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I disagree that BLM is comparable to Antifa or the alt-right in how extreme its agenda is. For example, according to a recent poll a majority of independents and about a quarter of republicans "mostly agree" with BLM. Individuals within the movement have done bad things, but the ideology of the group as a whole is not extreme.
These incidents don't involve just one individual going off the reservation, and detractors searching Facebook or whatever to say "hey, this guy says he's with BLM."
These are groups of marchers, marching under the BLM banner, making these statements. And if you're going to state your public support for a specific, named movement that you know is decentralised, then it is perfectly fair to ask you to clarify what you support, and what you don't.
The reason they don't disavow things like "pigs in a blanket", while reiterating their support for the overall movement, is that they don't want to alienate even their more radical supporters.
It's why Democrats so meekly accept the rudeness and indignity of people physical charging a stage and grabbing microphones. That is rude, uncivilized behavior we all know deserves to be condemned. It's an issue that is right in front of those pols, involves them personally, and is obviously something they would be expected to address directly.
But they don't. They accept meekly, and then don't even get asked blindingly obvious questions about whether they support people doing such things. Why? Because they don't want to risk offending a powerful voting block.
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