Yes, you're right, the thread morphed. Without saying so out loud, posting incidents of 'on Black violence' on this OP felt appropriate, since those are partially what cause people to put out BLM signs. The pictures of the BLM signs actually provide a counter to the incidents.
My post above? It's not really relevant here.
On the other site, kingbad called for a separate forum for issues related to... I can't quite remember his suggestion precisely... race-related issues? I think my post above could be better somewhere else. Maybe, move it to 'general discussion'.
I didn't intend the impression of post #23 to be about data mining, even though I ended with that. In #23, I am interested in how a media empire manipulates, in this case using race, to earn money, unmoored to any moral/ethical bedrock. I'm interested in Fox Media (or whatever the umbrella organization is called) employing chameleon tactics to attempt to, on the one hand, paint themselves with a broad brush, inclusive, liberal character while, on their Fox News site, willingly playing the race card.
I consider Fox News and the other news sites owned by the Murdochs, to be the foundation of what that empire is and any Fox subsidiaries/offshoots as money-grabbing tentacles from the octopus' head. The sharp, parrot-like beak on the underside of the animal, the thing you can't see when watching Fox Soul, is what grabs my attention (no offense to octopi, just a useful metaphor). The overall conglomerate wants it any which way that yields financial gain. They operate, not from an ethical standpoint, but from a capitalist mindset. They open a subsidiary media outlet to make money off interest in Black artists and, by consuming that, we participate in the hypocrisy and add to the power of that media empire. As consumers, we have power and we abuse it when we partake of anything Fox, if we find the Murdochs abhorrent, which I do. How do we exercise our consumer power with regard to Fox Soul?
Correct me if I'm wrong about this: The next time there's an incident involving race-based police violence, Fox News will be out front supporting the police and condemning those demonstrations that cry out against police malfeasance and the need for reforms. Fox News will support the concept of good people on both sides when white supremacists stage demonstrations, and will equivocate when vehicular homicide is carried out against counter-protesters. Or, Fox will downplay incidents when senior protestors have their heads knocked open against conical, stone traffic barriers by a phalanx of advancing police. Similarly, I imagine, Fox misrepresented the Navy veteran, who, enraged by the sight of federal officers on the scene in Portland, felt compelled to demonstrate and peacefully approached an officer to ask what they were doing there, violating their oath of office. I imagine Fox downplayed the federal police response, which was to pepper-spray and beat him, breaking his hand. Etcetera, etc., etc. Fox News will grab onto any looting or rioting associated with peaceful demonstrations against police violence and exaggerate it to color the whole movement with the 'lawless' brush.
The purpose of my post was to ask, "Is it ok to partake in Fox Soul media content when Fox News, a propaganda site, has played a pivotal role in the events of the last four years and aids in perverting the public mindset and panders to authoritarianism?" More specific to this thread, "Is it ok to partake in Fox Soul, when Fox media actively acts counter to issues important to BLM?"
