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Little rant: why "Black Lives Matter," not "All Lives Matter"


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Way too many people don't understand why people say "Black Lives Matter." Since the start of the slave trade, Black people have been treated as worse than second-class citizens. Today, lots of people, especially whites, see Black people as less of a human and more of a commodity. This is especially the case when it comes to policing. Some of the first policing were slave patrols. While slave patrols don't exist anymore, the mentality remains. Police brutality has been an ENORMOUS problem for centuries. Unfortunately, no real change takes place. Black Lives Matter was created in response and why it still has a massive force.

When folks say "All lives matter," they literally warp and handwave why people say "Black Lives Matter." "Black Lives Matter" means "Black Lives Matter, too." "All lives matter" isn't grounded into reality and gaslights to people that Black people are on an equal level as white people. Black people are fucking tired of being ignored, pushed aside, tokenized, and treated as sub-human, and especially tired of an injustice system that systemically enjoys punishing people of color more than whites.

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Black people are on an equal level as white people.

Well the fact is, they are. But most people are saying that in the philosophical, existential sense.

Are two random human beings of equal worth? Yes. They just are. Humanity comes with innate worth.

Now, do all people accept this fact? No. Racism is obviously a thing. Prejudice of all kinds, of course.

But the fact that @$$holes exist does not take away your value. You are equal to all human beings, regardless of circumstances. The fight is to make sure that the people that think otherwise can’t hurt you.

Though, as always, burning cities to the ground will not help anyone or improve anything. If you turn random innocents into your victims, they will not be swayed to your side.

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Bastian

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Someone agrees!

You see, white cops have killed black people in USA since a long time ago without justification and have gotten away with it.

Before you say it, no cop, and I mean none of them would ever kill another white guy.

So "black lives matter" because they are the ones getting killed, no one else.

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28 minutes ago, Bastian Bolts said:

So "black lives matter" because they are the ones getting killed, no one else.

That is not true. White people have been killed by white people. Blacks have been killed by blacks. Blacks have been killed by white. Whites have been killed by blacks. Lets not forget Asians, Latinos, Middle Easterns have also been killed. Blacks are not the only ones dying out there!

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21 minutes ago, Prince Doopliss said:

That is not true. White people have been killed by white people. Blacks have been killed by blacks. Blacks have been killed by white. Whites have been killed by blacks. Lets not forget Asians, Latinos, Middle Easterns have also been killed. Blacks are not the only ones dying out there!

You're right.

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Sad truth if black lives matter, then why do us Americans let rich white people run the country. I mean yes there is black politicians that have some sort of power, but it is a small amount power. Lets be honest no race need needs to dominate America. It doesn't matter what color you. It doesn't matter what country you come from. Everyone shoukd be treated as equal. Now yes black lives matter, but again they are not the only ones who struggle. Poor white people struggle because the government don't care a bout the poor man. Granted they might not care for other race that is not white, too. But it is the money that talks in the government. There are people in the government that may actually care about the poor man.or black people or people of any race. But they over shadow by the corrupted ones. Like why do you keep letting the bad ones in. Do we really care about what people think of us? Or do we really need to but in trust in people because they some campaign and not seeing that they lying. I know people say don't just a book by its cover on people, because of this we vote them despite how much a turd monkey they look and their look tell us they are lying.Again we still let the people in.

Lets not forget that their are blacks racist against whites too, Granted whites cause this, but it don't mean they are better. I mean what ever happen to common sense in the States? I mean the younger generation of people can't handle this because what are we doing? Complaining online, we aren't doing nothing to fix these issues. Lets not "black lives matter" make the issue. it more just how corrupted our government and law system!

Edit: Oh yeah let's not forget about Native Americans. They also get a bunch of miss treatment. Though surprisingly though Native Americans is lower than that of black or white.

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But still Native Americans are not treated properly either. Granted Blacks have a higher death wait. But again there is other factors than a battle of racism. There is also diseases that us Americans should be more worry about other than race. So it is matter of fact that all lives matter and not "black lives matter" in this world.

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@Prince Doopliss Does make good points. All lives do INDEED matter, BUT the All Lives Matter movement is clearly a racist knee-jerk reaction to black people saying "our lives matter too." Even if I think the BLM movement has taken quite a few liberties and to me has really lost their point.

 

All lives do indeed matter, and saying that is in no way racist, in fact it's quite the opposite. BUT when I say this I do count Black Lives here, unlike the movement who's obvious intent was to obfuscate the fact that injustices are faced by the black community at the hands of the police. But should we also say Male Lives Matter then? After all, they get sentenced to 63% more jail time than women do. And what about LGBT lives? WE are the only one of the top three categorically RISING (between 2017 and 2018) when it comes to hate crime incidences according to the DoJ, and non-cis lives? OURS must matter, too... Since incidents against them rose by an astonishing 37% between 2017 and 2018. We can't just focus on one injustice here. And let us not forget about the disabled either.

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"BLM" simply just a massage for the racists and the oppressors in power.. if you don't fall in that category then people shouldn't have to need to feel offensive. :mlp_xJpg51C:  BLM is a shout-out for all minority who has faced injustices/discrimination or die due to their ethnicity, specifically.  Do no clamp with "oh everyone dies bluh bluh" like, no duh Sherlock.

Sadly BLM has turned into more "hate the cop" kind of shit because people like these "so called BLM protester but in reality just want to break the laws for the hell of it" ruins it. From saying "thank you heroes for being on the front-line for COVID-19" to "fuck the polices".  Just to let everyone know, BLM movement are not here to attack the polices, they are here to point the flaws within the systems and fight what's right and against racism within the law.

At the same there are group of polices who are using their power to enforce unnecessary force against peaceful protesters and that to me is wrong.  They should focus on that more for those who are actually being violence, looting and vandalizing property.  However, there are some cases where..(and don't attack me for saying this) some are just asking for it. Take the curfew for an example. Where I live,we're one of the state who decided to have a curfew order. I heard stories where polices 'attacked' protesters before the curfew and after because they want to continue to protest without warning. Eh no, let me shine some correct information here. When curfew is about to start, we are giving a 30 min warning to start leaving through our phones. That enough to get the massage. But apparently some people decided to stick around to protest. Polices has given them more warnings but refused to leave. Curfew starts and still people sticks around. And you can guess the rest what happens. People still need to follow the rule here when they're being told to beforehand. You guys already have a whole day protesting, when it's curfew time, IT'S TIME TO GO HOME. I don't understand why that's so hard? idk everyone is just stress out and along with the virus going on it can make everyone lose rationally. But seeing how they even don’t want to follow the simplest rule makes me think they’re just here to show who’s cock is bigger.

But I'm still standing for all the victims  who has fallen because of racism and police brutality and we should not forget that let alone DISHONOR IT! The system needs to change or rather at least take responsibility for the shit it's "so called polices" has done. Them and these jack ass polices needs to own it.

Sorry to rant in your rant man, I’m just annoyed when people would turn BLM into their personal vendettas. 

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