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BLM Activist Who Shut Down Sanders is Radical Christian, Sarah Palin Supporter
One of the Black Lives Matter activists who shut down the Bernie Sanders rally in Seattle is a self-identified “radical Christian” and former Sarah Palin supporter.
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Black Lives Matter protesters shut down Bernie Sanders; later rally draws 15,000
Black Lives Matter protesters prevented the Democratic presidential candidate from speaking Saturday afternoon at Westlake.
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This makes more sense. I was wondering why out of all the candidates they would target Sanders.
That bit confused me too... I mean, the man marched with Dr. King. I'm not sure any other candidate is as rooted in the civil rights movement as Bernie is!
I agree plus his recent responses on changing the judicial system which is what the movement is all about.
Notice how the "BLM Protesters" seem to go above and beyond the call of duty to disrupt Sanders speeches, but I haven't been able to locate a story where they do the same for Clinton, or any of the other Democratic hopefuls.
Seems like a poorly planned False Flag operation, rather than an actual protest of substance. With Bernie's history in civil rights, they'd have a better result hitting one of the other candidates.
edit update. Looks like O'Malley was hit, too.
I agree. I get that you need to disrupt to get in the news media, but the fact that they are not going to anyone else is definitely suspect.
While I strongly dislike how the protesters acted (especially the one this article is focused on), I was more surprised how biased, judgmental, and aggressive this article is. I think the line that stood out to me the most was:
Though I guess I shouldn't really be surprised after seeing the kind of website this article came from. While the statement may have some historical basis (the part about it being used to justify slavery and what not. I'm not really sure since history wasn't my subject), that's not what the religion was based around/on. So those "African American" people who are still clinging to Christianity are no different than any other race who believes in the same thing.
It just makes me sad that people are still belittling and hating on others because they believe in something other than what they deem as correct.
Sounds like an Atheist trying to shove his/her disbelief down reader's throats. The way these people act, Atheism is basically a religion, they've become the thing they hate and it cracks me up. I don't believe in a one true God, but I don't subscribe to the lunacy that Atheism prescribes where you have to bash every other religion to feel good.
First off, you don't need to capitalize atheism or atheist. It's not a proper noun. Second, this kind of stereotyping of atheists is a large part of the reason I'm on Snapzu as opposed to other websites. I'm sorry if you've had bad experiences with some vocal atheists, but you seem to have a real axe to grind against the rest of us, for no good reason that I'm aware of. Generalizing all of us based on your bad experience with a few is no different than the very behavior you're complaining about.
I capitalized because I consider Atheism a religious belief, just like you would do for Christianity, Judaism, Catholicism, etc. And yes, I'm not a fan of how they act, everyone I've ran into has had a grudge against any religion, then you get online and there's entire forums of people circle-jerking bashing other religions, seems to me Atheism is the religious belief to discredit other's beliefs and it's the sole purpose of it's existence.
Also, me voicing my opinion about their actions isn't anything remotely the same, I would voice the same opinion no matter what religion.
Like I said, I don't believe it any one true God, I'm more of a neutral agnostic, if anything.
Atheism isn't a belief though. It's the lack of a belief in deities.
And I can find online communities of Christians dedicated to bashing homosexuals. I try not to judge entire groups by their most annoying members.
Then you have a poor understanding of atheism. I'd be glad to help you correct that if you have any questions!
It is. It's no more valid than saying "All Christians hate homosexuals" or "All Muslims are terrorists". You're not criticizing the group. You're criticizing a strawman stereotype that you've created.
I'm an agnostic, also. The terms agnostic and atheist aren't mutually exclusive.
TIL that calling out someone's motives for their misbehavior constitutes "bashing every other religion to feel good."
It's fine to point out their motivation for their action, but they way they are doing it is classless and just as bad as what the person they're calling out did (in my opinion).
Plus, another line I just noticed which throws me for a loop:
While I don't think there are many things with the preface 'Radical' that are good, how are they connecting "Mullantanist" with "White Genocide?" They don't provide any sources for this and I couldn't find anything with a couple quick searches (I mostly just got results that were articles about this person).