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[quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele]I am completely baffled by the controversy that has arisen from this tweet by At Large Council Member Elissa Silverman:

[twitter]https://twitter.com/tweetelissa/status/1270202564030726144[/twitter]

She was immediately attacked due to making her support for BLM "transactional". However, I don't read her tweet as offering her support for BLM in return for their support against anti-Semitism. Rather, I see her offering her support unconditionally and only expressing her hope that BLM will join her. Never mind that BLM should be opposing anti-Semitism regardless of what Silverman does.

Silverman quickly apologized:

[twitter]https://twitter.com/tweetelissa/status/1270479884972892162[/twitter]

But that hasn't stopped the attacks:

[twitter]https://twitter.com/kenyanmcduffie/status/1271542186341957633[/twitter]

[twitter]https://twitter.com/brandonttodd/status/1271550989741498371[/twitter]

I think the appropriate response by BLM and its supporters to Silverman's initial tweet would be to thank her for her support and assure her that they will always stand by her against anti-Semitism. These attacks on her are very discouraging and disappointing. 
 [/quote]

Someone stating that they are disappointed or dismayed by what someone else has said is not an attack. People are allowed to disagree with what she said. The examples you've posted here are quite civil in their disagreement. And there is a huge issue with white liberals being transactional in their support, wanting pats on the back for doing what they should do as decent humans. Supporting equality for black people is not a favor and they do not owe you for their support.

That being said, I have absolutely no issue standing against antisemitism, and I don’t think her tweet was the most egregious example of this issue. [/quote]

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