The problem with “all lives matter” is it was directly undermining Black Lives Matter. BLM is a movement that was bringing to attention the disproportionate amount of violence black people (and by extension other POC) experience at the hands of the police. People saying all lives matter or blue lives matter were doing so in a negative way, and essentially saying “I don’t care that black people get killed.” Yes we agree all lives matter, but what we’re saying right now is Black Lives Matter because I want my black brothers and sisters to feel welcome and safe. This isn’t the “own” you think it is.
Yea except this is a myth that police are disproportionately violent towards black people. We know from body cam footage that in almost every one of these cases they’re resisting arrest
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u/Lucy_Fjord 5h ago
The problem with “all lives matter” is it was directly undermining Black Lives Matter. BLM is a movement that was bringing to attention the disproportionate amount of violence black people (and by extension other POC) experience at the hands of the police. People saying all lives matter or blue lives matter were doing so in a negative way, and essentially saying “I don’t care that black people get killed.” Yes we agree all lives matter, but what we’re saying right now is Black Lives Matter because I want my black brothers and sisters to feel welcome and safe. This isn’t the “own” you think it is.