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It is simple either all lives are equal or no lives are equal. If you don't get that, then you are wrong.
Jeebus. The phrase "Black lives matter" was coined in response to a system in which they clearly don't, it wasn't created to say "other lives don't matter". "All lives matter" is most commonly used by people to whom white lives matter most.
Pick any issue where people are campaigning against injustices against group X, you'll find assholes and edgelords saying "You aren't fighting for V, W, Y and Z so you're hypocrites." Never mind that the experiences and problems of one group of people are often unique and have their own complications, "You should be fighting for all humans" say the assholes who are fighting for none and enjoying their privilege.
This many pages into this thread, shouldn't be necessary to restate that.
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it wasn't created to say "other lives don't matter"
Succinct and clear. I would go a step further and say that the All Lives Matter slogan is most often toted by people who refuse to acknowledge the vast disparity in how black people are treated by the system and society. While BLM is saying ‘we deserve to be treated the same as others’, ALM is saying ‘there’s nothing wrong with how you’re treated, you just want special treatment’.
By any metric, people of different races are not treated equally. BLM exists because ALM is currently a false statement.
Eseman
That term grates om me, not at you skydancer, at people. It is simple either all lives are equal or no lives are equal. If you don't get that, then you are wrong.
EDIT - I am using the wrong words. I know all lives are not equal, and people say that grates as it is not true. Are the people that say this be that blinkered?