You do realize that that flag does not mean "Blue Lives Matter" right?
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Replying to @fozmeadows
The fact that "______ lives matter" exists as a narrative is disgusting. No life is more or less important than another. Stop reducing symbols of remembrance into political shams to further divide.
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Replying to @theWilyVeteran
Black Lives Matter exists because brutal, unchecked systematic racism and the extrajudicial murder of black people was emphasising the opposite. If all lives really matter to you, then why does focusing on one vulnerable group make you mad?
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Replying to @fozmeadows
It all makes me mad...Im sick and tired of the division...Im sick and tired of people hijacking things meant for good and turning them into symbols of hate...Im sick and tired of people selectively choosing which lives matter more than others based on their race or profession...
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Replying to @theWilyVeteran
“selectively choosing which lives matter” if a cancer charity focusses only on testicular cancer, are they saying fuck every other cancer? No! They’re just drawing attention to one specific issue! Same with BLM- it never says they matter more or others less; just that they matter
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Replying to @fozmeadows
Exactly...so why the outrage over the Thin Blue Line flag? Would you have the same reaction if a Black Lives Matter flag was shown instead? Same exact concept
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Replying to @theWilyVeteran
It’s not the same; blue lives exists expressly to deny the claim that police brutality exists and is overwhelmingly racist in execution. BLM is more akin to a pride night flag: a celebration of one group and its right to exist without persecution, and the NHL has pride nights.
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Replying to @fozmeadows @theWilyVeteran
More to the point, Castillo wasn’t a cop who died; he was a kid. They’re celebrating police because a civilian was killed. How is that appropriate?
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Replying to @fozmeadows
I guess I don't see the connection between law enforcement inequality and a kid who was killed stopping a shooting?
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Because there isn’t one. They trotted out that flag and a bunch of cops who responded to the shooting where Castillo died to praise the cops for... letting him die, I guess? Acting like his death was about police bravery somehow, when it wasn’t. Shoehorning in cop-praise.
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