I don't tend to go to protests, for my own safety and that of others. I'm supportive of any effort to make the world a more fair place. All lives matter. (Consequently, black lives matter just as much.)
Not a fan of movements that support one particular section of humanity in their name like BLM. I think it inevitably exacerbates the problem in the long term. Just like how feminism is not wholly undeservedly known for being anti-male.
Consider this: A movement is there to protect a group of people who have it bad. So they present one example after another example showing how that group specifically is treated unfairly. Of course that's fine. Of course, the group of people who have it bad are never the only people who have it bad. It should be fine, it's not a race to bottom I always say. However, naturally after some time, the movement is seen as one that doesn't look at things fairly by an increasing amount of people who know that there is more to the story. It doesn't add up because a lot is left out. The movement is an easy target because all they do is look at things from one perspective.
When that gets into people's minds the movement will start to attract people who think that the movement is about placing the group above others. Or worse, people who think that it's about revenge instead of creating a more fair world. Revenge and creating a more fair world don't go together very well. The narrow focus of the name becomes a self fulfilling prophecy because when the people join who are the reverse of what you were fighting against, you're going to end up being the bad guys. That's how you get, for example, feminists who are against male shelters because they think men shouldn't be helped. That goes against everything a feminist is supposed to be, but here we are. And then you'll see people who have doubts about such a movement, like me, who then point out the hypocrisy because it's hurting the very thing the movement was supposed to be. Now it's a controversial movement. It has become another monster to fight if we want to have a more fair world.
It's much stronger when a group is clearly from the start created in name and purpose to protect anyone from a type of unfair treatment, such as racism. A movement that would look at things from all perspectives and that doesn't need to worry so much about a race to the bottom between different groups. Is racism against this group or that group worse? Their answer would be all racism is bad. That is much easier for the general population to support. It also wouldn't attract the wrong people so easily. This is why I said before, that I think the MRA and feminism should be one movement. It would get rid of a lot of the crazies, and I think it would be a cause that almost anyone could support. It shouldn't be difficult because they both share the same goal on paper. How hard it is demonstrates how far they combined have strayed from their path.
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