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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why do you need a sign on your front lawn to support a cause? More effective would be to volunteer or DO something rather than a shallow sign of status. [/quote]

I agree that only having a yard sign is not enough.  [b]But I don't think that OP is suggesting that having a yard sign is her only form of activism[/b].

Having a yard sign or bumper sticker or button or whatever is a very easy, very cheap, very small thing.  But, I don't think it's harmful. [/quote]

Actually, OP said exactly that. She admitted that her only form of activism is her "social worker" job and she can't do much more than that.  So, yeah, basically OP just wants to put a sign on her lawn (and still send her kid to LAMB).  Just another hypocrite.  [/quote]Hey I would rather see a sign in OP's yard and know that one more person cares about black people being shot by police.  I don't give a damn if she's a hypocrite.  Better a sign than nothing.[/quote]

She should also care about police being shot by black people too. Or blacks that kill blacks which is more prevalent. Pick your battles but IMO the neighborhood isn't the place to get political. [/quote]

The point of the BLM movement is that it is a bigger deal when representative of the state engage in violence against citizens. Sounds like you don't agree with that.   Sounds like this is not about whether its appropriate for a white gentrifier supports BLM with a sign - its that you just fundamentally disagree with the BLM perspective. That is your right, of course, but you are  not saying anything relevant to OPs question, I think.

I disagree with the Tea Party, but I understand why people put tea party signs on their lawns.  [/quote]Well said, pp.  Thanks.[/quote]

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