Not what I was doing. I was taking your original comment and showing you the political flip side. It's hard to make your point with a straight face considering what's going on right now with Obama's critics and how they supported Bush.

You may be too young to know this but there was this Republican president named George Bush jr. who totally wrecked the economy and conservatives still defended him. And when the next president was elected who you will know, Barack Obama, improved practically every measure of the economy conservatives said he was in fact destroying the country and we were never worse off! Politics is funny that way.

I apologize, I got the impression you thought links were unnecessary. I personally have no thoughts either way about the movement as i don't follow it. As for my point about positivity and addressing the issues (such as black on black violence, kids out of wedlock, education) in the black community:

I assume you have already heard of Dr. Martin Luther King jr. And Bill Cosby before the scandal. Spike Lee. And the rappers I posted a video of previously.

https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20151201/downtown/chicagoans-actually-do-protest-violence-their-communities-all-time

http://theblackmancan.org/the-village-mentoring-program-gives-at-risk-boys-guidance-role-models/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_the_Violence_Movement

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2014/12/black_community_is_concerned_with_black_on_black_crime_suggesting_otherwise.html

https://blackandmarriedwithkids.com/

https://uwm.edu/news/new-efforts-to-change-stereotypes-and-encourage-african-american-young-men/

http://blackyouthproject.com/resources/all-organizations-websites/

http://www.finalcall.com/artman/publish/National_News_2/article_6917.shtml

http://cbmnational.org/

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/alphas-in-the-streets-march_us_565364c2e4b0879a5b0be458

Assistance is one thing. Making it a way of life is another. We've seen so-called lifelines and safety nets become one continuous circle. Unfortunately it isn't only one or two lazy bums living off my dime.

Your mentioning of corporate welfare is just a way to distract. I doubt most people here would be in favor of giving tax dollars to multi-billion dollar corporations. Like most liberals, you seem to think one act of bad behavior justifies another and that is nonsense.

If you don't know about his $20.00 example, educate yourself. You can easily find out how much each state averages in terms of "welfare." People flock to my state and hop on the welfare rolls because the Democrats love to pass out "free" money since they seem to believe it grows on trees. Any effort made to crack down on such handouts is always met with the harshest of responses by the left.

Wouldn't be so funny if it's your job that got destroyed or your tax being raised.

@still_vicious: I got to be honest, the only time I hear about black lives matter these days is on this forum from people who clearly have an agenda against them.

@still_vicious: I can give you as many links as you care to read of black people speaking out against black crime and not having kids out of wedlock and are pro education. I don't understand why you want to deny the positive things people are attempting to do? Pretending it doesn't exist or dismissing it as insignificant seems wrong to me.

Emotional outbursts aside, they are advocating equality not supremacy of one particular racial group.

More victim blaming.