Black Lives Matter Activists Interrupt Hillary Clinton

[HannahT]

Black Lives Matter Activists Interrupt Hillary Clinton At Private Event In South Carolina
They wanted her to account for some of her past statements on racial justice.

I'm surprised I haven't seen a thread about this yet.

“Hillary Clinton has a pattern of throwing the Black community under the bus when it serves her politically," Williams said in a statement before the event. "She called our boys ‘super-predators’ in ’96, then she race-baited when running against Obama in ‘08, now she’s a lifelong civil rights activist. I just want to know which Hillary is running for President, the one from ’96, ’08, or the new Hillary?”

I have seen a number of media outlets - on both sides - claim this could break the firewall she has for this segment of the population.

I'm not so sure about that.

 

[nightflight]

Pay yo' dues, Hil!

 

[ThatRobGuy]

So BLM has successfully annoyed candidates from both major parties...who exactly is their candidate of choice then?

...or do they not even care about the presidential election and are more interested in just making noise? (I suspect the latter)

 

[HannahT]

‘Be Accountable’: #BlackLivesMatter Protester Who Confronted Hillary Speaks Out on CNN

Interesting interview that linked to on CNN. They spoke to the protester in question.

I remember at the time - when she made this comments - society and culture had a very different take than we do today. Many were supporting it, and that include those within the black community.

 

[Tiny Bible]

This was a private fund raiser. Which makes for the question, how did this militant woman get into the event?

Well at least BLM militants that think they can steamroll a politician are showing their true colors here. Again.
That poor woman should be embarrassed that she made such a spectacle of herself pursuing an apology for something that didn't happen.

 

[HannahT]

(Shrugs) I see her act as someone that isn't too familiar with history - nor cares about what was going on at the time if she does.

There were many people - including black leaders at the time - supporting this crime bill that didn't do what it was suppose to as we look back on it. There were reasons they supported it, and agreed with her 'language' at the time. Different circumstances in different times in history. She wan't speaking of an entire ethic group - just particularity ones that had no empathy, compassion, or nor cared whom they destroyed.

Sadly, today people don't take that stuff into account anymore. To much black and white thinking going on, and sadly that does more harm than good.

 

[Sistrin]

To much black and white thinking going on, and sadly that does more harm than good.

The only two groups of people who view every issue through the prism of race are liberals and skin-heads.

When speaking of crime and punishment, the issue isn't black or white. The issue is criminal and victim.

As for poor little Hillary:

 

[brinny]

Pay yo' dues, Hil!

LOL!

 

[brinny]

Black Lives Matter Activists Interrupt Hillary Clinton At Private Event In South Carolina
They wanted her to account for some of her past statements on racial justice.

I'm surprised I haven't seen a thread about this yet.



I have seen a number of media outlets - on both sides - claim this could break the firewall she has for this segment of the population.

I'm not so sure about that.

Most interesting.

 

[Hank77]

The only two groups of people who view every issue through the prism of race are liberals and skin-heads.

You don't know the white, conservative, Republicans that I do then. I never saw it until Obama ran for President. Where I live they are ranchers, construction workers, etc. rural middle America. I don't live in the deep south either. A liberal or Democratic is hard to find in this community. Here race makes a difference.

 

[SummerMadness]

LOL!

It's funny because he's talking "black." Haha!

 

[Sistrin]

You don't know the white, conservative, Republicans that I do then.

I grew up in a small town located in rural America. Dale Earnhardt, Willie Nelson country. I understand what you are saying, but even people in such areas do not view every issue through the prism of race. That was my qualifier.

 

[Followers4christ]

So BLM has successfully annoyed candidates from both major parties...who exactly is their candidate of choice then?

...or do they not even care about the presidential election and are more interested in just making noise? (I suspect the latter)

BLM movement is not a political movement so I don't think they care who they tick off. The movement is based on fighting racism and police abuse. So if members think Hillary's past comments were raciest they are encouraged to confront racism. Especially if she is a presidential candidate. They are a very loose movement and bad apples in the group make the movement look insane.

 

[Hank77]

I grew up in a small town located in rural America. Dale Earnhardt, Willie Nelson country. I understand what you are saying, but even people in such areas do not view every issue through the prism of race. That was my qualifier.

But you believe that liberals view every issue through the prism of race? Really, come on that is quite the overstatement in my view. Your statement about liberals is the same type of statement made by some Republicans I know when they talk about blacks. Some of them use the 'n' word to describe all blacks. The stereotyping is exactly the same. Theirs is based on skin color and yours on political views.
Some liberals' political views are not be based on race at all but on poverty, lack of educational opportunities, etc. These problems included poor and uneducated whites. Generations of poverty and lack of hope is not discriminatory, it doesn't care about skin color or ethnicity.

 

[GrimKingGrim]

Pay yo' dues, Hil!

As someone who speaks fluent slanguage, 'yo' does not have an apostrophe after it. It's not short for your, it's an actual word. And that sentence was, ugh, badly constructed. The sentence was also outta context, entirely.

It's funny because he's talking "black." Haha!

My thoughts exactly.

As for the actual incident I understand where the kid and her company was coming from. But they have to realize that people do change in two whole decades. Social attitudes and climates shift and people's attitudes do too. Hillary is no exception to that fact. She may have a different stance now and it's safer to assume that.

About the apology though, I feel the best apology is action. So to ask for an apology would be silly because she can just lie. Don't think any politician won't lie just to save their skin. But if she fixes the absurd parameters that create mass incarceration then I'd feel much better than some apology.

It's all down to how she'll implement change or sweep this under the rug. Personally I prefer Bernie.

 

[nightflight]

As someone who speaks fluent slanguage, 'yo' does not have an apostrophe after it. It's not short for your, it's an actual word. And that sentence was, ugh, badly constructed. The sentence was also outta context, entirely.

Seemed to have hit a nerve, though. Yo'.

 

[SummerMadness]

Seemed to have hit a nerve, though. Yo'.

Yo' is not a word, unless it's supposed to mean something else. What are you trying to say here?

 

[ThatRobGuy]

BLM movement is not a political movement so I don't think they care who they tick off. The movement is based on fighting racism and police abuse. So if members think Hillary's past comments were raciest they are encouraged to confront racism. Especially if she is a presidential candidate. They are a very loose movement and bad apples in the group make the movement look insane.

That's the problem with a loose movement (void of any real leadership structure)...anyone can co-opt the moniker and essentially do whatever they want...that's the exact environment that attracts "bad apples".

It's the same problem that exists for the Tea Party and Occupy...

 

[The Lone Ranger]

Her and Bernie sure are making a big deal about letting people interrupt their speeches. They chased Bernie off the stage awile ago, and took over. I guess it makes bernie look like a push over, and hillary more powerful.

 

[Gadarene]

BLM movement is not a political movement