No. When I talk about pride I mean just that, and nothing else. A pride in one's heritage or culture. If this were the actual view associated with BLM (it's not, their version of "black pride" is "lick my boots, whitey"), and they weren't murderous savages, then I wouldn't have a problem. If they just had marches every so often waving flags and celebrating black culture, why is that an issue? That doesn't harm me. Nobody calls Cinco de Mayo racist. It's very clearly a celebration of hispanic origin, but they don't attack other races during it. Yet we're headed in a direction where soon things like the 4th of July and St. Patrick's day will be banned for having origins in white history.
Should an Englishmen take pride in Napoleon's conquests? Should Frenchman celebrate Lord Nelson's birthday?
The insidious nature of the Black Lives Matter Cancer is that it makes people think in terms of their immutable characteristics and not their culture and heritage. Race is not Culture.
Should they? Is a 7th generation American descended from Germans allowed to celebrate Oktoberfest or make sauerkraut on new year's? What if someone in their family married another American who descended from the British? Are the parts of their lineage they can take pride in limited to a specific root, or can they pick more than one and just give them all a label they share? Heritage is just as immutable as race.
"German pride" or "Irish pride" would still be labeled white supremacy regardless.
I'm talking about cultural heritage, not personal lineage. You can certainly change your culture. Like renouncing allegiance to the monarchy and starting your own country based on republican ideals.
Who does the labeling? Your Enemy. Why are you allowing them to define you?
So your reaction to the Black KKK (AKA: Black Lives Matter) isn't "FUCK BLM." It is, "I want a piece of that sweet racist action".
No. When I talk about pride I mean just that, and nothing else. A pride in one's heritage or culture. If this were the actual view associated with BLM (it's not, their version of "black pride" is "lick my boots, whitey"), and they weren't murderous savages, then I wouldn't have a problem. If they just had marches every so often waving flags and celebrating black culture, why is that an issue? That doesn't harm me. Nobody calls Cinco de Mayo racist. It's very clearly a celebration of hispanic origin, but they don't attack other races during it. Yet we're headed in a direction where soon things like the 4th of July and St. Patrick's day will be banned for having origins in white history.
Should an Englishmen take pride in Napoleon's conquests? Should Frenchman celebrate Lord Nelson's birthday?
The insidious nature of the Black Lives Matter Cancer is that it makes people think in terms of their immutable characteristics and not their culture and heritage. Race is not Culture.
Should they? Is a 7th generation American descended from Germans allowed to celebrate Oktoberfest or make sauerkraut on new year's? What if someone in their family married another American who descended from the British? Are the parts of their lineage they can take pride in limited to a specific root, or can they pick more than one and just give them all a label they share? Heritage is just as immutable as race.
"German pride" or "Irish pride" would still be labeled white supremacy regardless.
I'm talking about cultural heritage, not personal lineage. You can certainly change your culture. Like renouncing allegiance to the monarchy and starting your own country based on republican ideals.
Who does the labeling? Your Enemy. Why are you allowing them to define you?
Are you a member of BLM or a related organization?