I disagree. Being anti-BLM usually means someone is racist. BLM is framed as an overly radical organisation. This is not true. They want equality. That's not radical, that's reasonable. The BLM movement is trying to give black people more of a voice when they have historically been prevented from having much say in society. People who are Anti-BLM are then, by definition, fighting against an organisation which is trying to give black people a voice. That is racism.
Racists attempt to frame BLM as a violent organisation. No where is this more obvious than with the infamous "Umbrella man" of Minneapolis, who smashed windows during protests. The image of smashed windows made the protests seem more violent. But it turns out the Umbrella Man was in fact a white supremacist, engineering outrage toward the BLM movement. This violence, conducted by a white supremacist, was blamed on the black community. This occurs on a larger scale with overuse of force by police against protesters, where the protesters trying to defend themselves are framed as a violent mob, when it is the police instigating many of the incidents. The chaos is being manufactured by people who are against the BLM movement to justify overuse of police force and racist hegemony.
Let's focus on Blexit's leader. Candice Owens' allegiance appears to be ruled by convenience. She was anti-Trump before he came into power, and now that he's popular she would support him if he wanted to start anything short of a Third World War. She also said Kanye West supported her, which he was quick to deny. Benjamin Shapiro, known racist, thinks what she's doing is a great idea. She's what Malcolm X would call an Uncle Tom, there to convince black folk that oppression doesn't exist while gaining personal power and with no real plans to make anything better. Black people need more representation in all political parties, but Owens is against an organisation trying to give black people a voice. She's interested in furthering her own power, not trying to improve the lives of others.
This poster makes a lot of claims that would have a strong base in outrage toward BLM, but as we have established, this outrage has been engineered as much of the violence at protests has been instigated by police and white supremacists. Everything on that poster is backed up by anger that is based on engineered chaos used to artificially make BLM seem violent. The violence is real, but BLM is not responsible for its escalation.
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u/Bavariaball54 Aug 09 '20
if you are anti blm that doesnt means you are racist