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President Obama said movements like Black Lives Matter need to stop yelling and begin working through the political process. What’s this, “a moment of sanity?”
He made this observation while addressing a group of young people in London Saturday during a townhall-style event.
While he expressed admiration for such movements for “really effective in bringing attention to problems,” he said they need to go further if they have any hope of achieving any real change, according to The New York Times.
“Once you’ve highlighted an issue and brought it to people’s attention and shined a spotlight, and elected officials or people who are in a position to start bringing about change are ready to sit down with you, then you can’t just keep on yelling at them,” he said.
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The Times tweeted:
President Obama says movements like Black Lives Matter “can’t just keep on yelling” https://t.co/MLyfv9xyGO pic.twitter.com/Ju9nyc4tQI
— The New York Times (@nytimes) April 23, 2016
That statement prompted all sorts of debate and commentary on social media — very little of it complimentary.
@nytimes You mean yelling like “Pigs in a blanket, fry ’em like bacon”? Glad to see this POS is at least honest he supports this crap.
— PROUD AMERICAN (@PROUD_USCITIZEN) April 23, 2016
@SphallSteve1245 @nytimes So, please point me to where he denounce these actions, specifically. I’ll wait.https://t.co/0y1q9jgcpE
— PROUD AMERICAN (@PROUD_USCITIZEN) April 23, 2016
@nytimes @Ricky_Vaughn99 A moment of sanity?
— Ms. Understood, RN (@TDsVoice) April 23, 2016
@nytimes Agreed. Occupy and BLM need to mobilize into a political force the way the Tea Paty did.
— Steve1245 (@SphallSteve1245) April 23, 2016
@peacelovedixie @LegallyLatina @nytimes they messed our communities up in Chicago
— Mike (@ConservMike) April 24, 2016
@nytimes hopefully Trump will lock the entire #blacklivesmatter movement up indefinitely, and @BarackObama (obozo) as well.
— Norseman (@76kjennings) April 23, 2016
@nytimes Dude needs to shut the hell up, NOW. Every time he says something on this subject, he steps in it. pic.twitter.com/Csdj3BSBlg
— Mike Flugennock (@flugennock) April 23, 2016
If he followed his own advice, he would put down his phone and his pen and start working through the political process with Congress.
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