I broke my promise to myself to stay off this thread...d@mn it. Addressing the 'what ifs'
What if my aunt had a dick, then she'd be my uncle.
I'll say this one more time in a different way. Tariq's impact on the fight against white supremacy, far, far exceeds his negatives, so until that changes for me, I'm supportive.
Dr. Umar has gone down in legitimacy, in my opinion in large part due to his ego, but I think no one talks about the need for and no one advocates for Black Love more than he does, so I wish him the best. It's needed. I don't wish him to fail. I won't further contribute to school but I want him to get it. It's not a deflection just another example of what my personal criteria is. We are better off with Dr. Umar than without.
If someone else who has less flaws than Tariq comes along and has a bigger impact, fantastic. But its not zero sum game. Tariq can still be around, still be effective and someone else can still be a bigger influencer.
Again, I have no problem with pointing out his flaws, I disagree with him on a few things as I do Jason Black who I watch and donate to regularly.
I just think the Tariq criticism are over the top and almost as petty as he can be. Just that. It's masked in other language similar to 'just pointing out inconsistencies'. Really? It's like we're stupid....lol real talk. It's more honest to say you just don't like dude and want to see him gone. Denying it looks like cap to the rest of us. It really does. But whatever. The criticism also borders on, hints at, if not directly calls on anyone who supports him as sheep or similar language.
Any action that talks to reparations for FBAs, calls out white supremacy, etc, from anyone, including this site being one tool is always a good thing. Large and small, in any way, its ALWAYS a good thing. The Washington rally did that. The museum will do that. Bey's non Tariq message does that. Dr. Umar does that. Meechee X does that. You all do that in your own personal spaces and relationships like I do. All of it is needed and important.
So, I'll try and keep my promise to myself and stay out of this thread. The whole Bey v Nasheed thing is silly. Tariq is silly to keep going and Bey is silly for stopping his usual message and spending all this time and energy on Tariq including disrespectfully showing up at the rally when that should have been an event that is a DMZ zone, neutral, no beefs moment.
So, y'all carry on. I'll try not to 'invade' again. I felt silly even making this post but I responded prior and thus thought I should try a last final that is hopefully not like the 'last' Halloween movie and then a sequel comes again.
and with that I land my plane because there are too many motherf*cking snakes on this motherf*cking thread.