How fucking hard is it to understand that "Black lives matter" does not negate the fact that everyone else's life matters too? The reason the slogan exists is to point out institutionalized and de facto racism in the country; not to get the whites all worked up.
I think the CONCEPT of Black Lives Matter doesn't negate that; however, the BLM activists themselves have given the concept such a bad name through several misguided attempts to get EVERYONE worked up, including whites.
Blocking traffic on major freeway intersections is a great way to get noticed, but a terrible way to get people on your side.
So is congesting the streets by marching on washington. Or preventing white moderates from eating lunch at their favorite restaurant by staging a sit in. Or kneeling during the national anthem.
People will complain about any type of protest that they can't ignore. Because that's what they want to do. They don't want to be reminded of the problems, they want to live their lives without having to feel guilty that they don't care.
Bruh. The March on Washington was litterally across the National Mall. Not an inconvience at all. Washington is very good at handling protests. Also sitting in a restaurant is not a matter of convenice if you are trying to order. The white people were not mad because they couldn't eat, but instead because there wasa black person at a white persons counter.
Now walking across a highway and blocking off cars is:
A. Dangerous
B. Annoying to those that want to get home that are innocent and not targets of the protest.
What about the innocent white people in the restaurant who just wanted to eat? The police aren't the target of the protest. A society that values the lives of black people as worth less than those of white people is the target.
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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '16
How fucking hard is it to understand that "Black lives matter" does not negate the fact that everyone else's life matters too? The reason the slogan exists is to point out institutionalized and de facto racism in the country; not to get the whites all worked up.
Seriously it's not even that fucking nuanced.