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[–][deleted] 11 insightful - 4 fun11 insightful - 3 fun12 insightful - 4 fun -  (0 children)

No problem with "it's OK to be White," then, right?

[–]whereswhat 8 insightful - 4 fun8 insightful - 3 fun9 insightful - 4 fun -  (0 children)

Whales are not fish. I'm sure other ocean dwelling mammals would be offended though /s

[–]scrubking 8 insightful - 3 fun8 insightful - 2 fun9 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Because BLM means black lives matter MORE than everyone else's.

[–]Blkbox 7 insightful - 3 fun7 insightful - 2 fun8 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Because it turned into burn loot and murder. If the Marxist BLM organization goes away then there is no problem saying Black Lives (the people) matter.

[–]happysmash27 7 insightful - 3 fun7 insightful - 2 fun8 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

TBH, I mostly just dislike it when people act like saying "all lives matter" discounts black lives.

Saying "save the ocean" doesn't mean "don't save the whales". It means "save the ocean including the whales".

I like being inclusive and I like being pedantic about language, using gender-neutral pronouns, and using "trunk" for the main git repository instead of "master". I should be able to include everyone without being associated with white supremacy.

And even on to "save the whales", sometimes that does lead to people disproportionately paying attention to the whales instead of the other creatures, though a better example would be "save the pandas". People often disproportionately pay attention to cute or interesting endangered animals like pandas or tigers, while ignoring saving other species that might be easier and more practical to save. The latter point about other species being easier/more practical to save has nothing to do with BLM/ALM, but the point is that sometimes paying attention to one part of the picture specifically, brings attention away from the full thing, paying attention to one animal instead of the entire ecosystem. We need to end discrimination and police brutality, and these don't only happen with black people. Perhaps we can start with the latter, as it seems to be the bigger issue lately and is easier to define, IMO.

PS: Despite somewhat disagreeing with the point, I'm still up-insightfuling your post anyway, as I do think it contributes to discussion in a site which is otherwise biased against BLM. Whichever community I am in, I like seeing the viewpoints which are underrepresented in it.

[–]yayblueberries 8 insightful - 2 fun8 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

BLM doesn't like "All Lives Matter" because it includes whites and BLM is an anti-white terrorist organization.

[–]Antifa 5 insightful - 3 fun5 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Tone.

Save the blacks. Plaintive.

Black lives matter. Imperative.

One sounds like a plight, the other a tactless demand. It was cleverly designed to be a dividing statement though, so it works.

[–]hej 4 insightful - 4 fun4 insightful - 3 fun5 insightful - 4 fun -  (3 children)

Whale's aren't fish

[–]Airbus320 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

u/musky disagree

[–]Musky 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Checking out old posts? 😮

[–]Airbus320 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

As usual

[–]Froglich 4 insightful - 4 fun4 insightful - 3 fun5 insightful - 4 fun -  (0 children)

Blue Whales Matter!

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

if all lives matter and blue lives matter is not ok to say then what about liberty and justice for all? same thing right? maybe they should just say only blm-oblm

[–]Iam1ofMany 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Nothing is wrong with saying black lives matter... I do seem to have a problem with Black Lives Matter though.

[–]EndlessSunflowers[S] 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (6 children)

What's /funny here is that a bunch of hate filled rednecks are being manipulated, Big Time!
These scared, triggered folks stock up on guns and talk about violent revolution, but they also think its wrong for BLM to protest, lol.
Burning down federal buildings and smashing windows for having friends and family killed seems kinda mild, what if your friends and family got killed?

[–]Questionable 10 insightful - 5 fun10 insightful - 4 fun11 insightful - 5 fun -  (0 children)

Nobody trusts you Sunflowers. You are untrustworthy.

[–]asterias 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

rednecks

For us not familiar with American colloquialisms, is that the equivalent of "niggers"?

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

I think you are right....there's a lot of psychology (NLP/CBT) being carried out on the politicly gullible.

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

STOOOOPP IT DARKJEW TRANSGENDER MAN