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[quote=Anonymous][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]

Rereading again, and it was conditional or bitter, she apologized as she should have, Let's move on! [/quote]

I also was confused by it at first.  But the more you look at the backstory the more petty and transactional it seems. Look into the history of BLM and JUFJ, which is aligned pretty strongly with Silverman.

No one is accusing her of being KKK, but she clearly has some issues to work through to be a better ally to BLM.

It's the difference between responding to my wife "Yes, of course I love you" and "Yes, I love you.  It would be nice if you worked out a little more."[/quote]

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