Quote Originally Posted by davsel View Post
As soon as the majority of blacks in America denounce the actions of the BLM, I'll agree with your argument that they are like Westboro or a single militia.

I believe a better comparison would involve the lack of denouncement by the majority of Muslims concerning Muslim terrorism. Just because the majority of blacks do not actively participate, does not mean they do not agree and support.
Just because they don't go on television and denounce doesn't mean they agree and support either. How much time have you personally dedicated to openly denouncing the actions of other white people, besides on here? For me, it's zero time. I've never gone out of my way to publicly denounce the actions of anyone, white or otherwise in any event save for maybe terrorist attacks. Many people on here prefer to keep their political beliefs private and don't engage in open discussions at work or with strangers or at social gatherings. I suspect that most people are like that.

I think it's normal for people to just assume that if someone else doesn't openly criticize something, then that person is in support of said action or belief. Most people however, are more well mannered than to always be loudly denouncing everything that they don't like in public, and especially the workplace. One specific example that comes to mind was when that cop in California flew off the handle and said he was going to kill cops. Like most of us, I was watching that whole event unfold with great interest. A guy at work was talking to me about it, and I was trying to remain neutral in my responses. I remember I remarked about something about his training, or something that I thought would just be inane filler. From that day on, when ever that co-worker talked to me about the on-goings of that event, he'd refer to the bad cop as my "boy," to the point where he would yell across the office, "Hey Stu, your boy is on the move again. Now he's in the woods!" Now, that particular co-worked happened to be a huge douche bag, but nonetheless, when I tried to engage him in conversation just enough to be polite, but really say nothing one way or the other (because he was a huge douche bag) he just assumed that I was some supporter of the bad guy. I'm not comparing the idiot I worked with to you davsel, or anyone else on this site, as he was obnoxious just to be obnoxious, but the point stands that when people don't say anything, it's natural human nature to assume that they are compliant, regardless of whether they are or not.