09-15-2015, 11:18 AM
(09-15-2015, 11:08 AM)BmorePat87 Wrote: now, should the only focus be on criminal justice? No, there are a lot of things that need to be addressed. Is there anything wrong with saying "black lives matter"? No. Should they boo people who say "all lives matter"? No, use it as a teachable moment to explain what your message is and why saying "all lives matters" detracts from it.
This.
I saw someone recently that was pointing out how those against the BLM movement are inferring an "only" at the front, when in reality it is an implied ",too" at the end. That some people fail to acknowledge the implication while insisting their own inference is the true meaning is just another example of the root of all of these problems.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
