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Catherine Vincent

(34,491 posts) Sun Jul 26, 2015, 01:34 PM Jul 2015

Should it have been 'Black Lives Matter Too'?

I was just wondering since a lot of people don't get it with the original cause...I was one of them. Now I understand but others aren't getting the explanation of it or at least seeking it out. What do you all think?

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Should it have been 'Black Lives Matter Too'? (Original Post) Catherine Vincent Jul 2015 OP

absolutely not! marym625 Jul 2015 #1

- antiquie Jul 2015 #2

No gwheezie Jul 2015 #3

That's how it's taken. Igel Jul 2015 #15

No. johnp3907 Jul 2015 #4

What's not to get? Lilith Rising Jul 2015 #5

No. TDale313 Jul 2015 #6

If you put too at the end of that statement it almost sounds like begging to me. craigmatic Jul 2015 #7

Hell no. The meaning is obvious. Should other slogans be changed? JustinL Jul 2015 #8

Hell no! bvf Jul 2015 #9

No. Euphoria Jul 2015 #10

It is not an afterthought. Downwinder Jul 2015 #11

Although you mean well, you must understand azmom Jul 2015 #12

No!!!! nadinbrzezinski Jul 2015 #13

NO! marble falls Jul 2015 #14

No! Delmette Jul 2015 #16

Thanks for the reply guys Catherine Vincent Jul 2015 #17

No. Absolutely not. zappaman Jul 2015 #18

marym625

(17,997 posts)

1. absolutely not!

Reply to Catherine Vincent (Original post)

Sun Jul 26, 2015, 01:35 PM

Jul 2015

antiquie

(4,299 posts)

2. -

Reply to Catherine Vincent (Original post)

Sun Jul 26, 2015, 01:37 PM

Jul 2015

gwheezie

(3,580 posts)

3. No

Reply to Catherine Vincent (Original post)

Sun Jul 26, 2015, 01:38 PM

Jul 2015

Black lives matter means exactly that, it's not a comment on the value of other races.

Igel

(35,382 posts)

15. That's how it's taken.

Reply to gwheezie (Reply #3)

Sun Jul 26, 2015, 02:41 PM

Jul 2015

Some are more important than others.

One has to decide if intent or interpretation are more important. And then be consistent.

johnp3907

(3,734 posts)

4. No.

Reply to Catherine Vincent (Original post)

Sun Jul 26, 2015, 01:40 PM

Jul 2015

"Black Lives Matter" is fine.

Lilith Rising

(184 posts)

5. What's not to get?

Reply to Catherine Vincent (Original post)

Sun Jul 26, 2015, 01:42 PM

Jul 2015

Seems pretty straight forward to me.

TDale313

(7,820 posts)

6. No.

Reply to Catherine Vincent (Original post)

Sun Jul 26, 2015, 01:47 PM

Jul 2015

craigmatic

(4,510 posts)

7. If you put too at the end of that statement it almost sounds like begging to me.

Reply to Catherine Vincent (Original post)

Sun Jul 26, 2015, 01:49 PM

Jul 2015

As if you're saying oh please we see other people's lives matter please accept the fact that our lives also matter. All that's not necessary Black Lives Matter is just a statement of fact just like gays have Pride it's not to knock other people it's just that you're trying to represent your own.

JustinL

(722 posts)

8. Hell no. The meaning is obvious. Should other slogans be changed?

Reply to Catherine Vincent (Original post)

Sun Jul 26, 2015, 02:08 PM

Jul 2015

"Fight Cancer Too. Save Additional Lives."
"Support our Troops Too."

If not, what's the difference between "Black Lives Matter" and those other slogans?

bvf

(6,604 posts)

9. Hell no!

Reply to Catherine Vincent (Original post)

Sun Jul 26, 2015, 02:10 PM

Jul 2015

You came to understand it. Others will too.

Diluting the phrase would strip it of any meaning. It would be the equivalent of "all lives matter." Not the message.