ramage wrote: There you go again, Wayne, viewing people by their skin color.
All lives matter, regardless of skin color. Do you not agree?
No. 'All lives matter' is a racist dog whistle that gaslights the purpose of the Black Lives Matter movement. (at this point, ******'s head explodes) It is a direct push-back against the Black Lives Matter movement. It is far from an innocent term celebrating the worth of all humanity.
'White Lives Matter' is a white supremacist phrase that originated in early 2015 as a racist response to the Black Lives Matter movement, which arose to protest against police brutality against African-Americans and garnered considerable publicity in 2014 for protests in Ferguson, Missouri, following the shooting death of Michael Brown at the hands of a Ferguson police officer.
Saying 'All Lives Matter' is like saying 'Save All Forests' in response to someone saying 'Save The Amazon'.
Saying 'All Lives Matter' is like going to a cancer fundraiser and saying 'There are other diseases, too!'. Yes, every life matters, but Black lives are being disproportionately impacted and killed because of racism, and that's why Black Lives Matter is so important.
