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I was trying to give the benefit of the doubt. It still surprises me that the phrase "black lives matter" is partisan.
by radlad 5y ago
I was trying to give the benefit of the doubt. It still surprises me that the phrase "black lives matter" is partisan.
- throwaway894345 5y agoIt really shouldn't: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29308714 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29308714
- makomk 5y agoAt this point, the slogan "black lives matter" seems to be more of a partisan talking point than any kind of indication that the person using it does, in fact, consider black lives to actually matter. Up to and including shooting white people somehow being more of an attack on the notion that black lives matter than shooting and killing a black teenager, just because of the perceived partisan affiliation of the shooters...