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There is an obvious context for this statement, which is a reaction to the Black Lives Matter movement and the sign they've used. It was not an issue or a comment before BLM. There have been, however, many "white people are superior" comments over the years. White Lives Matter is - for many - also another version of "white people are superior." Posts like this are the reason Saidit sometimes fails as a website. Though this is of course "free speech" it's obviously a message of division, hatred and bigotry, and doesn't help anyone. It also makes the "whites" who support this kind of statement look weak, racist, stupid, crazy, and infantile.

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    [–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (8 children)

    words have actual meanings

    And specific contexts, depending on usage

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      [–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

      WLM is an informal fallacy, or also a fallacy of presumption because white lives certainly do matter, but the origin of this phrase is a direct reaction to BLM, to try to minimize the latter.

      I am not the language police, especially on this website.

      An approved way of saying WLM is to say that Everyone would hopefully support BLM and other marginalized groups.

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        [–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

        (Fallacies can contain facts)

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          [–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

          facts can be false but can't be a fallacy

          No: facts are facts; fallacies can include facts

          fallacies apply to logical arguments not facts

          Hence they can include facts

          so you're saying white lives don't matter

          Not what I said

          you're a racist no different than nazis

          You're not committing enough brain cells to this

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