And all you would have to add is “Yes, black lives matter…” to the start of that sentence and the meaning doesnt change to you, and everyone is happy. You wont meet in that middle ground though, apparently.
I honestly think it comes down to you wanting to tell a blm supporter all the reasons they are wrong, and why BLM sucks more than you want to meet on any middle ground or have a productive discussion, or simply go on your way without causing a ripple.
From my perspective, you are just being contrarian and argumentative. You agree that black lives matter, but you wont say it, just because people want you to and you dont want to be told what to do.
Speaks volumes. I literally have to work the proper responsorial in. I can’t use my own words to say a black man’s life is no less than mine. That’s a power-trip.
The “other side” wants you to just say Black Lives Matter. You want to say All lives Matter. You want to leave out the other sides words, and only say your own phrase. In what world is that middle ground?
Go into the hood and call the biggest baddest black dude you see a hard-sneering R n-word. would you feel more or less safe than if you said All Lives Matter to that guy?
You CAN say either. Id hope you say neither.
Edit, i didnt see “must”. I think that only becomes a problem if it is govt enforced. If society demands you say something through social shaming, then that is freedom as well.
I won’t meet in the middle? What? I flat out state a black man, a mexican man, an Irish man, an eskimo all have lives equal to my own. To my families. I can’t meet in the middle because I won’t use the three specific words in the order some angry violence-spawning, violence ignoring, power-tripping movement demands? Are you joking? How the heck do you not see the outright purity test that is. How could you possibly say its us, when you demand specific words ordered in specific ways? Wow. I gotta go eat something. This passionate disagreement demands fuel.
You wont meet in the middle, because in the phrase you wrote you included your own chosen words (which have racist connotations in todays society like it or not), and left out the other sides chosen words. thats not compromise. That is not middle ground. that is meeting on your side.
Additionally, you agree that black lives matter!! Just confirm that little piece of middle ground. Now that we agree on that, wouldnt it be good to move on to discussing what that means to us both and find where we agree and disagree?
Yeah, im not trying to make a 6’4" 250lb felon super pissed at me. Black white brown whatever. If you feel comfortable doing that, you are a fuuuuucking idiot (which i know youre not). Even Brock Lesnar shouldn’t feel comfortable doing that.
Could it be you are being treated this way because of your actions/words? If your behavior on these boards is any indication of how you approach real life, this would not be surprising. The difference is that black people are often treated unfairly, or crappy, simply because of their skin color, and don’t even get a chance to be judged by their words/actions.
I initially misread your post as “telling us what we cant say isnt freedom”, so i used the example of exercising your freedom of speech in the hood haha. Just beacuse you can doesnt mean there wont be repercussions. If you care to go back up (meh) i had edited that post.
I’m not sure if you’re dipping your toe into the pool of racism of low expectations here or diving in head first but you’re definitely expressing it whether you mean to or not. Most well adjusted men would laugh in the face of someone they don’t know insulting them for no reason. That’s what I’d do if someone came up to me and shouted the worst insults possible in my face. The only way you’re going to get me to be violent towards you is if there’s a real threat to my family, friends or me. I’d expect most men to act the same regardless of color.