# A Pit thread for Asahi

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [February 4, 2019, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pit-thread-for-asahi/828944 "2019-02-04T14:14:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2021, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pit-thread-for-asahi/828944/191 "2021-09-08T15:35:21Z")

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> [@k9bfriender](#):
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> Sure, not all Black people, not in all places, but no one has said that, if that is the hyperbole that you are “debunking”, then it is a strawman that you have made up here.

Did I?:

> [@Is out-of-hand rejection of BLM conclusive evidence of unapologetic racism?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-out-of-hand-rejection-of-blm-conclusive-evidence-of-unapologetic-racism/950136/45):
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> There is more than just the shootings and killing that is being protested against the police, it is the **oppression and terrorism** of entire neighborhoods.

> [@Is out-of-hand rejection of BLM conclusive evidence of unapologetic racism?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-out-of-hand-rejection-of-blm-conclusive-evidence-of-unapologetic-racism/950136/46):
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> but rather a path for being dismissive of the **oppression, terrorism,** and death that is imposed by actors of the state on our fellow citizens for the color of their skin.

> [@Is out-of-hand rejection of BLM conclusive evidence of unapologetic racism?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-out-of-hand-rejection-of-blm-conclusive-evidence-of-unapologetic-racism/950136/49):
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> The Black Lives Matter movement is solely about ending the **oppression and terrorism** by state actors towards Black people based on the color of their skin.

That’s you in just one recent thread.

And it isn’t as if I’m trying to argue against the reality of systemic injustice. I’m not. But I’ll be accused of it nevertheless in… 5…4…3…

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