Black Lives Matter is an organization that has been getting major publicity for blocking traffic, rioting, and in many cases destroying the places they live. I saw LIVE video of some of these riots and I saw a LOT of fire, a LOT of broken windows, and a LOT of people looting.
What I also saw was a very (VERY) small group of people quietly protesting.
Let me clarify why I have issues with BLM.
1. They block public traffic with their protests. This is a severe danger to people not only the protestors but backing up traffic could put patients in an ambulance at risk. It puts the protestors at the risk of legal vehicular manslaughter as the ambulance WILL go through them. They are essentially forcing trauma on the driver who has an already traumatic job by forcing them to choose between the person blocking the road and the dying patient in the back.
2. Rioting. This is on par with what an anarchy group does. Sure it gets you a lot of publicity but behaving like this will not get it any positive recognition. They are trying to show that black lives matter by giving us the exact stereotype that the world sees, a violent group.
3. During the riots BLM is costing taxpayers millions of dollars and costing business owners their ability to survive.
As far as I'm concerned they should be encouraging people to join the police force and it would solve a majority of the complaints they have shown. In fact one officer (white) specifically stated requesting people to join them and work in their own neighborhoods.
Another issue is the schools. Go to school and be a teacher. Lead by example.
But lets think about this. You are basically stating that white people do not deserve pride, but people of color do.
Blacks and others of color deserve pride but whites do not. That's a strong and very racist point to make.
So if you are a very mixed black of many races you are still allowed to have pride through Black Lives Matter. If you are very mixed white of many races, you will be dehumanized by society for being a monster if you show pride. It's views like this that are exactly why I have no understanding of pride, I have not had the opportunity to experience it. Sure I could go the American Pride route... but no.
I have looked at the FBI census in the past to confirm graphs like this. You are over 10 times as likely to be attacked by a fellow BLM member than you are a white supremacist.
Now you have your reason Black Lives Matter was never brought up. It's not an organization about pride. They're just pointing the blame at someone else.
Uncle - Yes gender dysphoria is very much a real thing. Those that are identifying as unrealistic identities really should be called out because they put a negative light on those who truly suffer from it. I know people who suffer from it, and if you can not accept that you have gender dysphoria, you probably do not have it.