There's been a lot of commentary lately about how "black lives" don't actually matter to the self-styled "Black Lives Matter" group. They created a huge amount of destruction, their efforts have lead to the death of many individuals with recent African ancestry, and they are undeniably not focusing on the issues that are causing the most deaths of individuals with recent African ancestry; not in the US where the movement originated and certainly not globally.

Furthermore, they promote many ideas that don't necessarily have anything to do with people with recent African ancestry. Disruption of the nuclear family? Providing special protection for people who consider themselves "LGBTQ+"? Abolishing policing, including in areas with violent crime problems, where the majority of deaths of people with recent African ancestry are occurring?

 

And then I was thinking about "feminism," and I realized it follows the same pattern. The name -- "Feminism". "It's about helping women". "It's about helping Black people".

But a whole bunch of other stuff comes with that. You have to like transgenderism (except on GC). You have to think bad things about White people. You have to believe in "homosexual orientation". What does this have to do with helping women? "What do these things have to do with helping Black people"?

The same thing, with the deceptive name, claiming to speak for a group, and pushing a bunch of stuff that isn't related to the group, maybe not even caring about the group or being willing to use member of the group to achieve its objectives.

 

It feels really transparent to me that "BLM" is not about what it says it's about. And I feel like it helps me understand that "Feminism" is operating in a similar, way, and perhaps always has been operating in a similar way. I feel... taken advantage of, but like I can see better how it works with these deliberately deceptive names.