"'Do Something'"

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Perhaps you've heard of the Whiteness chart published by the The National Museum of African American History & Culture, a Smithsonian institution.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/byron-yorks-daily-memo-whiteness-and-the-national-museum-of-african-american-history-and-culture

One of the bulleted items they imply disdain for is "Must always 'do something' about a situation".

The reasoning given for why the phrase "All lives matter" is an offence so severe as to justify murder is given in the form of an analogy. The analogy goes thusly: Say your house is on fire, so you call the fire department and tell them that your house is on fire. But the firemen start at the end of the block, hosing down all of the non-burning houses, because 'all houses matter'.

The analogy seems to imply that, just because your house is on fire, someone must 'do something' about it, doesn't it? It seems to take for granted that there are people who will do something about your situation there. That there are guys who care enough even to take an oath and to devote their careers to being prepared to do something about your situation.

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[–]Fitter_HappierWhite Nationalist 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The problem with this analogy is, the Black house is not on fire, the White houses are more on fire; i.e. Whites are killed at a higher rate than Blacks by cops. BLM is akin to "swatting" the White houses.

[–]AFutureConcern 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Rather than debating stupid analogies, let's look at what they want to get us to believe:

Black people should be given money and assistance above and beyond what white people get. They should be held to lower standards, and we should treat them more favorably because they are black. [This already happens, they just want even more.]

Can a stupid trick convince so-called "conservatives" that actually, affirmative action is necessary and good? Maybe, but it goes right against their stated principles. Most of them can't even conserve the idea that we shouldn't openly discriminate against white people. Let alone advocating on white people's behalf.

[–]Minedwe 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

This seems mroe like propaganda for us than anything else. Like 75% of those things on that graphic are objectively positive.

And what is the alternative to the "Protestant Work Ethic"? The "African worth ethic" of 'chuck a few spears at water buffalo and if you fail just repeatedly sacrifice one of your children to one of your 3254 gods and wish for tons of food'?