BLM hasn't regressed their own players yet. What do they know about protesting?


But more seriously, and I mean this as respectfully as I can muster, take a fucking hike if you're going to tell me to let my home go to shit because of some punks. These are places that I know like the back of my hands because I used to work or go to school around them. These are places that I don't need a map to chart out exactly where this is going down because I see so many flashes of them in my head. This is my home, dude. I have been through 6 major hurricanes, 2 Super Bowls, a CFP Final, the '08 recession, the '12 RNC, and COVID-19 in this city, and fuck you, I'm not going to let this be the straw that breaks it.

Yeah, the looting is wrong and the riots are hurting people and businesses. It really chaps my ass that so many Mom n Pop stores and restaurants are getting swept up in this. But the peaceful protests are not part of the problem. If we can and want to support those protests and that cause, we should do so. That is what the donation drive is about: supporting the cause as those that donate understand it.

No matter how you choose to categorize the divide in this country right now, be it White and Not, Police and Civilian, Rioter and Protestor, the fact as I know it is this: we have a stunning lack of kindness and consideration for our fellow citizens in this country, and it's beginning to take a systemic toll on us.

For a land and people that portray ourselves as fighters for life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness with the understanding that all people are created equally, we're doing a terrible fucking job of putting our money where our mouths are.

Regardless of your opinion on BLM or cops or politics, let's all start holding ourselves accountable for our judgements and the reasons for them that we pass in our heads and hearts every day. Let's examine them for what they are, finding fault where there is fault and truth where there is truth. Give the benefit of doubt, and at the very least be civil. There will be mistakes and imperfections, but error is human and the best we can do is keep learning and getting better. Remember the problems, but focus on the solutions.

Let's be better than we were yesterday so that we can hope a little bigger tomorrow.

That's all I have to say on the matter.