[Tom4784]

Originally Posted by Marsh.

"All lives matter" is for the arrogant white person who can't stand something not being about them.

I remember when BLM first became a thing years ago and there was either a tweet or a Tumblr post that summed up ALM perfectly. It was something like 'Saying ALM in opposition to BLM is like going to someone's funeral and screaming at their friends and family that you too have suffered loss.

It is literally that, just with more racism.

[parmnion]

Originally Posted by Liam-

Can you think of any other reason angry white people would shout it at people protesting for better treatment for black people?

Plenty angry black people shout it as well.

[Jordan.]

Is it something that needs exposing? Anyone that isn't a special type of dumb, insecure and racist can already see it for what it is.

[Liam-]

‘All lives matter’ and ‘let the asylum seekers drown’ seem to cross paths a lot, anyone notice that?

[Tom4784]

All Lives Matter in response to Black Lives Matter is essentially saying that Black Lives do not matter since the whole reason why BLM exists is because of the US police's violence towards black people. By saying All Lives Matter in response to that is to say you're happy with the status quo, that you're happy with the violence towards a specific minority because you lie to yourself by pretending that all lives matter while trying to quash a minority from saying that they matter too, not that only they matter, not that they matter more, just that they matter.

[Tom4784]

Originally Posted by Liam-

‘All lives matter’ and ‘let the asylum seekers drown’ seem to cross paths a lot, anyone notice that?

It's a phrase routed in bigotry, hatred and hypocrisy.

[Toy Soldier]

Originally Posted by Liam-

Can you think of any other reason angry white people would shout it at people protesting for better treatment for black people?

I personally think you give people too much credit in assuming it to be racism in the majority of cases. I genuinely think a lot of these mouthbreathers just genuinely think that people who are saying it mean "only black lives matter to them" and they get butthurt about it. Which is more "unfathomably stupid" than racist.

[parmnion]

Mouthbreathers..lol.

[Glenn.]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

I personally think you give people too much credit in assuming it to be racism in the majority of cases. I genuinely think a lot of these mouthbreathers just genuinely think that people who are saying it mean "only black lives matter to them" and they get butthurt about it. Which is more "unfathomably stupid" than racist.

Racists are unfathomably stupid anyway so how can you distinguish the difference.

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

I said "Of course parity is a great starting point" Kizzy. I don't really think it is a "first step" though... I'm nowhere near enough of an optimist to believe that consumerism will ever be "fixed" or that global exploitation will ever end (until it ALL ends). Play the game the best you can I guess. Some people need to continue trying, I suppose, for their own existential well-being and that's fine. Small improvements can't hurt.

There you go again, who said it would be fixed or exploitation will end?
All I suggested was if western democracies get a handle on it at ground level then that would.be beneficial. We've come a long long way in the last 50yrs so Im not sure why you're so negative as to the possibility of future progress.