19 Jul 20
@kevcvs57 saidAnd you can pretend not to realise how the slogan has morphed into an excuse for causing mayhem for those (including blacks) who don't deserve having their lives and livelihoods disrupted.
Not really because your making stuff up, who has claimed that anyone’s life doesn’t matter?
More specifically when did I claim that someone’s life didn’t matter. Again you can pretend not to realise that ‘black lives matter’ was coined in the atmosphere of of unarmed black men being disproportionately unlawfully killed by police officers who were getting to carry on ...[text shortened]... reasonable non black people got that without having it explained to them again and again and again.
Is it okay if any blacks have been negatively impacted by the BLM movement? Do their lives matter? Or is it easier to ignore the consequences and pretend you're arguing in favor of the "greater good"?
@kevcvs57 said
Not really because your making stuff up, who has claimed that anyone’s life doesn’t matter?
More specifically when did I claim that someone’s life didn’t matter. Again you can pretend not to realise that ‘black lives matter’ was coined in the atmosphere of of unarmed black men being disproportionately unlawfully killed by police officers who were getting to carry on ...[text shortened]... reasonable non black people got that without having it explained to them again and again and again.
...you don’t get that it’s meant to be read as ‘black lives matter‘ (too)but most reasonable non black people got that without having it explained to them again and again and again.Ohhh, it reads as 'black lives matter' ! Okay, thanks for explaining that.
Now if you could just explain how Black Lives Matter doesn't mean All Black Lives Matter this conversation actually has a (slim) chance of getting somewhere.
20 Jul 20
@lemon-lime saidIn times of social struggle and change people tend to get impacted no one is exempt based on skin colour
And you can pretend not to realise how the slogan has morphed into an excuse for causing mayhem for those (including blacks) who don't deserve having their lives and livelihoods disrupted.
Is it okay if any blacks have been negatively impacted by the BLM movement? Do their lives matter? Or is it easier to ignore the consequences and pretend you're arguing in favor of the "greater good"?
It hasn’t morphed into anything though has it. It’s too simple a statement to morph. It’s just a reminder that black people should have their lives cherished on a par with white peoples lives.
Apparently that has got a lot of white people upset.
No one has been impacted by the BLM movement. People might have been impacted by some bad actors who claim to support the movement to equality but unless you can show how this loose association of like minded people have called for bad things to be done to anyone then your just throwing imaginary dirt at the concept of equality under the law. Why you would do this only you know.
20 Jul 20
@kevcvs57
The war is over, Grandpa. Those thousands of Confederate dollars you have stashed under your mattress are worthless. The North won, and the slaves have been set free to exercise control over their own destiny.
So get over yourself... Charles Manson wanted to start a race war, and you know what happened to him.
Like it or not, for good or evil, everyone's life matters.