...this isn't even true?! Like MLK's assassination kicked off the 1968 riots, the largest social uprising in the history of the US, forced Congress to immediately pass the Civil Rights Act of 1968, and galvanized the Black Power movement and made the Black Panthers explode in popularity, forcing the federal government to continue passing civil rights legislation to combat their rise, and eventually even forced the USDA to offer free breakfast to kids in an effort to compete with the Black Panther Free Breakfast program. George Floyd's murder uhhhhh... got Nancy Pelosi to take a knee and the Democrats to fund more police department "trainings." Insulting to suggest literally any "impact" that resulted from George Floyd's murder happened outside of radicalizing a who bunch of folks and laying bare the moral bankruptcy of this nightmare we currently live in.
But Old Tired Joe got to show his "compassion" by meeting members of the Floyd family and talking to them on the phone. That's important.
The riots were because of literally 30 years of focused organizing that started under WEB Dubois. The backlash of the culmination of that work was intense. We didnt have any left wing activists quite like MLK. Jr.
The left is far weaker than those times.
Eh I mean he's sort of right, but the real question is how will the USA sanitize Floyd's death in the coming years like we did with MLK Jr.
No need to sanitize it because he wasn't an activist.
They'll need to sanitize BLM and pretend they (the libs) weren't hand-wringing about peaceful protesting and trying to increase police funding.
How will the USA sanitize Floyd’s death?
Libs already have moved on. They've got their BLM lawn signs and their keepsake BLM products (coffee mugs, water bottles, or whatever). They already went back to brunch. I have to admit when the protests were happening I thought things might change at least a tiny bit. But not only is positive movement stone cold dead - they are going in the opposite direction. I'm pretty sure many "liberal" dems up for reelection or running for election are going to pivot to brand themselves as "tough on crime". Example - if there's a change on cash bail - the goal will be to increase it.
As for the GOP - they haven't moved on. Once they get into power in DC - BLM will be classified as a terrorist group.
Hi i will be attempting a full brain-ectomy, DIY style on the kitchen table with a santoku and two bottles of rubbing alcohol, does anybody have some suggestions for songs to sing or incomprehensible gibberings to recite in a futile attempt to drive off the intrusive, repeating memory of this video in the interim?
The segregationist president behind the crime bill, the antagonism against Anita Hill, and the quote, "If you don't vote for me, you ain't black!"? He had a bad take about Martin Luther King and George Floyd?
