Thoughts on BC Politics and More

Tell me, other than deciding not to play games -- they are contracted to play -- what are players in the National Hockey League (NHL), the National Basketball Association (NBA), and Major League Baseball (MLB) actually doing in support of Black Lives Mater (BLM)? They are placing a lot of demands on their leagues, and team owners, but I’m asking ... “ What are they --  as players and individuals -- doing? ” I’m asking this because I am not actually hearing, or seeing, anything they are personally investing. But again, back to demands. Players are demanding that games be postponed, and I’m not sure exactly what that will accomplish as they’ll still end up being played. And in the NHL, according to the Post Millennial , seven players making up a group called the Hockey Diversity Alliance want ... the NHL make a statement by temporarily changing the blue line to black ... and they want the NHL to ... commit to funding $100 million dollars over 10 years to battle "systemic...

J. Richard Cohen is president of the Southern Poverty Law Center, and recently penned a piece in Time magazine entitled, " Black Lives Mater is not a Hate Group ".   Sorry but I have to disagree.  Any group that vehemently opposes others, is in my opinion, a hate group.   In this case, it appears that Black Lives Matter oppose, and dare I say 'hate', uniformed police officers.  Not just the few who have abused their position, but they seem to have tarred many with the same brush of hatred and abuse.  Police officers, who wear the uniform, are most certainly not all guilty of abuse. Cohen spoke in his piece saying, "Generally speaking, hate groups are, by our definition, those that vilify entire groups of people based on immutable characteristics such as race or ethnicity." He also stated that, " There’s no doubt that some protesters who claim the mantle of Black Lives Matter have said offensive things, like the chant "pigs in...