“What If”... I’m not Black, What If” All this #BLM Stuff Offends Me?

By
In the Midst of the Cry to Save #Blacklives from #Policebrutality, comes a big bold dissenting voice challenging #Reform and the #BLM. 
Elton Milton #tweeted a comment in response to my post on #Twitter “What is the Ultimate of All Things”.https://twitter.com/renaldomckenzie/status/1275982497273217024?s=21. 
Elton wrote:
What if I've never been
a bigot?What if I'm 
not black?What if I've 
been decrimanated
against many times?
What if no one ever
stood up for my rights?
What if all this BLM
stuff offends me for
those reasons?What if
this current hate centered movement
Is unjust to some?
WHAT IF???
I responded saying:
It is written that When Cain Killed Abel, God asked of Cain “...where is Thy brother?” Cain responded: “...Am I my brother’s Keeper.
And it is written that There was a Man a Traveller a Jew who was beaten up and left for dead, several of his brothers, passed him by the wayside without offering help but excuses. Then A Man a Samaritan who was said to despise Jews helped the injured Man. Who is thy neighbor? Anyone who i.e. human
It is when we preoccupy ourselves with us versus them instead of seeing the fragility of one’s own humanity in the eyes of any man that we can resort to indifference to abuse of our brothers and call their “Cry” and victimization unjust.
And it is when we strip ourselves of labels and the hypocrisy that comes with it that we can identify with the hurt of the few over the many and move to action.

This propensity & proclivity to Politicize everything, think in political ideological ways & making issues a divided one is what will #fuckupthiscountry blaming the #GOP is retrogressive. We fall to the strategy of Power to keep power “divide&conquer”

‪Yes and there is always gonna be “What Ifs” but there is always “what is” and “What ought... to be... Let’s be “one for all and all for one”‬

Footnote: 
Elton Milton and I became Friends and followed each other after our dialogue. 

@EltonMilton adjusted or made clearer the position saying: 
Amen that is what
JESUS taught us. That's 
what is the root cause
In America today. The
People turned Thier
backs on GOD. I READ
my BIBLE so none of
today's problems
Surprise me.

I replied:
Thanks for your post challenging the #BLM we don’t have to always agree but we can have a conversation and be willing to change and adjust our positions. If we can’t adjust there can be no progress. I’m not always right and when I think I’m right then I may be wrong. Thx

Elton Continues:We hippies(I'm 64) backin the 60s+70s,Tryiedto teach everyone, howimportant love,peaceand happiness was.Wewere oppressed anddiscriminated against,Still are today. When the Bigots see my beard and long hair,Beleave me or not,mySkin might as well beBlack. Love is Peace.
I Replied:Let’s not denigrate or name call. Okay there’s outrage and anger so dealing with all this is not clean and pristine but messy. Change and reform is not clean cut but messy. So I understand but let’s not make it too difficult by cursing our brothers it make the process hard.

Elton Milton: My intention is not toDeligitimise the causeOf BLM. Sinister opportunist will not leta crisis go by withoutexploiting it. Thoseare the ones I can'tTolerate.I'll separatethose long before I do anything. I'm surenot going to helpLucifer achieve hisGoal.
I replied:Let’s your opinions or reasoning be known so that others can engage them  and we can hear the other side or a reply that we may need to consider. I may sound anti- Christian or American at times but I’m not, it’s my way of philosophy to critically think and re-think

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Zelenskyy: It’s Day 18. We Hold Key Positions. Close The Skies. We’re Going Through The Worst Odeal.

