06-08-2020, 09:42 AM
I had a cringy phase back in 6th grade where I agreed that all lives mattered and BLM wasn't as big of a deal as people made it out to be.
I'm so glad I've grown since then.
The problem with All Lives Matter is that it doesn't really help the issue at all. It's only really used for silencing the Black Lives Matter movement, which doesn't help either cause. They don't matter until black lives matter.
Please take a look at the following tweets, especially the first one. They may be blunt, but they're necessary to understand how incredibly messed up the system is.
"Letter To A White Man"
https://twitter.com/ArashKolahi/status/1...30689?s=20
https://twitter.com/tkerssen/status/1266...85225?s=20
https://twitter.com/sweeeetdee_/status/1...07072?s=20
https://twitter.com/honeyrainfall/status...39426?s=20
https://twitter.com/jxyzn/status/1267684...64704?s=20
https://twitter.com/SankofaBrown/status/...71012?s=20
https://twitter.com/sarahljaffe/status/1...23852?s=20
https://twitter.com/seanfaywolfe/status/...50978?s=20
https://twitter.com/behindyourback/statu...89826?s=20
https://twitter.com/okitsRGS/status/1267...59041?s=20
https://twitter.com/DavidDTD_/status/126...64611?s=20
https://twitter.com/dantonio_hunter/stat...72512?s=20
https://twitter.com/The_Real_Fly/status/...25440?s=20
https://twitter.com/hasanthehun/status/1...49088?s=20
https://twitter.com/dantonio_hunter/stat...89760?s=20
https://twitter.com/greg_doucette/status...76096?s=20
https://twitter.com/greg_doucette/status...40512?s=20
https://twitter.com/seanfaywolfe/status/...60096?s=20
https://twitter.com/garywhitta/status/12...28483?s=20
https://twitter.com/cgsunit/status/12690...26499?s=20
https://t.co/4DpnQEyDCD?amp=1
https://twitter.com/eIdritchgf/status/12...05729?s=20
https://twitter.com/chelsftw/status/1269...71617?s=20
https://twitter.com/jugglepup/status/126...46113?s=20
https://twitter.com/Levance_/status/1268...26880?s=20
I'm so glad I've grown since then.
The problem with All Lives Matter is that it doesn't really help the issue at all. It's only really used for silencing the Black Lives Matter movement, which doesn't help either cause. They don't matter until black lives matter.
Please take a look at the following tweets, especially the first one. They may be blunt, but they're necessary to understand how incredibly messed up the system is.
"Letter To A White Man"
https://twitter.com/ArashKolahi/status/1...30689?s=20
https://twitter.com/tkerssen/status/1266...85225?s=20
https://twitter.com/sweeeetdee_/status/1...07072?s=20
https://twitter.com/honeyrainfall/status...39426?s=20
https://twitter.com/jxyzn/status/1267684...64704?s=20
https://twitter.com/SankofaBrown/status/...71012?s=20
https://twitter.com/sarahljaffe/status/1...23852?s=20
https://twitter.com/seanfaywolfe/status/...50978?s=20
https://twitter.com/behindyourback/statu...89826?s=20
https://twitter.com/okitsRGS/status/1267...59041?s=20
https://twitter.com/DavidDTD_/status/126...64611?s=20
https://twitter.com/dantonio_hunter/stat...72512?s=20
https://twitter.com/The_Real_Fly/status/...25440?s=20
https://twitter.com/hasanthehun/status/1...49088?s=20
https://twitter.com/dantonio_hunter/stat...89760?s=20
https://twitter.com/greg_doucette/status...76096?s=20
https://twitter.com/greg_doucette/status...40512?s=20
https://twitter.com/seanfaywolfe/status/...60096?s=20
https://twitter.com/garywhitta/status/12...28483?s=20
https://twitter.com/cgsunit/status/12690...26499?s=20
https://t.co/4DpnQEyDCD?amp=1
https://twitter.com/eIdritchgf/status/12...05729?s=20
https://twitter.com/chelsftw/status/1269...71617?s=20
https://twitter.com/jugglepup/status/126...46113?s=20
https://twitter.com/Levance_/status/1268...26880?s=20