Support For Black Lives Matter

I have been asked why I support the Black Lives Matter movement.

The answer is simple.

Because I believe it is the duty of the oppressed to rise up against their oppressor and demand to be treated as equals, entitled to the same freedoms, the same rights, as everyone else.

It's a belief I have held dearly since I first read it in the single most important sentence ever written in the history of mankind, the second sentence of the preamble of the Declaration of Independence.

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."

That's it, right there. That's the foundation of the United States. The very core.

Of course, I do not support violent demonstrations or vandalism - that's not the BLM, that's hoodlum bullsh*t.