I have nothing against the original concept of the Black Lives Matter movement. In general, I have had very good experiences with police officers at my school/hometown and the leniency/understanding most have shown me has earned them great respect in my book. With that said, there are bad egg cops out there that use(d) excessive force on black citizens around the country, leading the several wrongful deaths. That's bad regardless of the race of the victim, I understand, I get it, I'm against cops that do/support such behavior.
What I do not like is what the cause has become. It seems to have morphed into a movement that promotes groups of people going around bullying innocent bystanders for simply being white, thinking they are spreading a noble message when they are actually contributing to the social divide we see in our country.
One instance that upset me was a video on youtube where a congregation of BLM protesters marched into their university's library loudly yelling "Black Lives Matter" over and over and over, prompting many students who were there to just mind their own business/study to leave. A few protesters even got into one of the student's face in an aggressive manner screaming "DON'T YOU THINK BLACK LIVES MATTER???" without any provocation from the student. Wtf? Although this may be a foreign concept to some of them, some people actually take studying very seriously and it is unacceptable to have to force a student who is doing nothing wrong leave a designated study area so you can yell about an issue they had no involvement in. Do that on the sidewalk or in the dining hall where keeping quiet is not expected. I have little tolerance when it comes to idiots disrupting productive students' focus regardless of the cause and even less patience when you target people simply because you suspect they may not be with your cause.
This extends to any type of movement. My friend mentioned a similar "protest" held by Israeli students in his library during the particularly bloody exchange in Gaza a year or two ago. This angered Palestinian students, as the death tolls were primarily Palestinian casualties, prompting them to counter protest and causing an entire mess of a distraction during finals week. This is not the way to spread awareness, all it does is add fuel to the hate fire. Take that stuff somewhere else and protest like civilized people please.
Who knows, maybe I just don't get it.
