Sometimes I wish posts like this can be stickied to the top of the forum, because it seems every other month this type of post must be presented when another new conspiracy theorist comes along.O k. Let's consider these things.
BLM is, simultaneously, an organization, a concept and a boogie man for the right. Not everyone supported the organization, even those who marched or participated in protests. The concept is more broadly supported, especially by those who understand what the words actually mean. The boogie man is still embraced by conservatives as evidenced by their bizarre claims that BLM helped execute the January 6th false flag attack on the Capitol.
The 2020 riots have achieved mythical status among Conservatives. In reality actual BLM protests were 93% peaceful. Some riots were instigated by Bogaloo Boys and other white nationalists. Some riots were instigated by police like the crackdown on the Elijah McClain violin vigil. Many were Antifa clashes with right wingers or police, not BLM. Most of the riots were criminal miscreants taking advantage of civil unrest during the Covid lockdowns.
Calling the far left fascist is an act of political illiteracy. Your first sentence didn't even establish that the BLM was far left, much less authoritarian. Fascism has a number of hallmarks completely absent from the far left
- Personality cult/strong man leader
- Hyper nationalism
- Church state entanglement
- Scapegoating of others as a tool of political unity
- Fetishization of the military
- Corporations given priority
- Suppression of labor unions
- Attacking intellectuals and the arts
We actually see quite a few of these hallmarks on the right.
There were and are many who don't understand the premise of "black lives matter" and sneer at it, but there are plenty who use "all lives matter" as a racist flipping the bird towards black people.
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