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Originally Posted by kjs86z
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rofl you cannot be serious
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I, of course, am serious in the sense of satirical humor being used to prove a point.
The issue with the statement "All Lives Matter" is if we truly believed that as a society, we would be well on our way to utopia. "All Lives Matter" means that regardless of <attribute here> we should give everyone a fair chance regardless of their history. That means no exceptions. Which, arguably, isn't reasonable when you consider the past actions of other individuals.
The problem then becomes where we draw the line on when past history should become acceptable to forgive... should it be over something as petty as annoying someone (ie; online trolling), something as unforgivable as robbery / theft, or something as bad as rape / murder / child abuse?
And there's no easy answer to that.
There is, however, an easy answer to "Black Lives Matter", which is, if I didn't know someone, and treated them differently because they are black and not knowing what they did in the past, I would be considered racist because I judged without knowing their backstory.
I can't say "All Lives Matter" after reading that someone was convicted for raping a kid and then having the same guy move in next door. I would outright judge them without knowing them, keep my children away from them, etc. I can't say the same about if a black man moved next door to me, without getting to know him or his history. And I certainly wouldn't judge him because he's black. So of course, by first glance, "Black Lives Matter" but certainly not "All Lives Matter."
I should mention I am fairly conservative and part of due process means that you give everyone a chance to defend themselves in a court of law. Many people of all backgrounds never get a chance to defend themselves as they are judged by racists, sexists, homophobes and others that are in charge of law enforcement - before they even get to a court of law. That is the issue. It has nothing to do with race.