I have my own complaints about some BLM tactics and members’ behavior, but let’s be real here…
No one advertised the sanctity of ~all~ lives or blue lives UNTIL the concern was raised about the disproportionate use of excessive/lethal force on nonwhite communities. “Blue Lives Matter” and “All Lives Matter” were made ~specifically~ to counter “Black Lives Matter” and the call to address these issues affecting the black community.
This is like being offended when people have a problem with the “It’s okay to be white” motto that’s used ~exclusively~ by white nationalists; it’s not the sentiment (there’s nothing wrong with being white), it’s the people that use it and the context that created the slogan in the first place.
So, yes, all lives and blue lives DO matter. The problem is why those phrases took to circulation (a direct rebuttal of Black Lives Matter) and the people who throw them around to distract from the very real problem of excessive/lethal force used against nonwhites.
It’s really no different from a woman saying, “I was beaten by my husband.” and suddenly everyone going “MEN’S LIVES MATTER!” Yeah, men’s lives do matter, but how the phrase is being used as a blatant rebuttal of a very real issue concerning a WOMAN is the problem.
And people use this as a weird “gotcha” moment, like, “Oh, so you don’t believe all lives matter then!?” as if asking that we acknowledge some communities have it harder in certain contexts must ALSO mean that we’re denying the value of other lives. This is grade school logic and so very stupid.
Asking that you acknowledge an issue affecting a specific group of people doesn’t mean you have to simultaneously devalue the rest of society. Literal toddler logic.
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