About the "Lives Matter" Movement

John Sellers • Aug 10, 2016 7:12 pm
The central idea behind Black Lives Matter is legitimately valid, but it comes off as racist, and sometimes, violent.

Blue Lives Matter: Again, great central idea, but I think it also secretly promotes the idea that white cops are more important than black citizens.

Lastly, White Privilege and All (White) Lives Matter are just,,, inherently racist.
lumberjim • Aug 10, 2016 7:23 pm
John Sellers' Lives Matter!
Pico and ME • Aug 10, 2016 7:46 pm
I think that the word 'too' is implicit in the phrase and that it is very poignant.
John Sellers • Aug 10, 2016 7:53 pm
I'm saying that all the movements are now corrupt.
lumberjim • Aug 10, 2016 7:55 pm
I had a particularly corrupt movement just this morning, John. I think you're onto something here.
John Sellers • Aug 10, 2016 7:57 pm
lumberjim;966329 wrote:
John Sellers' Lives Matter!


Meh.
monster • Aug 10, 2016 8:30 pm
lumberjim;966338 wrote:
I had a particularly corrupt movement just this morning, John. I think you're onto something here.


fucker.

:lol:
tw • Aug 11, 2016 1:38 am
John Sellers;966326 wrote:
The central idea behind Black Lives Matter is legitimately valid, but it comes off as racist, and sometimes, violent.

Fundamental problems exist with those soundbytes: each assumes all blacks are same, all 'blues' are same, and all whites are same. Extremist rhetoric reasons that way. That simply makes many emotional and sometimes angry.

In a tiny minority of cases, some blacks and some 'blues' "do not matter". Some cops become an enemy of people they are suppose to protect. Some blacks are violent criminals. No soundbyte accurately discriminates between a righteous majority and a few bad eggs. Every conclusion must be made on a 'case by case' basis.