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Originally Posted by Brian Swartz
I'm not saying supporting half makes me a supporter. I'm saying it doesn't make me not a supporter. I.e. that it's just more complicated than that.
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We'll agree to disagree. My POV is if you only support 50% of the key tenants of some belief, you really aren't a supporter (maybe it's the definition of what a "supporter" is).
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I think 50% doesn't make you either one of those things. Even on the list, there are some I agree with (decarceration, I've long been on record for the flat-out abolition of the prison system in its entirety), some I disagree with (removing police from schools as one example), but a lot where it's just not that simple (i.e., I'm in favor of changes in education policy but probably not the ones they want, there's widespread debate about what reparations even means, etc).
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Sure, we can discuss all the nuances but when it comes down to it, ask yourself the question - of the 13, you tell a BLM group that you don't support 6 or 7 of them, will they think you support BLM?
8 out of 10 times, willing to bet they will say "nah, not really".