By
Image
In summary, President Zelenskyy said: It’s day 18. We hold key defensive positions. Close the Ukrainian Airspace before it gets worse; Russian bombs have already neared NATO’s borders (within 20 miles).  Negotiations are actively underway between Russia and Ukraine and this has led to the more than 10 corridors that are opened today so that  over 5550 refugees were able to securely leave Kyiv, Kharkiv, Melitopol, Donbas and other regions safely except for Mariupol which remains blocked by Russian troops. They are working on getting that reopened. He visited the wounded and handed out medals today and spoke with several European leaders who assured continued support and shared concerns about the wider implications of Putin’s goals and Russia’s invasion is closing in on their (EU’s) borders. He ended by saying: We are going through the worst ordeal in our history and in our lives to protect the most precious thing we have. We must hold on. We must fight. And we will win...
Read more

Breaking: Russian military shot dead 51-year-old US Correspondent, Brent Renaud in Irpen

By
Image
Kyiv Region Police Chief Andriy Nebytov said that the Russian military had shot dead 51-year-old The New York Times correspondent Brent Renaud in Irpen.  Another journalist was injured and is currently in Okhmatdyt Hospital.  According to open sources, Brent Renaud was a photojournalist and director, making many documentaries with his brother.  The publication itself has not yet confirmed the death of its correspondent. Очільник поліції Київщини Андрій Нєбитов повідомив, що російські військові в Ірпені розстріляли 51-річного кореспондента The New York Times Брента Рено. Ще один журналіст отримав поранення, наразі він перебуває в лікарні «Охматдит». Згідно з даними з відкритих джерел, Брент Рено був фотожурналістом та режисером, разом із братом знімав багато документальних фільмів. У самому виданні поки не підтвердили смерть свого кореспондента Update: The New York Times confirms the death of journalist Brent Renaud, but notes that he did not have accreditation. Update: Th...
Read more

Police Reform in #America Must include Rebranding the Police ...Change their “LOOK”

By
#PoliceReform Must also include rebranding the #PoliceForce; changing their anti friendly countenance, stance, color,  clothes and updating their car. Their “LOOK” needs to become more customer or #CommunityService Friendly. Moral Authority is a currency that has lost value for Law Enforcement and when a currency looses its value it must change, the state must intervene just as the Federal Reserve Bank intervenes to protect its monetary value of its currency in this case the state needs to constantly intervene in the currency of its law enforcement. But this has never been the case. #Democrats and #Republicans are all guilty of their indifference and soft approach to dealing with and restoring  the credibility of the police. States always seem to fail to act or are too slow to protect the integrity of its people and the currency of its police due to political and ideological differences that has nothing to do with building a strong #Policdforce for all people. A force that ser...
Read more

News Update: What’s Happening In The Russian-UKraine War, March 5, 2:05PM

By
Image
President Zelenskyy of Ukraine submitted an update regarding the War: The main points of his message in the video: 1. He calls for a “NO—FLY—ZONE” in the region, and stated that 74 percent of Americans support the no-fly-zone. Yet we have not approved the request, a decision that will help significantly, Ukraine’s advantage in the war.  2. The Armed forces of Ukraine hold all areas of defence and are counterattacking Russian invaders near: Kharkiv, and holding the line in Maykolaiv, Kyiv, Chernihiv region, Sumy region and Dobas.  3. We (Ukraine) inflicted damages on the Invaders; the Russian Army has not reached planned frontiers and ten thousand (10, 000) Russian Soldiers many of whom are 18 - 20 years old were killed.  4. Every Ukrainian is fighting and resisting the enemy even where they are advancing, but not for long.  5. GLORY TO UKRAINE!  Finally regarding My pro account features being blocked by Russia as the platform is Russian owned and developed; I wa...
Read more

What is the “Ultimate” of All Things? By Renaldo McKenzie

By
What is the ultimate of all things? That we become one with reality and with humanity in all of our individuality. A man said “Once you label me, you negate me” (Kierkegaard). I ndeed,  culture of categories, groups and labels minimize, mitigate and or manage change.  Change is not possible when the people are divided. This “Divide” put people against each other. So that, those in “Power” can remain... panning to their “divide” in effect forming a shield of defense that protect their resolve against those on the other side of the “divide”.  Thereby, solidifying their Power and perpetuating the issues that bind and create strife. Indeed, Power uses whatever tools available to it to get what it wants and to maintain, at the unsuspecting “laymen” who are tricked in putting their membership in a group over their membersip of humanity; and shouldn’t this be a crime to put our group over the whole. For isn’t it the ultimate of all things that we are “One” so that none is above ...
Read more