Stanmenistan wrote:Vassenor wrote:So here's one for the All Lives Matter crowd: Maybe, instead of trying to shout down the Black Lives Matter stuff, you should address the reasons why they're made to feel that their lives don't matter.
Maybe you should reconsider your slogan and why people may prefer the phrase All Lives Matter. Both sides feel their beliefs are justified and both have rationalisations. Repectfully considering another's POV can only strengthen ones own argument.
Duvniask wrote:Imagine you're at a march for breast cancer awareness or something. You see someone holding a sign that says "support breast cancer patients!" or some other similar generic expression.
Do you then throw a hissy fit and shout "SUPPORT ALL CANCER PATIENTS" and demand they chance their sign to say "support breast cancer patients too!". Presumably not, because that would be retarded. Everyone knows they are marching because they feel breast cancer is in need of special awareness; they can also do that, whilst still sympathizing with the suffering of all other types of patients. It's not like the act of calling attention to a certain disadvantaged group means you implicitly do not care about all other groups.
That's a straw man argument. And breast cancer patients can be of any ethnicity so I don't get your analogy.
Truly, If BLM meant Black Lives Matter Too, that would be the title. Make your points clear and explicit if you don't wish to be misunderstood or your ideology bastardised.
So you have no explanation for why black people feel like their lives don't matter.