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It definitely does seem like we seem to be headed toward a brave new world/1984 hybrid. It’s some weird shit.
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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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Last edited by Secrets; 07-11-2020 at 01:09 AM..
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So ALM is racist if we don't subtract bugs? As someone who has found ants to be fascinating their whole life I find this to be offensive.
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Ants are cool
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVI8YIpdnJ0
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BLM should just take ownership of the phrase “All Lives Matter”. Flip reverse it so ‘ALM’ is used to confirm that ‘yes, alm so bl indeed do m’.
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BLM is, at the moment, a pretty decentralized movement. That can be good for the movement but also bad. In todays political climate if there's a clear leader then it's easy to point to a figurehead and say "those are the policies this group supports." BLM doesn't really have this, except for when ultra conservaties will point to their "leaders" being trained marxists or something. The "movement" is difficult to criticize at the moment, because it's not really clear what policies they support. At the same time the organization will lack direction due to leadership. Look at what's happened politically, and I really don't think much of what's happened will have a positive impact on black lives much. | |||
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If you sat down for dinner with your family and everyone gets a meal except you, and you say "Hey I need food", and someone responds "Everyone needs food". They're not wrong, but they're not being fuckin helpful either because you still don't have any food. | |||
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No lives matter
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