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Originally posted by ToxicParadise
These are lyrics from Macklemore's song and the picture you posted illustrastes what he says very well :
"Black Lives Matter, to use an analogy, is like if... if there was a subdivision and a house was on fire. The fire department wouldn't show up and start putting water on all the houses because all houses matter. They would show up and they would turn their water on the house that was burning because that's the house that needs the help the most.
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This is the most meaningful post in this thread.
Powerful, truthful, and real.
For the 2 billionth time, Black Lives Matter is not a movement saying that ONLY black lives matter, it is saying that black lives need to be acknowledged. We are living in a country where it doesn't matter at all.
Ex.a A black couple can be pulled over for a broken taillight and when the officer asks for license and registration, and when the black man obliges, the man is shot 5 times. In front of his young daughter, without any warning.
Ex.b. A white man can walk into a church, shoot and kill 9 black people, and walk out in handcuffs.
Some of these posts are truly disgusting. How can you be a human being and convince yourself that nothing is wrong? That #AllLivesMatter? Discouraging an entire movement that only aims for justice and equality?
Speechless, but not surprised.