baboon2004
Darned cockwombles.
And yes, in the scheme of things, the basic fact of racialized police brutality is obviously a much bigger problem than #KillAllWhitePeople tags on twitter (and domestic violence is a bigger problem than #KillAllMen from feminists, etc.), it's not hard to see why many people who would otherwise be sympathetic are going to turned off. Plus of course the alt-right eats this stuff up for breakfast, lunch and dinner - as do the vanilla mainstream GOP/Tory right, come to that ("Look at all these crazy people Corbyn associates with, how can anyone take him seriously?").
The point is of course that those people wouldn't otherwise be sympathetic - that's complete fantasy, in the direct service of doing nothing to combat the actual problem and feeling (erroneously) morally justified in doing nothing. Cos guilt is so annoying... If only oppressed people would conduct themselves with a little bit more decorum, then everyone would listen to them... The truth is that oppressed people resort to 'extreme' tactics and violence precisely because it's the only thing that will get a response. Asking nicely doesn't work, and never has. (Who are these delicate souls who get scared and end up altering their entire moral compass due to #KillAllWhitePeople and #KillAllMen hashtags anyways?)
The Corbyn situation is obviously different in many ways, but the principle of silencing debate is similar. If only Corbyn had never been in the same room as anyone we could call a terrorist, then we'd give him a fair chance!
Corbyn's mistakes are many, but extending courtesies towards people with blood on their hands is part of the Prime Minister's job description. Makes him better qualified, not less.
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