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Crossing out "Black lives matter" in favor of "All lives matter" is not pursuing equality. It is doing the opposite.
by jgh 9y ago
Crossing out "Black lives matter" in favor of "All lives matter" is not pursuing equality. It is doing the opposite.
- aaron-lebo 9y agoDo we pretend these things matter at all? Crossing out something on a bulletin board isn't really pursuing anything and is about as consequential as your post. They're fun meme friendly phrases that mean nothing in the real world. Both phrases are true and based on who is saying them can be fully believed statements.
- jgh 9y agoSeriously? You're sitting here on an influential industry message board in a discussion about a company that is the largest social network in the world, with an incredible amount of indirect political influence, trying to tell me that words don't matter.
- aaron-lebo 9y agoThey matter a lot less than hunger or starvation or poverty or lack of opportunity which is what those word represent. You can say words all day but they won't change a thing. The petty internal fights of Facebook co-workers crossing out do not matter. Without this article you'd never even know it is happening and just because someone is using the right shibboleth doesn't mean they are a good actor.
- jgh 9y agoNo, just stop. You're fighting the wrong battle here. "Black lives matter" has a very specific meaning and "all lives matter" is a bigoted attempt to undermine the message. Don't try to whattabout me into a bunch of other stuff outside of the scope of the point I was making.
- aaron-lebo 9y agoSo you're gonna put words into other mouths and pretend to understand their motivations (they're just bigots)...and then complain about the same thing?
- orf 9y agoSurely if all lives matter they would stand with BLM, and not cross out their message. Seems biggoted to me.