I exxagerated about BLM

     The Black Lives Matter Movement has fascinated me this year.  If you read their principles, you will find much to admire.  The principles sound idealistic.  I really wish you would look them up on the BLM website.  This advocacy group has grabbed public attention like no civil rights organization has done in many years.  The group was founded by three women.  BLM shows up every time police have shot a black person this year.  But that isn't all they do.  BLM wants to be a forum for all of the many sub-groups in the African American community.  I read that they want to reach out to people of color around the world.
     This week I reported that BLM is receiving huge donations.  I repeated a story that BLM had received $350 million from Hillary Clinton's friend George Soros.  Well, I was wrong.  The correct figure is $33 million in the last few months from Soros and another $67 million from other liberals.          My contention was that Black Lives Matter is growing rapidly in influence.  They are talking about organizing at the local level, all over the United States.  So my original comments, about the growing BLM media sensation, were correct.  We are going to hear a lot more about Black Lives Matter in the next few years.  And whatever happened to traditional black organizations like the NAACP?
    The year 2016 has not been kind to liberals.  The British voted to leave the European Union.  The Democrats suffered a big defeat.  White people who backed Barak Obama four years ago have turned to Donald Trump.  Right wing politicians are on the ascendency in Europe.  The Philipines have elected a nationalist.  Yet, Black Lives Matter is thriving.
     There is something I want you to do for homework.  Go to the BLM website.  It is inspiring.  Then go and visit Breitbart.  There are definite similarities.  Both groups are enlisting common people.  Both are enthusiastic about their causes.  BLM and Breitbart aim to rally common people.  I may be uninformed but I think I can support both organizations at the same time.
     Black Lives Matter seems idealistic and very sincere.  They seem a lot nicer than they are portrayed in the media.  Breitbart has a bit nastier tone.  They love to poke fun at liberals.  Some of the jokes and insults are a little harsh.  Still,  Breitbart is trying to connect with common people in a vast grassroots forum.  I think the difference comes from the differing speaking styles of Democrats and Republicans.  Bernie Sanders and Al Gore come across as painfully sincere and idealistic.  Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh come across as sarcastic and very funny.
     In conclusion, I am sorry that I misstated the amount of contributions that Black Lives Matters has received in the last few months.  They are thriving while the Democrats are in a tailspin.  I urge you to read everything you can find on BLM.  We may be seeing the beginning of the next Martin Luther King.

Who benefits from hate speech?

At least six mosques have received vile and threatening letters.  I would be very worried if my family attended any of these mosques.  The writer claims to support Donald Trump, but does he (or she?)
Who benefits by this letter?  If a person wanted to bomb a mosque they would have already done so.  So the purpose of the letter is to frighten people.  Donald Trump is trying to court gays, blacks, and other minorities.  His coalition of moderates and independents have been fickle in the past.  These people supported President Obama in the past.  Anything that increases racial fear weakens Trump's coalition a little.  This is why Hillary Clinton kept warning about a white backlash. It never happened because oppressing minorities is short-sighted and immoral.  According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, the number of racist whites in America has dwindled to no more than 6000.  It is possible that a racist white person wrote the threatening letters.  It is also possible that one of Hillary Clinton's bitter, die hard supporters wrote the six letters.  When something like this happens again, ask yourself who benefits the most?  i learned that from watching Agatha Christie movies.