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31. Whites are not targeted because of race

Reply to madville (Reply #28)

Mon Jul 20, 2015, 09:39 PM

Jul 2015

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Certainly you get that, right?

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OMG!!!. Watching Bloomberg, Bill and Melinda Gates along with Warren Buffet say "ALL LIVES MATTER" [View all] still_one Jul 2015 OP

This is what happens when you miss a meme. n/t PoliticAverse Jul 2015 #1

yup, all they needed to do was put a simple (CC) in the mass email or better yet, "respond to all" still_one Jul 2015 #2

Yeap... They don't realize ALM goes without saying uponit7771 Jul 2015 #36

Wow! marym625 Jul 2015 #3

I will never understand why "All lives matter" invalidates "Black lives matter". SolutionisSolidarity Jul 2015 #4

It is because the BLM movement feels that by saying "all lives matter" one is not CTyankee Jul 2015 #5

I'm condescending to people who think "All lives matter" is a response to "Black lives matter". SolutionisSolidarity Jul 2015 #17

OK, I see your point now...sorry for my misunderstanding...next time I'll read more closely... CTyankee Jul 2015 #43

Do we need an additional movement for "Hispanic lives matter"? lostnfound Jul 2015 #75

I don't see why they can't march under the same umbrella. SolutionisSolidarity Jul 2015 #81

I agree. And it is black lives that are being taken in large numbers. So Black Lives Matter is jwirr Jul 2015 #29

It's simple and not that hard to understand brush Jul 2015 #7

I understand the anger at using "All lives matter" as a dismissive response. SolutionisSolidarity Jul 2015 #21

I don't think "all lives matter" when used by progressives is an attack on "black lives matter" brush Jul 2015 #52

"brutalized and killed almost daily by racist cops." Lizzie Poppet Jul 2015 #62

Just a side note . . . brush Jul 2015 #65

Wrong. Not exaggerating at all heaven05 Jul 2015 #68

White lives are taken by the police as well madville Jul 2015 #28

And there are 5.89 times as many whites as blacks in this country . . . markpkessinger Jul 2015 #30

Whites are not targeted because of race brush Jul 2015 #31

Whites aren't 21 times more likely to be shot by police though... uponit7771 Jul 2015 #33

I'm going to get in trouble leftynyc Jul 2015 #45

Can't believe you came in here with this tired crappola brush Jul 2015 #47

I'm well aware leftynyc Jul 2015 #50

Those that weigh the black lives matter movement with black-on-black crime are not allies brush Jul 2015 #51

Well, if you can find leftynyc Jul 2015 #54

So you pivot to this . . . brush Jul 2015 #55

Oh for Heaven's sake leftynyc Jul 2015 #56

It is BS when you bring up that tired old black-on-black meme . . . brush Jul 2015 #64

It would be more like you saying the wine was from Bordeaux gollygee Jul 2015 #10

You are right. I thought about changing it afterward but decided to leave it. SolutionisSolidarity Jul 2015 #22

You are right, it does NOT invalidate it still_one Jul 2015 #13

It is letting the right wing define the conversation. We let them own the Mojorabbit Jul 2015 #27

"All lives matter" is an attempt to divert attention away from the racial component . . . markpkessinger Jul 2015 #32

It's called HughBeaumont Jul 2015 #48

Excellent mocking of the Concerns of the AA community. zappaman Jul 2015 #6

You are so full of it still_one Jul 2015 #15

No really. zappaman Jul 2015 #16

I just watched Montel Williams say all lives matter... CANDO Jul 2015 #41

Don Lemon and Montel Williams? brush Jul 2015 #71

Oh, now even more exclusivity? CANDO Jul 2015 #77

Sometime well-intentioned "allies" need to just listen and learn brush Jul 2015 #78

I get it CANDO Jul 2015 #80

No one is excluding anyone from the "black lives matter" movement brush Jul 2015 #82

Are you mocking Black Lives Matter and their objection to the phrase KittyWampus Jul 2015 #8

No, but I am responding to some posts on DU that strongly imply that when a still_one Jul 2015 #14

Ahhh . . . it is kinda insensitive . . . brush Jul 2015 #72

God damn if reading DU anytime something race-related comes up... Spider Jerusalem Jul 2015 #9

No doubt. n/t gollygee Jul 2015 #11

It is a good article, and as you say worth reading, but that really wasn't my point still_one Jul 2015 #19

Try this explanation to understand. antiquie Jul 2015 #86

What's to disagree with? Henryville Jul 2015 #12

The minimizing of the fact that in practice Black lives don't matter and all... uponit7771 Jul 2015 #37

Black lives matter. Glassunion Jul 2015 #18

My point was if someone says that "all lives matter", does not mean that person is insensitive still_one Jul 2015 #23

+1 Very well said. /nt RiverLover Jul 2015 #26

ALM started on Storm Front iirc either way its minimizing seeing that's not reality uponit7771 Jul 2015 #34

yes they did restorefreedom Jul 2015 #20

Not only do hey say it, but those 3 live it! Township75 Jul 2015 #24

yes they do still_one Jul 2015 #25

Wingers who came up with the phrase to minimize the reality that black lives do NOT matter in the US uponit7771 Jul 2015 #35

Semantics. moondust Jul 2015 #38

Their use of ALM is tone deaf, like saying to aids patients that ALM diseases matter... uponit7771 Jul 2015 #39

BLM moondust Jul 2015 #42

ALM meaning is clear and still minimizing the fact that Black's are disproportionally shot by cops uponit7771 Jul 2015 #44

exactly still_one Jul 2015 #40

That's why "all lives matter" needs to be avoided brush Jul 2015 #74

Melendez !? WTF? n/t wildbilln864 Jul 2015 #46

It was the autocorrect. I just edited it. Thanks still_one Jul 2015 #49

thank you... wildbilln864 Jul 2015 #70

#WordsMatter... kentuck Jul 2015 #53

All the money they send to Coke & Exxon Mobile JonLP24 Jul 2015 #57

Do you even know what the foundation does? This is about the foundation and who it helps. still_one Jul 2015 #58

Who is it helping is my question? JonLP24 Jul 2015 #61

Whatever still_one Jul 2015 #63

All lives matter. hamsterjill Jul 2015 #59

Are you suggesting...? kentuck Jul 2015 #67

Message auto-removed Name removed Jul 2015 #60

Privilege at its, whitest, richest and best heaven05 Jul 2015 #66

Now billionaires are okay? BainsBane Jul 2015 #69

Superrich White Elite are SENDING THE MEMO daredtowork Jul 2015 #73

This f---g political correctness is redicuous "yes all lives matter"! doc03 Jul 2015 #76

All Lives Matter goes without saying, Black Lives Matter does NOT go without saying in practice uponit7771 Jul 2015 #79

No, it does not go without saying. kentuck Jul 2015 #83

Context matters, here and they should know the context... They're not uninformed uponit7771 Jul 2015 #85

The Horror of hearing that all lives matter instead of specific lives seveneyes Jul 2015 #84

I'm not surprised. Baitball Blogger Jul 2015 #87

Gosh darn them! NaturalHigh Jul 2015 #88