private opinion can't be racist? This is wrong. It always starts with a private opinion.
inconspicuouselephant
My private opinion is that you remove yourself from this earth and make room for someone else.
Zyggie
Private. You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
SlotegeAllDay
Regardless of this, MLK Jr is rolling in his grave.
asmallcat
You have no fucking idea how MLK would react to the state of the world today. He'd probably be pissed about the lack of progress (1/2)
asmallcat
to true equality rather than worrying about what some fringe group does at a single rally. (2/2)
RDLPunk14
The dude wouldn't like blacks resorting to violence against police or promoting racism against whites. He was against that shit. You're dumb
Spedytor
I'm sorry, are you saying racism isn't racism because it isn't institutionalized racism? Because it sounds like you are defending racism.
Ravben
They are what I call racism trolls, and anything you can think of they will try to spin it. Racism is racism don't even bother with this.
ClevahName
Tell it!!!
retrodustpan
PREACH!
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jmeyers1983
Freddy Gray's killers were let off the hook today, yet not one post about that on FP.
tuxedobob
It was on FP yesterday when it happened.
AlexanderOscarMaricci
Why do you feel the need to defend one instead of condemning both?
SwashbucklingForJustice
And a private opinion that most people in the BLM movement don't share, at that.
tuxedobob
Well then "most people" in BLM need to find a way to silence these people before they derail the entire cause.
GodEmperorOfImgur
So, wait... you're saying it's okay if private schools and businesses starts refusing service to black people? Or to segregate their places?
andtheseashalltell
No...I'm saying it's a false comparison. A
nativescotland
That was Goldwater's hang up on the Civil Rights Act of 1964. People deride him for not signing it, calling him a racist when in fact he
nativescotland
sponsored two previous civil rights acts that did not pass. He didn't like the Civil Rights Act of 1964 because he believed that people
nativescotland
have the right to refuse service to whoever they want for whatever reason they want. He didn't necessarily agree with that but believed that
nativescotland
was what the Constitution said. Here we are 50 years later fighting over something he said would be an issue caused by the Civil Rights Act