BLM is NOT worse than the KKK

The following is a sequence of rebuttals of my opponent as follows: "This is inaccurate. The KKK was created by veterans in the confederacy as an attempt to restore the confederacy." Using my own opponent's link: http://www.history.com... "Local Klan members"often wearing masks and dressed in the organization"s signature long white robes and hoods"usually carried out their attacks at night, acting on their own but in support of the common goals of defeating Radical Reconstruction and restoring white supremacy in the South." In addition: "Among the most notorious zones of Klan activity was South Carolina, where in January 1871 500 masked men attacked the Union county jail and lynched eight black prisoners." Despite the actual intent of the creation (which was to continue the production of the southern economic growth and suppress the freedom of the black people of the south, the subsequent intent and killings of the klan under the idea of white supremacy, trumps all other prior intent of its creation. My opponent says: " Don"t let him get away with it. Pro says BLM started as movement for social justice, but the KKK started the same way." Despite our contemporary moral compass what was the social justice of hanging black men on trees, or burning crosses on the lawns of freed black men and women and families? Or what was the social justice of the idea of "keeping the white race pure," all-the-while suppressing the freedoms of others? Since we are historically regressing to these thoughts my opponent has to answer for the moral judgments placed on the klan since their original intent was for social justice. My opponent has to explain how one can be an advocate of social justice while suppressing the justice of others? My opponent states in the following: "The organization was about people sick of being treated unfairly by their conquerors." Who were the conquerors? the British were expelled. the North and South were divisional enemies. who was conquering who? As I can see it, history tells a different story. A true conqueror does not advocate the freedom of slaves that would eventually lead to reinforcement of the north after its decimation and that emancipation was a military policy (see:http://www.history.com...) My opponent says in the following: "The debate is about the KKK, and BLM. Dylan Roof was spending most of his time on the Christian Conservative Citizen"s site, reading their propaganda and seems to be almost entirely influenced by them." In you subsequent post you identify the actions of miscreants of BLM to "water down" the actions of the KKK so I thought it was necessary to point out the actions of an individual who was directly influenced by the KKK. I submit the following: "A manifesto issued by Charleston church shooter Dylann Storm Roof makes clear he was defending the ideology of white supremacy espoused by traditional racist organizations like the KKK and other white Christian extremist groups." - See more at: http://www.patheos.com... According to one source, Roof stated: "There is no 'real KKK' to help him so he has no choice but to act." I submit that the very invocation of the desire for the help of the KKK is clear enough that their historical influence in the terrorizing of people of color is evidence enough that they are an extremist terror organization. My opponent stated: "The bLM movement is a hate group like the KKK. They hate cops." My opponent apparent missed this source link as I used it in my initial presentation. this appears to be a direct source from BLM (my opponent's rejection of this is the result of personal bias therefore any subsequent assumptions of BLM are matters of opinion nor can my opponent substantiate that fact with objective proof): " The movement hates police officers. Police officers are people. Their lives have inherent value. This movement is not an anti-people movement; therefore it is not an anti-police-officer movement. Most police officers are just everyday people who want to do their jobs, make a living for their families, and come home safely at the end of their shift. This does not mean, however, that police are not implicated in a system that criminalizes black people, that demands that they view black people as unsafe and dangerous, that trains them to be more aggressive and less accommodating with black citizens, and that does not stress that we are taxpayers who deserve to be protected and served just like everyone else. Thus the Black Lives Matter movement is not trying to make the world more unsafe for police officers; it hopes to make police officers less of a threat to communities of color. Thus, we reject the idea that asking officers questions about why one is being stopped or arrested, about what one is being charged with, constitutes either disrespect or resistance. We reject the use of military-grade weapons as appropriate policing mechanisms for any American community. We reject the faulty idea that disrespect is a crime, that black people should be nice or civil when they are being hassled or arrested on trumped-up charges. And we question the idea that police officers should be given the benefit of the doubt when it comes to policing black communities. Increasingly, the presence of police makes black people feel less rather than more safe. And that has everything to do with the antagonistic and power-laden ways in which police interact with citizens more generally and black citizens in particular. Therefore, police officers must rebuild trust with the communities they police. Not the other way around." See: http://blacklivesmatter.com... Even the president of the United States indicates his feelings on BLM according the following source: "The notion was somehow saying "black lives matter" was reverse racism or suggesting that other people"s lives didn"t matter or police officers lives didn"t matter," Obama said, referring to critics of the organization accusing them of being "bogged down" in negative stereotypes. "I think everybody understands all lives matter," he continued. "I think the reason that the organizers used the phrase "Black Lives Matter" was not because they were suggesting nobody else"s lives matter." Obama insisted that the protests were based on a "legitimate issue," pointing out that African-Americans were not being treated fairly in some communities. He urged critics realize that the African-American community was "not just making this up." See:http://www.breitbart.com... Since there is too much to respond to, let me conclude with the following of my opponent: "The KKK may get rowdy from time to time, but you won"t see them looting, shutting down political rallies and interrupting politicians. The KKK aren"t throwing rocks at police. BLM is dangerous. Unlike the KKK they are large and very active. They loot, riot, arson, encourage and celebrate the murder of police. They block traffic, causing violent confrontations with motorists, interrupting other people"s days and just generally getting in the way of people who need to take their children to the hospital. You won"t see the KKK randomly attacking people who don"t support their cause like the BLM did to a marine that was literally just minding his own business." Again, using degenerates screaming out "Black Lives Matter" does not substantiate the claim that they are apart of the movement. Bloods and Crips can scream black lives matter which may indicate their own individual opinion, but it does not substantiate the idea that the actual movement is responsible. Even in fact they are, there are individual branches.