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13174457, Nope
Posted by Lurkmode, Mon Jul-17-17 03:46 PM
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>That would not make any sense in context, given he's saying
>that black people don't have the same interests as BLM. He
>can't be both generalizing BLM as somehow representative of
>black people and also unrepresentative as well. Think about
>it.
>

They can if they have been hijacked.


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>It would only be racist, as I see it, to generalize in this
>way if one were saying that, essentially, the political
>movement in question would appeal to the interests of a
>community, if only the community were smarter/better/more
>morally sound. Denny is saying just the opposite--that BLM is
>morally bankrupt, and black people's interests aren't served
>by this deficient organization.
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>His statement can be incorrect, but it's hard to see how it
>could be considered racist.
>

He can't speak on a community that he is not a part of and he does not know anything about because he is not connected to the community. All of his theories and conclusions are based on assumptions. Given that he can't speak for common black people and he can't speak for Black communities.