It’s disappointing to see British BLM organisation starting to alienate people.
Pundits on Sky refusing to wear the BLM badge after anti capitalist, anti police, anti Israel tweets they have put out.
They would do well to concentrate on their core message than muddy the waters with some of this far left politics nonsense.
They have been going since 2013, and I don't think their core message has changed much. I don't see how they get equality without some politics that may be considered left wing. You can believe in spreading the wealth a bit more wildly without been anti-capitalist.
I don't think defund the police is anti-police, it is about spending some of the money that goes on prisons etc. on things that benefit those at the bottom. This is particularly relevant in the US where the prison population is huge and blacks are over-represented and BLM is mainly a US bases based organisation after all. You can say this without been anti the principle of having a police force.
I think there is an issue with how Israel is criticised and how anti-Zionism is used. Zionism itself isn't the real issue, and I cringe at the use of the word Zionists in a lot of contexts. If you are an anti-racism organisation you should be a bit more careful with your language.
Israel treats a large chunk of their population terribly and is planning on extending its territory. Both these things are in breach of International law. Both seem legitimate grounds for criticism from an organisation that believes that black lives matter; but the way the UK arm is doing it seems pretty clumsy at best.
It is possible to believe in equality, improving the position of minorities and not be aggressively left wing.
We are moving back to the moral high ground nonsense which so many on the left bang on about.
The concept of treating everyone with respect should cross all political parties and the campaign should reflect that.
I can support the rights of minorities but I can’t support the BLM movement/organisation when they want to take this path. Neither can big chunks of decent, honest people that will support the concept but not an overtly far left organisation.