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What you describe could also be applied to the slogan “Black lives matter”; the argument is valid both ways.
by teddyh 4y ago
What you describe could also be applied to the slogan “Black lives matter”; the argument is valid both ways.
- krapp 4y agoExcept the people who interpreted the slogan "Black Lives Matter" to mean "White lives must not matter" or somesuch were never doing so in good faith - that slogan was not the anti-white dog whistle it was claimed to be.
- teddyh 4y agoYes; I mean, you’re making my point for me: A person saying “Black Lives Matter” will be lumped together with extremists.
- freejazz 4y agoBy you. Probably not by most people.
- teddyh 4y agoCertainly not by me. But a lot of other people will, is what I’m saying. ’I’m not!’ Walsh shouted futilely. ‘I’m not a Purist and I’m not a Naturalist! You hear me?’ Nobody heard him. — The Chromium Fence, Philip K. Dick (1955) <https://web.archive.org/web/20150419173332/http://american-buddha.com/dick.phildickreader.20.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20150419173332/http://american-b...>
- freejazz 4y agoYeah, one could do that if they want to be completely unreasonable.