Peace organization threatens riots.
Leaders of New York City's Black Lives Matter movement on Wednesday reacting to their new mayor: https://news.yahoo.com/black-lives-matter-activists-threaten-030000354.html
This is no different than January 6 insurrectionists, disrespecting the results of an election.
I disagree.
It is not the election they are disputing, but the proposed actions of an elected official.
People have been protesting actions by elected officials for about as long as we have had a country.
People have not tried to physically stop the transfer of power very often at all.
They are stating that will be taking up arms against the government because they do not like the actions of the government.
That is not how it is done, and it is EXACTLY why it is the same.
It is exactly how it has been done again and again and they are not proposing to overthrow the government, they are proposing to get a policy changed.
BOTH sides (or all three if one views the police union as independent of the Mayor-Elect in this instance) are behaving in less than useful ways.
BLM should be saying "if it is reinstituted, it has to have far better safeguards than it had prior to its dissolution.
Adams should be saying "I am very cognizant of the abuses of the prior organization, while also aware of the good it did. I want to reinstitute the positive aspects, while seeking to avoid the negatives. Both parts are vital to our citizens' safety."
The Police Union should, if asked, simply respond, "We will follow orders from the department, so long as they are legal."
No, acting against a policy is not overthrowing government or preventing its coming into power.
Yes, the threat is stupid.
But so is tone-policing.
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