jt10000 wrote:
Bob Loblaw wrote:
you know, maybe this is a time that the endurance athlete community can share some of its expertise with the fight for civil rights.
to wit: you don't start with a marathon.
find a nice local 5k, see how that goes, learn from there. if it's something productive and enjoyable, start building up to the longer races.
You know, people have been fighting for civil rights in this country for more than a hundred years, and the BLM is in many ways a continuation of a movement that got very big about 55 years ago. And that movement actually disrupted things, faced condemnation from many white people, and had some small success. Just sayin'.
I openly admit that I am struggling with this issue...on the scope of things, my finishing a marathon is pretty fookin' insignificant compared to the issues that BLM ar trying to highlight. And I fully appreciate that the point of social protest is to
disrupt and make people feel uncomfortable.
That said, I think it is incumbent on every protest prognoses to ask whether their planned actions will be beneficial to their goals and objectives.
In this case, the answer seems a resounding "No".
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