Thread by @ExtraChrisB_, What the Bucks did today, and then the rest of the sports [...]

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ExtraChrisB_

What the Bucks did today, and then the rest of the sports world following suit, made me really question my initial reaction. That& #39;s an effective protest.

I saw headlines yesterday and this morning about the idea of a boycott and I dismissed them. Nah that won& #39;t happen. Then they did it and I wasn& #39;t happy. How are you just not going to play? What will that do? Then games across all sports cancelled. And I was like hmm...

Then I thought about the messages on players& #39; jerseys, Black Lives Matter on the court, the commercials, and how that can all be written off as cheap, & #39;virtue signaling,& #39; same kind of "okay but what does it change?" sentiment.

The point of a protest isn& #39;t supposed to be convenient. If it makes you uncomfortable and makes you think about things from a perspective you& #39;re not used to, that& #39;s a pretty good sign that it& #39;s working.

I can sit here and poke holes in arguments, point out potential flaws in the methods being used, but that seems like semantics. It doesn& #39;t have to be logically perfect and completely fleshed out from the jump to be legitimate. That& #39;s a realization I came to today.

It& #39;s really difficult for me to put my thoughts out on things like this because I don& #39;t fit in a nice and neat little box. It& #39;s easy to toe the line and parrot talking points. I& #39;m trying to figure this shit out for myself, and that& #39;s an unpaved, lonely road.

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