Then why not add the word "too"? Adding that word I think would have created a more positive impact and probably would have even more people agreeing with this then we do now.Saying black lives matter doesn't mean black lives matter more than others.
I agree that police brutality is never a good thing and should never be condoned.What people are intentionally refusing to acknowledge when they say "all lives matter" is that certain lives are under more threat than others right now, and have been throughout our nation's entire history. It's the same type of racially charged cop-out as, "the Civil War was fought over states' rights." Just because a number of historical and modern events are uncomfortable to discuss from the perspective of privilege doesn't mean the answer is to stick your head in the sand and pretend they never happened.
Additionally, a certain amount of nihilism always comes attached with alt-right ideologies, so what a lot of people really mean when they say, "all lives matter" is, "no lives matter." After all, there is no actual organization by that name, "ALM" is nowhere to be found when police brutalize or murder anybody of any race/ethnicity. In other words, it's an endorsement of the status quo, and the only group that benefits from such an endorsement is the police. I say if you're gonna lick boot, at least be honest and straightforward about your intention to do so.
I do have to wonder if people that you described actually exist in majority? I am not denying that they do exist, but somehow I think they are far fewer then what you let on.
I think that when people say "All lives matter" they actually mean all race matters or all race are equal. Generally not "all lives matter" = "No lives matter". Perhaps saying "all lives matter" is not correct for most people, because eating meat requires ending a life of an animal or swatting a fly for example. Anybody should understand what they are trying to portray.
Perhaps I'm being naïve in this regard.
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