# Cities painting BLM on pubic streets **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 11, 2020, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cities-painting-blm-on-pubic-streets/855416 "2020-06-11T00:02:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![split\_p\_j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19b73/32.png) [@split\_p\_j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/split_p_j)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2020, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cities-painting-blm-on-pubic-streets/855416/21 "2020-06-11T00:47:30Z")
I’m 49 years old, middle class and have never had any problems with the police, even when I was young 30 years ago. I grew up working class just like a lot of people and pushed beyond that. There are millions of black people just like me. Why aren’t our stories being told? ---
**Author:** ![Silophant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@Silophant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silophant)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2020, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cities-painting-blm-on-pubic-streets/855416/22 "2020-06-11T00:48:38Z")
> [@split\_p\_j](#): > > My city has sided with a political group, on a public road for all to see, with a movement I don’t agree with. From the very first sentence of your OP: > [@split p&j](#): > > So my nearest city, which I of course don’t live in, painted BLM across a major intersection. As a resident of Minneapolis, one thing I just have not been able to get enough of these past couple weeks is suburbanites, or outstaters, or out-of-staters demanding that they get a say in city politics. You’re welcome to tweet at the city’s mayor or council if you want, but you’re not a constituent. Prepare to be summarily ignored. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2020, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cities-painting-blm-on-pubic-streets/855416/23 "2020-06-11T00:50:38Z")
> [@Grrr](#): > > Okay, let’s try this: You’re the mayor of a town with a hundred denizens. 800 people want a stop light installed at the corner of Elm and Main. 200 people don’t. > > What do you do? > Now, juxtapose that, with the nonsense you just wrote. It’s not hard at all for a small minority to get something supported by the majority stopped. ---
**Author:** ![split\_p\_j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19b73/32.png) [@split\_p\_j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/split_p_j)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2020, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cities-painting-blm-on-pubic-streets/855416/24 "2020-06-11T00:51:14Z")
> [@Grrr](#): > > Okay, let’s try this: You’re the mayor of a town with a hundred denizens. 800 people want a stop light installed at the corner of Elm and Main. 200 people don’t. > > What do you do? > Now, juxtapose that, with the nonsense you just wrote. There was no vote, the just did it. They don’t know what anybody wants. The just did it. I totally disagree with the BLM platform. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2020, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cities-painting-blm-on-pubic-streets/855416/25 "2020-06-11T00:52:11Z")
> [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](#): > > I’m certainly cool with BLACK LIVES MATTER painted in big yellow letters on the street. I would be kinda pissed if instead a city allowed ABORTION IS MURDER or, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN to be painted on the street. > > Which is okay and which isn’t? You’ve got a point. > [@split\_p\_j](#): > > I’m 49 years old, middle class and have never had any problems with the police, even when I was young 30 years ago. I grew up working class just like a lot of people and pushed beyond that. There are millions of black people just like me. Why aren’t our stories being told? I don’t know exactly, but I’m kind of in the same boat as you WRT the #MeToo movement. I believe, support, and endorse it even though I’ve never been raped and in fact have never had a boss or co-worker or any guy make inappropriate advances to me (even when I was young and really cute). \ It happened to other women and they are mad and want justice. It never happened to me, but they still deserve justice. My circumstances don’t invalidate theirs. See what I mean? ---
**Author:** ![split\_p\_j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19b73/32.png) [@split\_p\_j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/split_p_j)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2020, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cities-painting-blm-on-pubic-streets/855416/26 "2020-06-11T00:52:38Z")
> [@Silophant](#): > > From the very first sentence of your OP: > As a resident of Minneapolis, one thing I just have not been able to get enough of these past couple weeks is suburbanites, or outstaters, or out-of-staters demanding that they get a say in city politics. You’re welcome to tweet at the city’s mayor or council if you want, but you’re not a constituent. Prepare to be summarily ignored. My city didn’t give us a chance, they just did it. No vote no warning nothing. ---
**Author:** ![split\_p\_j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19b73/32.png) [@split\_p\_j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/split_p_j)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2020, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cities-painting-blm-on-pubic-streets/855416/27 "2020-06-11T00:55:13Z")
BLM is not a statement, its a political entity founded upon lies of the Michael Brown case. Hands up don’t shoot remember that? Except it came out later that he didn’t have his hands up, which of course is forgotten now. But that’s how BLM started. ---
**Author:** ![planetcory](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/planetcory/32/1032_2.png) [@planetcory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/planetcory)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2020, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cities-painting-blm-on-pubic-streets/855416/28 "2020-06-11T01:01:59Z")
I’m black and have also never had problems with the police. Somehow I’m capable of looking at the world outside of myself. Also, if you’re black and unaware of any movements, marches or organizations addressing community violence, I’d suggest that you’re very detached from your community, because there are multitudes of those. Typically those criminals, if found, are tried and imprisoned. So, no, the level outrage there doesn’t match that of uncontested police killings. We hold police to higher moral expectations than criminals, just like everyone else does. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2020, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cities-painting-blm-on-pubic-streets/855416/29 "2020-06-11T01:05:42Z")
How do you know that the large lettered BLACK LIVES MATTER was an endorsement of the official organization, and not just a statement of fact? ---
