Ken Cuccinelli smacked down on CNN for suggesting ‘Black Lives Matter’ is insult to white people

[DonViejo]

Former Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli (R) argued on Sunday that many Americans objected to the “Black Lives Matter” movement because it suggested that the lives of black people mattered more than whites and other races.

CNN political contributor Bakari Sellers explained during a panel discussion that the “Black Live Matter” movement had become a hot topic in the Democratic presidential primary because the lives of so many black people had ended during confrontations with police officers.

“You have African-Americans who literally do not get the benefit of their humanity,” he pointed out. “And that’s a problem. You know, in my next interaction — I’m the only person at this table whose next interaction [with law enforcement] may cause them to be a hashtag.”

“And that’s something that we feel, that’s a very deep pain,” Sellers said.

Cuccinelli argued that it was important to add the word “too” to the end of the “Black Lives Matter” slogan.

“Adding t-o-o at the end puts it in a context that makes sense,” the former Virginia attorney general insisted.

“But it’s implicit though,” Sellers noted.

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[gwheezie]

1. Ken Kookienelli is a loon

You can spend hours of fun entertaining yourself looking up Kookienelli quotes.

[daredtowork]

2. We have to recognize Democrats are also saying this

As in big Democrat donors.

That's why O'Malley tripped over which audience he was talking to at Netroots Nation and said "All Lives Matter". He has been instructed by his "handlers" to say that to white groups because that is their consensus.

That is why Hillary Clinton did her dogwhistle "All Lives Matter" at the black church near Ferguson, and that's why the radio host berated Bernie until he provided the same soundbite the next day. Middle class white intellectual/cultural groups are fanatical about this. I also suspect this is why Hillary avoided Netroots Nation: with her strategy to split the social from the economic to differentiate herself from Bernie, it makes a lot of sense that she would avoid being directly confronted by #BLM activists, but she may have set up her opponents for that photo op.

EVERY conversation I've had with older white progressive Democrats has gone down this way! They not only believe that "All Lives Matter" - they believe we must "push" this issue in the name of universal reason and humanism! These are people who would freak out at the very thought that they had a racist bone in their body, yet they will not condone this tactic.

I think they are wrong. Very wrong. These are people who also don't get Twitter. But they have deep pockets and their opinions probably influence the direction of the Democratic party more. That's why I keep bringing this up: the #BLM movement is under attack from the Democratic party, and candidates are being pressured to SIGNAL that they agree #AllLivesMatter even if that hashtag was used by racist trolls.

[JustinL]

5. they should realize that "All Lives Matter" carries with it an implied racial insult

The implication is that the coiners of "Black Lives Matter" are black supremacists who are indifferent or hostile to the lives of non-blacks.

[daredtowork]

7. Raising awareness of this as fast as I can

and that's also why I'm trying to get the word out about where the pressure on candidates is coming from, so everyone knows how active we have to be about educating on #BLM.

[JustinL]

9. thank you n/t

[brush]

10. IMO "all lives matter" is off putting in the sense that . . .

people who insist on that phrase come off as patronizing as they seem to be saying "I have a phrase that's even better than what you came up with", even though "black lives matter" is an organic phrase that sprung from actual KILLINGS OF UNARMED BLACKS, not some universal, feel-good abstraction.

Show me the unarmed white Sandra Blands, Michael Browns, Tamir Rices, Eric Garners, Oscar Grants, Walter Scotts and on and on and on and on and I'll be okay with "all lives matter".

Until then, they need to stop co-opting and diluting a critical, topical issues that is happening to black people now.

[daredtowork]

12. All Lives Matter is the ultimate in PATRONIZING notions

The reason intelligent white PROGRESSIVES are so anxious that politicians adopt the slogan "All Lives Matter" - the reason they PUSH for it - is that they have always owned the concept of Universal Reason and Universal Humanity. White still defaults to universal for them. They never understand that their anxiety, intransigence, and pushiness comes from the presumptiveness of their initial assumption. Or perhaps they see white is not the default universal and they are afraid. All Lives Matter is a cowardly rearguard action.

Today I saw an interesting visual. I wish I had a camera. There was a white panhandler: not that old but looked actually needy. Had glasses so looked like a down on luck intellectual or aging hippy. Many young strong, healthy, happy people of color walked by. Interesting picture of the future vs. the past. The Southern Strategy's worst nightmare, lol!

[LiberalElite]

13. White person here stating her objection to "all lives matter" eom

[marble falls]

3. What a dumbshit and so are any "Democrats" who agree with him.

[JustinL]

4. someone should have asked him if it should be "Support the Troops Too" n/t

[truebluegreen]

6. The "too" would make it sound whiny

instead of strong. Makes sense that a Republican would say that: it's how they roll.

[Bluenorthwest]

8. Ken Cuccinelli is a raging multi task bigot, and if more people had stood up to him when he was

'just' anti gay, maybe he'd not be here now to keep stinking up the elevator. Larry O'Donnell tore this fucker to bit, I do remember that. But of course he's a racist, a bigot is a bigot. They very rarely focus on one specialty.

[11 Bravo]

11. We stood up to him in VA and kicked his ...

bigoted, homophobic ass right to the curb!