From the horses mouth suffice?
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If there were awards for pedantry....

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

Stupid comment. Goodness knows how many uk entities supporting BLM have been set up. There is no point looking at one of the US entities and using it as a yardstick for all.

Literally misinformation. Possibly also malinformation or disinformation. I suppose such descriptions are also pedantry? After all, who cares about the truth any more.

The first link is a report by Breitbart, A far right website, that reported an interview with one of the founders of BLM, Patrice Cullors on another website. Breitbart take their particular slant on the whole interview, focussing on her formative years on the political scene. The original interview is a haunting recollection of her growing up amongst the black and Latino community and how it shaped her resistance to racial discrimination. So, the link is to a New York Post piece about a Breitbart piece about the original interview. Not exactly ‘horses mouth’ but two steps removed from an original interview, the main points of which they chose to omit. Mm… I would recommend anyone who’s interested (not many, I’ll wager lol) to read the original interview.

Your second link is from the American conservative think tank The Heritage Foundation. with strong Trump leanings and diametrically opposed to BLM, who they see as threatening ‘traditional’ American values.

Both links express right-wing interpretations, slants on BLM,. They are opinion, not fact.

If you consider these to be ‘the horse’s mouth’ then that is a mistake.

Very disingenuous. You know exactly what BLM is about and using their brand to promote a campaign against racism is dangerous and deliberately political.

In effect, we are adopting an American movement that is related to American issues. Here, it has no validity at all and even in America it is now largely just part of an anti Republican, Black power push.

I don't 'celebrate' the life of someone I didn't know. I always find that type of language awkward.

However, I recognise and regret the loss of a bloke doing an increasingly risky job to a murderer.

I anger over the manifold problems within the capital of my youth and those legion of idealists over the decades who are responsible for them.

Edited by Stirlingsays (26 Sep 2020 10.59pm)

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)