Ray Lewis loud and wrong on Black Lives Matter, crime

Um not asshole I lecturing anyone to fucking listen to what someone says BEFORE you condem them for doing or not doing something.



You know


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I did some of my own research from a BLM friendly cite.

They preach black genocide and they're closely allied with the Black Liberation Movement [I get the idea 'BLM' is no coincidence] which is an off shoot of the Black Panther movement. So they're basically a far left outfit with some strange conspiracy theories about black genocide and/or 'white colonizing' of blacks in this country. I didn't waste my time trying to figure out how that works lol.

At any rate, 'black genocide' is the show-stopper, because it puts us right back to where we started. If there is a 'black genocide' going on, it's being done by other blacks and not cops. Or at least, cops are a very minor player, in terms of statistics and numbers.

And hell, you could throw abortion in there too, if you want to talk about 'black genocide'. Ever see black abortion statistics? I would be happy to provide them.

It's the same old same old, with BLM. They want to pin the problem on whites. Which means they're part of the problem and not the solution. And more democrats would be calling them out on it, like Bill Clinton did, but this is an election year and they need the black vote, so there's that.
 
evince said:
Um not asshole I lecturing anyone to fucking listen to what someone says BEFORE you condem them for doing or not doing something.



You know


Find out what they are actually saying
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So you don't think Ray Lewis as a black man knows what BLM stands for?
 
christiefan915 said:
This author is a black sports writer. He makes some good points. Hope Ray Lewis reads this.

"There's a popular, alluring and completely mythical theme that surfaces every time an unarmed black person is killed by police, or if there is a spike in murders in poverty-stricken urban areas, or both. It goes something like this: "If Black Lives Matter, then how come they don't matter when it comes to black-on-black crime?"

The latest famous face to push that theme? None other than Ray Lewis, one of the most popular athletes in the history of Baltimore, which is also one of the most crime-ridden cities that also was thrown into turmoil by a death in police custody. Lewis now is starring in a video in which he states this myth in, basically, a sermon that decries the surge in murders in Chicago this year while managing to lay the blame on the Black Lives Matter movement that he insists doesn't care about such things.

Lewis is passionate, intense and sincere. He also is wrong. And, once again, tragically misinformed.

Much the way the Seahawks' Richard Sherman was poorly informed last year when he went on a similar vent that singled out Black Lives Matter, foolishly and inaccurately insisting that it cares only about police brutality and not enough about "black on black crime." That to that group — whose members and supporters they may or may not have ever met, spoken to or even researched — the two are mutually exclusive.

Lewis angrily is walking down a dangerous, counterproductive path, and he's leading a lot of people down there with him — because that's what people do around Ray Lewis. They follow him and heed his every word, because he carries that much cachet in the city. If only they would follow Carmelo Anthony that passionately. Or Adam Jones. Or Muggsy Bogues. Or even Buck Showalter.
It's ironic that Lewis is getting such a heated following for his video just weeks before the anniversary of the unrest in Baltimore surrounding Freddie Gray's death. You'd like to think Lewis is aware of what other iconic Baltimore sports figures got deeply engaged in the protests, the backlash, the violence, arson and state of emergency that shut the city down and drew the nation's eyes toward the massive, system-wide dysfunction that caused it all.

Because that was Anthony, an actual native of the city, marching with protestors in west Baltimore when tensions were highest. The march was not far from the recreation center he opened several years ago, to replace a youth center that had closed because of city-wide budget cuts. Deprived residents have been fighting the closing of recreation centers all over the city for years, to little avail.

That was Jones, the Orioles' All-Star outfielder who played in the game in a stadium closed to fans a year ago because of the state of emergency — and who said before the game that everybody, not just the angry protestors, bore responsibility for the living conditions in the city.

That was Bogues, the former NBA star and a product of the Baltimore projects, who told Sporting News last year that the city's problems were so ingrained and institutionalized that no simple solution — like a famous athlete giving lectures online — was going to fix them.

And then there was Showalter, the Orioles' manager, who said before that same spectator-less game that he was the very last person who should lecture the residents about how they should react to the conditions surrounding them, but that he wanted to be part of the solution.

If Lewis, then, really thinks "nobody" is trying to stop crime in cities like Baltimore and Chicago, somebody has been lying to him. That's not even true about famous Baltimore athletes.

It's also not true about activists who are fighting police brutality and misconduct. In the same time it took him to set up his video camera at his house, he could have looked that up.

If he had, he would have also discovered that the very term "black on black crime," and the time and place it's often used, is an old, not-very-original tactic to change the subject away from the abuse of vulnerable populations by people who are sworn to protect and serve them. You know who explains that quite eloquently? National Book Award winner Ta-Nehesi Coates ... a Baltimore native.

Lewis is sending a powerful message in his video. Next time, he should try sending one based on facts, not fiction.

http://www.sportingnews.com/nfl-new...eo-black-lives-matter-crime-baltimore-chicago
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how is he responding to what they ACTUALLY believe?


I think this guy must watch fox instead of real news
 
evince said:
This is the Official #BlackLivesMatter Organization founded by Patrisse Cullors, Opal Tometi, and Alicia Garza.

#BlackLivesMatter is an online forum intended to build connections between Black people and our allies to fight anti


black people accept me you fucking racist that cant stand it when white people stand with their black Bros and sis'
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evince said:
they are telling him you fucking asshole


You and he REFUSE to listen
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One writer is "telling him". BLM didn't come out and make a statement. So we now have two white women in this thread who don't like that Ray Lewis came out and spoke against murder within the black community.
 
our allies


you are not the ally of black people you fucking racist


you don't want ANY white people accepting the facts the black community brings to bare
 
evince said:
our allies


you are not the ally of black people you fucking racist


you don't want ANY white people accepting the facts the black community brings to bare
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Says the woman who doesn't believe white people call the cops on their black neighbors
 
evince said:
our allies


you are not the ally of black people you fucking racist


you don't want ANY white people accepting the facts the black community brings to bare
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Do you accept Chris Rock calling white liberals in Hollywood racist?
 
leaningright said:
This is a lie and those who know cawacko know it is. Holy cow.....
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Thanks lr but that's not necessary. It's Desh, it's what she does. The irony is it's almost Trump-esque where she wants to say the most outrageous "hurtful" thing she can to people while claiming herself to be full of love and a uniter.
 
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