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Originally Posted by Secrets
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"Black Lives Matter" is a valid statement. It's something everyone can agree on. It doesn't mean they are superior to other lives, nor lesser than others. It means you treat one person of a specific peripheral construct (race) as the same as another peripheral construct.
Anyone arguing anything other than that (ie; All Lives Matter, Blue Lives Matter, etc.) means that you support the systematic destruction of a particular group of people that you visually see as inferior based on <attribute here>. You can't say "All Lives Matter" and then kill the fly that accidentally landed on your monitor that's 'annoying you' - the fly has a life too. Bedbugs? Yup, can't kill those, as all lives matter. Those attracted to children? Yeah, can't treat them any different. 'All Lives Matter', right?
Cops are not a race. They're a profession you pick much later in life. You can't look at a cop out of the womb and say "Yeah, this dude's gonna be a cop."
They are a social construct, not one based on your sense of vision. They are based on emotion to a society founded on rules. Society once existed without officers, laws, and political biases. The only thing that hasn't changed is that black individuals are black and still systematically oppressed for centuries.
So instead of being racist, sexist, or whatever -ist, how about propping up the people you are close to and know need help, regardless of the way they were born? After all, we can't judge books by their cover.
Actions speak louder than sitting here on this EverQuest forum saying about how you'll do something instead of actually getting involved and doing your part to make sure it ends.
I personally took it upon myself on multiple occasions and sat with people one-on-one that I care about, and helped them get on their feet, expecting nothing in return. Can you say you've done the same, or have you just posted on message boards and social media about how 'people need to do it' - well, guess what, you are a person. Stop preaching to the choir and start making better choices.
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Everything except the green text makes good sense. Afaik pedophiles are reviled by every race, we all throw em in prison. Bugs are not humans therefore not entitled to human rights.
This entire issue is really tough to negotiate, I see alot of people making very different statements but in general it seems they all have the same thought in their head: Equal Rights Means Equal Rights!
Maybe the vagueness of it all is purposeful. Here on this forum we can't seem to agree on terminology, across the USA no one can seem to agree either.
A divided house cannot stand. Divide and conquer etc. This sort of discussion must continue, even on an EverQuest Forum.
As long as we are
trying to agree, we aren't fighting. That's a house that can stand. That's a nation that can stand up.