Comment by zozbot234

Parent poster was not talking about people who are merely being asked "to support their side in the current moment"; their concern was specifically wrt. the slogan/hashtag "Black Lives Matter", which is associated with a radical Marxist organization. One can care about Black lives and even demonstrate that they care without endorsing a harmful slogan.

> I think I'd actually feel a lot better about things if I were witnessing an argument about fringe political beliefs coming to the fore, rather than finding out how many people I know are overtly or covertly racist.

That makes sense, but it's also sensible to ask whether hijacking a much-needed conversation about race and police brutality to push fringe, Marxist-inspired political views helps people and institutions become less racist. It's not even clear that 'Black Lives Matter', as an overtly organized and led social movement, is doing all that much to meaningfully improve Black lives.