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Humanism wouldn’t reject “all lives matter” while advancing “black lives matter”.
by ehvatum 4y ago
Humanism wouldn’t reject “all lives matter” while advancing “black lives matter”.
- 7speter 4y agoBlack lives matter, the term, is a reminder that black lives do indeed matter, because black lives sure seem disposable or a means to an end way too often, imo, lapses in applicable humanism. Its not discounting the lives of anyone else of any other skin color, ethnicity or creed.
- ehvatum 4y agoWhat’s this, then? https://www.forbes.com/sites/evangerstmann/2020/07/02/what-to-do-about-the-harvard-student-who-said-she-will-stab-the-next-person-to-say-all-lives-matter/?sh=25d142716994 https://www.forbes.com/sites/evangerstmann/2020/07/02/what-t...
- binbashthefash 4y agoWhat's all this then? https://mappingpoliceviolence.org/ https://mappingpoliceviolence.org/
- ehvatum 4y agoReflects the reality that, “according to the FBI, African-Americans accounted for 55.9% of all homicide offenders in 2019”.
- feet 4y agoPropaganda put out by a conservative hyper-capitalist publication where they point out an outlier to scare people
- moistly 4y agoYou sure as hell don’t cry out “SaVe AlL tEh MaMmAls!!eleventyone” when some says “save the whales.” You know full fucking well that no one is saying “ehvatum’s life doesn’t matter” when they say “help the homeless.” Fuck off with your disingenuous bullshit. Edit: I see in your comments profile that you are frequently disingenuous.
- ehvatum 4y agoYou mean, I frequently disagree with what you don’t understand is your dogma.
- trasz 4y ago"All lives matter" was invented by alt-right as a propaganda tool. BLM has incomparably deeper meaning.
- ehvatum 4y ago“Black lives matter” was invented by leftists as a propaganda tool. “All lives matter” has deeper meaning because it does not imply that some lives are more valuable than others.