Posted on Aug 1, 2015
What is your Interpretation of the Slogan "Black Lives Matter"?
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only black lives matter. thats my interpretation. this group is more racist than the racism they claim to stand against.
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I think those who chant and Parrot that Slogan are the ones responsible to offer a Coherent, understandable, Logic and Reasonable Explanation and Interpretation of what is the meaning of it. Not the other way around; That's just Standard.
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I know you don't want to hear this "BLM" is no more than a hate group bound to segregate blacks from the rest of society. They are influencing blacks around the country to do battle with Police Officers everyday. Get rid of the Farrakhan's that are turning this nation into a racial war.
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I haven't read any comments as of this writing, but will read them after answering the question. I didn't want any influences from prior comments to have an effect on me.
"Black Lives Matter," to me: it leaves a lot of life out-- not to mention people. All life matters. It wouldn't be alive if it didn't. The problems we face is more about Tribalism than racism. We are all one race. If I, being from Italian/Polish-German/English descent, living in California, were to travel to the Australian Outback, where I mate with an Aborigine female, nine months later a human is born. This can happen with any couple from anywhere on Earth. We are all the same.
Tribalism: noun trib·al·ism \-bə-ˌli-zəm\
: loyalty to a tribe or other social group especially when combined with strong negative feelings for people outside the group.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^That's the problem^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
It will never go away. Too much pain has happened to every human subspecies from every other subspecies. Too much mistrust, pain, anger, and hate is engrained into each one of us from the moment we're born. Beaten down with propaganda and misinformation since the dawning of man. So when I read, "Black Lives Matter" I shake my head. Why? Because it's not fully thought out and is based on emotions. Which makes it a Rally Cry. I hear the outcry, and I emphasize with the story, but there's never a solution proposed other than, "kill them," it seems. Or, destroy small business', which only makes the community worse (it's corporations you have to destroy). When mankind can let go of its pain, and accept it as, "lesson's learned," then we may proceed to attain a single goal to unite all of mankind.
That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
"Black Lives Matter," to me: it leaves a lot of life out-- not to mention people. All life matters. It wouldn't be alive if it didn't. The problems we face is more about Tribalism than racism. We are all one race. If I, being from Italian/Polish-German/English descent, living in California, were to travel to the Australian Outback, where I mate with an Aborigine female, nine months later a human is born. This can happen with any couple from anywhere on Earth. We are all the same.
Tribalism: noun trib·al·ism \-bə-ˌli-zəm\
: loyalty to a tribe or other social group especially when combined with strong negative feelings for people outside the group.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^That's the problem^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
It will never go away. Too much pain has happened to every human subspecies from every other subspecies. Too much mistrust, pain, anger, and hate is engrained into each one of us from the moment we're born. Beaten down with propaganda and misinformation since the dawning of man. So when I read, "Black Lives Matter" I shake my head. Why? Because it's not fully thought out and is based on emotions. Which makes it a Rally Cry. I hear the outcry, and I emphasize with the story, but there's never a solution proposed other than, "kill them," it seems. Or, destroy small business', which only makes the community worse (it's corporations you have to destroy). When mankind can let go of its pain, and accept it as, "lesson's learned," then we may proceed to attain a single goal to unite all of mankind.
That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
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The FACT that the hegemonic population of America (white male, Christian conservative, straight) are using slogans such as “All lives Matter” & “Red, Yellow, Green, Blue Lives Matter” just CONFIRMS TO ME that racism is alive & well as ever. As a white female, gay humanist, I have lived my life on the periphery of the dominant/hegemonic class. I hear the language LOUD and CLEAR. ANY admission that there’s ANY disparity between races certainly threatens the status quo and must be extraordinarily scarey and threatening. BLACK LIVES MATTER!
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It is to remind us to be angry about homicides in the black community. When a cop shoots anyone he or she had better have a damn good reason for doing so. Are there abusive cops? Oh yes there are. Another possible meaning is the high percentage of unborn black kids slaughtered by the millions by PLANNED PARENTHOOD and other abortion providers who set up shop mainly in African American communities. PPFA was founded by a racist lady named Margaret Sanger.
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I'm going on record here to say I expect all the politically correct answers here. But the bottom line is we are not all treated equally. A white man shoots up a church full of praise goers and get full police protection as he is being escorted to the prison. They even went as far as buying the man a hamburger. A man alledgedly selling a loose cigarette gets taken down by a choke hold and dies. Now we have a case of women dying in prison several hours after being put in their cells. "Black Lives Matter (too) is falling on deaf ears. *rant over*
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SPC Robert Patrick
The issue is Black lives only matters to people in charge of this movement when they can tie racism into it. Where are the Black Lives Matter group in Chicago where black children are shot and killed by gangsters. All lives matter I don't care about the color of skin we all bleed red. Cops are executed but that seems to be okay. Yes racism does still exist in the world today sadly, but it comes from all backgrounds. You cannot tell me that only one race is racist. Yes there is foul play afoot and it needs to be investigated. Don't listen to Al Sharpton or his race baiting goons not every situation is the result of racism. Its his protestors who turned the peaceful riots in Ferguson and Baltimore in to full blown riots. Don't be a sheep to anyone. Yes, Black Lives Matter. But so do Red, Yellow, White, and Brown. We are all equal in the eyes of our Lord. Hatred begets Hatred and Love begets Love. Thank you and have a Blessed day
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SPC Robert Patrick
I do value your take on the matter at hand though. And I will leave you with this through the wormhole episode where they did a study on the matter. http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2ok6mk
It is more of an issue with modern day pop-culture and how blacks have been portrayed in movies and such that lead to these rash actions.
It is more of an issue with modern day pop-culture and how blacks have been portrayed in movies and such that lead to these rash actions.
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My first thought on hearing that is that someone thinks they matter more than mine. If the cops shot me tomorrow, I don't think it would make much news, I'm just an old white guy. If it was a black guy trying to take a gun away from the cop, the Rev's Jackson and Sharpton would be in town shortly, along with an all-black team from the DOJ to make things all better. And Soros would fund trips and hotels for "protestors" while the current occupant of the white house gets up on national news and try to make us all hate each other.
Either all lives matter, or none.
Or, we can go back to what worked for millennia, and your life matters as much as you make it matter.
Either all lives matter, or none.
Or, we can go back to what worked for millennia, and your life matters as much as you make it matter.
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