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lapfog_1

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36. co-opting the phrase "Black Lives Matter"

Sat Feb 27, 2016, 08:29 AM

Feb 2016

is an attempt to refute the claim and negate those that use it.

Of course all lives matter... that does not need to be said or even debated.

What BLM is about is the overwhelming statistics about the way young black people are treated in this society and what they face everyday just living in this country (racial profiling and constant harassment by law enforcement).

If you want a slogan that states something about your feelings of racial equality and a call for no discrimination, please feel free to invent one... just don't use one that sounds like BLM or shout it at someone with BLM sign or T-shirt.

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Saying 'All Lives Matter' is the new wedge issue. Now that the confederate flag is gone [View all] applegrove Feb 2016 OP

Let's start with our own. demmiblue Feb 2016 #1

I agree on that point. applegrove Feb 2016 #2

I've had to explain this multiple times to relations on Facebook. gcomeau Feb 2016 #3

I've never hit like or share on any of those posts... Wounded Bear Feb 2016 #43

All Lives Matter NobodyHere Feb 2016 #4

and the results are in! yuiyoshida Feb 2016 #5

Thank you for posting this NobodyHere Feb 2016 #15

just so you know.. yuiyoshida Feb 2016 #17

So why do you think "All Lives Matter" is hideworthy? NobodyHere Feb 2016 #18

Yes. yuiyoshida Feb 2016 #25

"Any other interpretation is wrong." oberliner Feb 2016 #27

THAN READ THIS... yuiyoshida Feb 2016 #30

Another article by a "snarky young white man who thinks he knows everything" oberliner Feb 2016 #31

Fine, THAN this guy is black, are you happy? yuiyoshida Feb 2016 #32

That's a good, thoughtful article - not wannabe clever white boy snark like those other two oberliner Feb 2016 #33

Results of your Jury MrMickeysMom Feb 2016 #6

The problem with saying "All Lives Matter" is... RichGirl Feb 2016 #19

Actually NobodyHere Feb 2016 #20

Any argument against 'all lives matter' is ultimately going to end up looking dumb. Bonx Feb 2016 #21

In my opinion.... RichGirl Feb 2016 #38

co-opting the phrase "Black Lives Matter" lapfog_1 Feb 2016 #36

There are some white lives that don't seem to matter to folks oberliner Feb 2016 #28

That's like going to a cancer fundraiser... backscatter712 Feb 2016 #23

If the healthy person is homeless and starving NobodyHere Feb 2016 #24

No it's not oberliner Feb 2016 #29

Saying it is Denying the Victim. HughBeaumont Feb 2016 #34

Agreed, but I'm a little slow rock Feb 2016 #37

No. The wedge issue is "Blue Lives Matter" Algernon Moncrieff Feb 2016 #7

This message was self-deleted by its author Warren DeMontague Feb 2016 #8

Would you agree that the confederate flag as celebrated in the last 20 years was about keeping applegrove Feb 2016 #9

This message was self-deleted by its author Warren DeMontague Feb 2016 #10

My worry is the All Lives Matter meme is spreading. Facebook CEO had to send a memo applegrove Feb 2016 #11

I love it when conservatives feign caring for others tenderfoot Feb 2016 #12

Maybe asking them about the death penalty would be a good comeback to 'but every life is important'. applegrove Feb 2016 #13

Agreed. You can't have all lives mattering until black lives matter just as much. Lizzie Poppet Feb 2016 #14

Yes. There is a movement in Canada called "Idle No More' of indigenous people. We applegrove Feb 2016 #16

I disagree NobodyHere Feb 2016 #22

The Problem with Saying ‘All Lives Matter’ yuiyoshida Feb 2016 #26

That has got to be one of the dumbest things I've ever read oberliner Feb 2016 #35

A better analogy MH1 Feb 2016 #39

That's a little better oberliner Feb 2016 #40

Thanks, by the way I should mention, I saw that somewhere on the Internet MH1 Feb 2016 #41

The confederate flag is not gone. I just saw one yesterday and it's still up in ms craigmatic Feb 2016 #42