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> Stripped of context, it is obviously true, and utterly harmless. You can't strip phrases like that of context. "All lives matter" isn't just a statement, it
by djaque 6y ago
> Stripped of context, it is obviously true, and utterly harmless.
You can't strip phrases like that of context. "All lives matter" isn't just a statement, it is a direct response to black lives matter (too).
Anybody who's been half paying attention to the news for the past few years understands that and is not making an utterly harmless assertion.
- mantap 6y agoSay you are a Mongolian tourist and you arrive in America and people are getting upset about "all lives matter", you would think that it is an utterly bizarre thing to get upset about. In fact, the angry reaction to "all lives matter" precisely is what encourages its use. Because if you take as premise, that "all lives matter" is true then it becomes easy to cast anybody who gets angry about a true statement as unreasonable. You might think that there are no Mongolian tourists in America, especially right now, but you might be surprised how little many people pay attention to current events. [Disclaimer for the internet mob, I have never and would never use the phrase.]