Mark Rycroft, The Colorado Avalanche, and his hateful statements
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Registered Posting Freak 06-02-2020, 02:48 PMBasedMinkus Wrote:06-02-2020, 02:02 PMjcfbey01 Wrote: Peaceful pretests are fine, I fully support them. The riots though are unnecessary. Even George Floyd's family has said to stop the riots and want peaceful pretests. There's no need to ruin all these other lives when even his family is saying that these people burning down buildings and getting themselves free flat screen TVs is not Justice for Floyd. Exactly. The reason racism/sexism/discrimination exists in it's current form is due to the apathy of people - especially white people. One of the most life changing and shattering things I've ever read was MLK's Letter from Birmingham Jail. Particularly the quoted section below. Code: I must make two honest confessions to you, my Christian and Jewish brothers. First, I must confess that over the past few years I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen's Counciler or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate, who is more devoted to "order" than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says: "I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I cannot agree with your methods of direct action"; who paternalistically believes he can set the timetable for another man's freedom; who lives by a mythical concept of time and who constantly advises the Negro to wait for a "more convenient season." Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will. Lukewarm acceptance is much more bewildering than outright rejection. We must deal with these issues now. We must not allow them to grow and fester in the shadows. While some people may take advantage of the protests, the majority are there for a great cause. We must back what is happening and join in. |
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