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I Believe Black Lives Matter

I shouldn’t be nervous or scared to post this but I am. I shouldn’t have to be nervous to share my opinion and neither should anyone else cause nobody deserves hate for saying this
Budwick · 70-79, M
And no one deserves hate for responding;
All Lives Matter.
Budwick · 70-79, M
@CountScrofula
but the idea is that when time and resources and energy is spent on treating a single disease, you don't actively attempt to undermine those efforts by trying to redirect the conversation.

We don't treat single diseases. We treat them all.
And, we sure as hell don't burn the hospital down.

Everyone knows all lives matter. It is not worth mentioning.

It's worth mentioning when someone suggests that some lives may not matter as much by exclusion.
CountScrofula · 41-45, M
@Budwick

> It's worth mentioning when someone suggests that some lives may not matter as much by exclusion.

Do you believe that when I say Black LIves Matter I am implying white lives don't matter?
Budwick · 70-79, M
@CountScrofula
Do you believe that when I say Black LIves Matter I am implying white lives don't matter?

Yes.

And thank you for seeking clarification.
Platinum · M
I believe all lives matter....
Budwick · 70-79, M
@SapphicHeart So, no response to the issue then?
Just stomp away in frustrated anger?
OK - See ya!
Budwick · 70-79, M
@SW-User Back at ya Berries!
@SW-User
You’re old, do us a favor and gtfo

ouch! lol he was a jerk, but...ouch
CountScrofula · 41-45, M
Say it loudly and keep saying it. You're not alone.
greenmountaingal · 70-79, F
From an aging civil rights worker (Voter Reg. Project Summer of '64, Mississippi, the summer they made the movie about, Mississippi Burning):

Brava! Of course they matter.
SwampFlower · 31-35, F
I got banned for it earlier. It's a mess.
Fernie · F
@SwampFlower you were banned for something you said?
SwampFlower · 31-35, F
@Fernie specifically, for a link I posted.
Brava!! We all should be free to say what we feel is right...
HannibalAteMeOut · 22-25, F
Indeed they do 🖤
I believe ALL lives matter.......and I think if one limits a slogan like that to just one color----be that white lives--or black lives---or whatever that is exclusionary.....and that in itself is discriminatory...which is the definition of racism. So while saying BLACK LIVES MATTER is done to not sound racist......it actually is.
@anythingoes477 No.

Several months ago, a black man said, "It means Black Lives Matter, TOO." And if you are white, like I am, you do NOT know what it is like to be pulled over, questioned, given scared or "what are YOU doing HERE?" or "what are you trying to steal?" looks, etc., your whole life, just because of genetic differences in melatonin, hair, noses, lips...

We white persons have all kinds of validation of our worth, all around us.

Blacks have not had that.
@anythingoes477 No.

Several months ago, a black man said, "It means Black Lives Matter, TOO." And if you are white, like I am, you do NOT know what it is like to be pulled over, questioned, given scared or "what are YOU doing HERE?" or "what are you trying to steal?" looks, etc., your whole life, just because of genetic differences in melatonin, hair, noses, lips...

We white persons have all kinds of validation of our worth, all around us.

Blacks have not had that.
NIC0LE · F
Never be nervous for voicing an opinion. 🙂✌🏾

 
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