I disagree that this is a point of confusion. My observation is that the meaning of the phrase (to highlight the disregard for black lives some people hold, not

I disagree that this is a point of confusion. My observation is that the meaning of the phrase (to highlight the disregard for black lives some people hold, not to proclaim that black lives deserve more protection than other lives) is obvious in even the barest of contexts, and a majority of the people claiming otherwise are being willfully naive as a form of attack. I think the idea that the contention is really just simple bickering about semantics is a pretty stark oversimplification.