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Originally Posted by Mr K
People from either side will try and hijack it for whatever reason they want. 'All lives matter' might have been a better slogan, but a bit too subtle for the US, who need it spelling outto them what the issue is.
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Very true, and sadly this weekend I think we have lost a golden opportunity to examine racial history in the USA and try to understand what the problems really are over there. It remains a very rich and influential country that we have to deal with and it is useful for us to understand what makes it tick. Now, though, all anyone is associating with BLM in the British press this morning is a copper with a head wound and a large bronze statue being dumped in a dock.
(edit) and, of course, the very real risk that there might now be some local spikes in Covid-19 transmission due to ill-advised mass gatherings in various cities.