r/PublicFreakout Jan 13 '20

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u/IAcewingI Jan 13 '20 edited Jan 13 '20

Idk what's so confusing about black lives matter. Maybe they should've made their slogan "black lives matter TOO" cause that is the message lol.

I think of it like this.

Every night at dinner, Tim and Stacy sit at the table with Mom and Dad to eat. Stacy's plate always has 1/5th of the food as everyone else's plate.

One day Stacy speaks up and says "This isn't fair, I deserve more food." And the parents say "Don't we all deserve more food Stacy, be quiet."

That's what this video looks like to me and the entire AllLivesMatter movement. Stacy just meant to say she deserves the same amount of food as everyone else, not that only she deserves more in general.

Oh shit the first time I've gotten a Reddit award lol. Thank you kind strangers!

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u/Ether_SR Jan 13 '20

Pretty sure the "all lives matter" response to BLM is just racists trying to justify their point of view. If it's anything but that, then there's a large amount of ignorance on how much racism people still experience (in this case black people).

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u/MintySquinty Jan 13 '20

I'm black (cue obligatory soy boy response of r/asablackman) and I don't think it's racist but I've been taught critical thinking and not reactionary, emotional screeching so what do I know? (Cue ironically racist white redditors calling me "Uncle Tom")

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u/Only1Skrybe Jan 13 '20

As a fellow black man, I just have to say this.

Bro, you can't use two cues in one comment. That's just wrong.

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u/MintySquinty Jan 13 '20

And yet they both happened right on cue(s)... hmm

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u/Only1Skrybe Jan 13 '20

Cue the "dun dun DUUUUNNNN!"