The BLM movement isn't "far left." It's not allied with a political party. Unless you think that protecting Black lives is the province of a political party? It's a movement to protest police brutality and violence against Black people. It is a rallying cry, a call to justice. It is activists alongside everyday citizens, both asking for accountability from law enforcement. Dignity for Black people. Insisting on the right to life for Black people.

Have you seen the video of the killing of George Floyd? How can anyone watch that video without being cognisant of the fact that this is a crime, that this is unjust, that this is a demonstration of the bone-deep corruption of the police system? The system needs reforming.

Black people aren't asking for anything radical with BLM - unless you believe that their rights are radical. "Burning down the system" is a metaphor for the change they wish to enact. The protestors are not the ones who are killing people. They're not violent. What is being done to them in the name of the state *is* violence.