**Author:** ![split\_p\_j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19b73/32.png) [@split\_p\_j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/split_p_j)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2020, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cities-painting-blm-on-pubic-streets/855416/30 "2020-06-11T01:07:37Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > You’ve got a point. > > I don’t know exactly, but I’m kind of in the same boat as you WRT the #MeToo movement. I believe, support, and endorse it even though I’ve never been raped and in fact have never had a boss or co-worker or any guy make inappropriate advances to me (even when I was young and really cute). \ It happened to other women and they are mad and want justice. It never happened to me, but they still deserve justice. My circumstances don’t invalidate theirs. See what I mean? No I don’t see what you mean. Personal experiences are what your personality is made from. I’ve already said that Floyd didn’t deserve to die and the killer should be prosecuted. I’m saying that this incident is being made out to be every black persons problem. I’m saying that is far from the truth. Me Too is the same type of BS as BLM, refer to my post where I talk about Johnny Depp and Amber Heard. ---
**Author:** ![split\_p\_j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19b73/32.png) [@split\_p\_j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/split_p_j)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2020, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cities-painting-blm-on-pubic-streets/855416/31 "2020-06-11T01:09:15Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > How do you know that the large lettered BLACK LIVES MATTER was an endorsement of the official organization, and not just a statement of fact? Ok so they left out the #? Is that what you are saying? ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2020, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cities-painting-blm-on-pubic-streets/855416/32 "2020-06-11T01:14:55Z")
> [@split\_p\_j](#): > > I’m 49 years old, middle class and have never had any problems with the police, even when I was young 30 years ago. I grew up working class just like a lot of people and pushed beyond that. There are millions of black people just like me. Why aren’t our stories being told? So, because you’ve had no problems, that means that other people’s problems are less important than your lack of problems? What exactly are you trying to say? ---
**Author:** ![split\_p\_j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19b73/32.png) [@split\_p\_j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/split_p_j)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2020, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cities-painting-blm-on-pubic-streets/855416/33 "2020-06-11T01:15:21Z")
They should add and put quotes around “only if taken by whites” ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2020, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cities-painting-blm-on-pubic-streets/855416/34 "2020-06-11T01:21:37Z")
> [@split\_p\_j](#): > > They should add and put quotes around “only if taken by whites” You understand there’s a difference between institutional and governmental abuse of authority and repression on the one hand, and simple crime on the other hand? Everyone is already against crime. We don’t need slogans for that. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2020, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cities-painting-blm-on-pubic-streets/855416/35 "2020-06-11T01:26:11Z")
> [@split\_p\_j](#): > > I’m 49 years old, middle class and have never had any problems with the police, even when I was young 30 years ago. I grew up working class just like a lot of people and pushed beyond that. There are millions of black people just like me. Why aren’t our stories being told? Because you aren’t telling them? Put together a Ted talk, or something. And FWIW, I’m Jewish, but everyone from whom I’m directly descended was safely on the N. American continent by 1920. Some were here before there was a US. Hell, at least one (and his brother) fought in the Revolutionary War. Ask me if I still care about the Holocaust. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2020, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cities-painting-blm-on-pubic-streets/855416/36 "2020-06-11T01:28:46Z")
> [@split\_p\_j](#): > > No I don’t see what you mean. … All-righty then. ---
**Author:** ![split\_p\_j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19b73/32.png) [@split\_p\_j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/split_p_j)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2020, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cities-painting-blm-on-pubic-streets/855416/37 "2020-06-11T01:30:48Z")
Yes I do and it if it was truly institutional then I couldn’t be where I am. That’s not the problem now. ---
**Author:** ![split\_p\_j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19b73/32.png) [@split\_p\_j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/split_p_j)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2020, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cities-painting-blm-on-pubic-streets/855416/38 "2020-06-11T01:37:48Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > All-righty then. You brought up MeToo, which is probably worse, totally discredited after the Amber Heard tape and Milano not applying the same standards to Biden. I’d be just as mad if they painted that on the street. ---
**Author:** ![installLSC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/54ee81/32.png) [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2020, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cities-painting-blm-on-pubic-streets/855416/39 "2020-06-11T01:41:36Z")
No different than all those rainbow pedestrian crosswalks you see in cities with large gay populations. And although the federal government has tried to [intimidate localities into getting rid of them](https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/government-says-rainbow-crosswalks-could-be-unsafe/994783198/), the fact they can only threaten funding cutbacks shows there’s no legal basis to get rid of them. And as the article notes, cities aren’t listening anyway. ---
**Author:** ![split\_p\_j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19b73/32.png) [@split\_p\_j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/split_p_j)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2020, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cities-painting-blm-on-pubic-streets/855416/40 "2020-06-11T01:50:01Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > Because you aren’t telling them? Put together a Ted talk, or something. > > And FWIW, I’m Jewish, but everyone from whom I’m directly descended was safely on the N. American continent by 1920. Some were here before there was a US. Hell, at least one (and his brother) fought in the Revolutionary War. > > Ask me if I still care about the Holocaust. People like me do things like TED talks all over you tube but the liberals don’t like what they hear. I don’t think a comparison with the Holocaust is fair, where the goal was extermination. It’s more like a thing with a conquered people for blacks and the US. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cities-painting-blm-on-pubic-streets/855416.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cities-painting-blm-on-pubic-streets/855416.md?page=3)