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Discussion: #AllLivesMatter is accurate now
Member Since: 9/9/2012
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Originally posted by MusicLoverDude
police brutality is shown with more than just black people as we've now had stories of dogs being shot for no good reason.
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fight me.
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Member Since: 8/7/2015
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Originally posted by MusicLoverDude
Ok, but when stories come out about police brutality that is occurring with more than just black people and humans, then I think there is a bigger picture overall.
I GET why #BlackLivesMatter was created, but I also think that after these two stories surfaced, #AllLivesMatter should be just as accurate.
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okay, time to log out. AllLivesMatter should never be used, period the end. the entire xyzMatters movement was started by and for black people. like ??
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Member Since: 11/3/2010
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Originally posted by MusicLoverDude
Ok, but when stories come out about police brutality that is occurring with more than just black people and humans, then I think there is a bigger picture overall.
I GET why #BlackLivesMatter was created, but I also think that after these two stories surfaced, #AllLivesMatter should be just as accurate.
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Oh wow TWO whole stories? Okay in the unlikely event that you are not just trolling but are in fact that uneducated, unaware and flat out confused about life…
The OVER 100 UNARMED Black people killed in 2014 alone
Why AllLivesMatter is utter ********
If after reading these you don't realize how wrong you are, there's no hope for you.
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Member Since: 5/19/2012
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Member Since: 2/20/2012
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Originally posted by TheOnlyOne
#AllLivesMatter is the equivalent of disrupting a Breast Cancer Walk and shouting "But melanoma matters, too guys!!!"
Stop with the foolishness, get off the music forums and educate yourself on something.
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Wow, comparing skin color to cancer, very edgy, much tact, etc.
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Member Since: 8/17/2012
Posts: 17,268
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Originally posted by MusicLoverDude
Ok, but when stories come out about police brutality that is occurring with more than just black people and humans, then I think there is a bigger picture overall.
I GET why #BlackLivesMatter was created, but I also think that after these two stories surfaced, #AllLivesMatter should be just as accurate.
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If you're saying #AllLivesMatter is just as accurate, then I DON'T think you get why #BlackLivesMatter was created. It wasn't just created because a bunch of people who suffered police brutality all happened to be black - it was because the brutality was happening BECAUSE they were black, and therefore it was a much bigger social issue than a few individual cases. The white man who suffered police brutality in this case didn't suffer it because he was white or because our general society has appeared to deem mistreating white people okay.
If your issue is simply about police brutality, that's a valid issue. But despite that, it's STILL not a reason to use #AllLivesMatter, because when you use that, you're effectively saying that all races are being mistreated equally, which is completely untrue. This kind of brutality and injustice is happening to black people far more than white people and, more importantly, for far different reasons. So you bringing one case involving a white man doesn't change that.
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Member Since: 1/4/2014
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Originally posted by MusicLoverDude
It's a living being, that was loving and belonged to a loving family, and was shot to death by a police officer. So yes.
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Putting pets on the same level as human lives is dehumanizing. You are using that as a way of discrediting and derailing the black lives matter movement which only asks that we look at the staggeringly higher rate of police brutality cases in the black community as a serious issue.
Like, why is it so hard to understand?
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Member Since: 4/7/2009
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Where were all the #AllLivesMatters girls when that white boy that was just recently snatched by the police. Why aren't yall making that poppin' and trending?
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Member Since: 8/19/2011
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Originally posted by Ruleth
Putting pets on the same level as human lives is dehumanizing.
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So how come nobody wanted to back me up when I was saying in this in the thread about Demi's pet that passed and how over the top her announcement of it was on twitter?
I could've really used the backup, guys.
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Member Since: 4/21/2012
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Originally posted by Doc
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I was lurking this thread for your paragraphs long, receipts filled clock of a post yet all we get is a gif???
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Member Since: 1/1/2014
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Originally posted by KORDEI
So how come nobody wanted to back me up when I was saying in this in the thread about Demi's pet that passed and how over the top her announcement of it was on twitter?
I could've really used the backup, guys.
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Member Since: 1/8/2012
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Originally posted by MusicLoverDude
Ok, but when stories come out about police brutality that is occurring with more than just black people and humans, then I think there is a bigger picture overall.
I GET why #BlackLivesMatter was created, but I also think that after these two stories surfaced, #AllLivesMatter should be just as accurate.
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I'm so offended rn. Like really.
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Member Since: 1/1/2014
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Originally posted by fememeist
does white people have the historical background of generations and generations of oppression?
all lives matter will never work
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It's not just about white people.
Hispanic lives matter too. Gay lives and trans lives also matter. Muslim lives matter. Female lives matter.
#AllLivesMatter does not serve to invalidate oppression or police brutality faced by African-Americans.
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Member Since: 4/28/2012
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Originally posted by MusicLoverDude
Ok, but when stories come out about police brutality that is occurring with more than just black people and humans, then I think there is a bigger picture overall.
I GET why #BlackLivesMatter was created, but I also think that after these two stories surfaced, #AllLivesMatter should be just as accurate.
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Girl, look at the frequency of African Americans getting brutalized AND KILLED and compare it to whites being psychotic and getting off with warnings and free meals. You think a black individual will live long enough to plead insanity while in police custody? No. #AllLivesMatter is made up by white people for white people. #BlackLivesMatter is a real Movement against a terrifying problem.
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Member Since: 5/29/2012
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Originally posted by MusicLoverDude
It's not just about #BlackLivesMatter anymore. It's #AllLivesMatter to me now. All races, sexualities, genders, and living beings.
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The stupidity. WHERE do you even start responding to this foolishness.
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Member Since: 3/16/2012
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Originally posted by TheOnlyOne
#AllLivesMatter is the equivalent of disrupting a Breast Cancer Walk and shouting "But melanoma matters, too guys!!!"
Stop with the foolishness, get off the music forums and educate yourself on something.
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Member Since: 11/3/2010
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Originally posted by chilicheese01
Wow, comparing skin color to cancer, very edgy, much tact, etc.
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I'm sorry the complex concept of analogies are lost on you.
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Member Since: 8/18/2013
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Originally posted by MusicLoverDude
Ok, but when stories come out about police brutality that is occurring with more than just black people and humans, then I think there is a bigger picture overall.
I GET why #BlackLivesMatter was created, but I also think that after these two stories surfaced, #AllLivesMatter should be just as accurate.
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Oh gosh you're right we had that one story about the guy gay I guess that makes it equivalent to the countless African American stories :/
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Member Since: 8/19/2011
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Originally posted by Bey_Rihstan
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dksnfkjs I really do hate u
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