would've been Nazis, etc.

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I hate that response sfm.



THE RULE OF LAW/DUE PROCESS, MUTHERFUCKERS.



Anyone potentially guilty of a crime is nevertheless protected and entitled to their day in court, not shot or choked to death by police. Cops aren't even reliable interpreters of the law (as evidenced by how often they fuck up and violate rights when citizens rightfully exercise protest against warrentless search/seizure + groundless apprehensions); that's what fucking lawyers are for.



White people love screaming about "innocent and proven guilty" until it's black people coming for that right.

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Innocence isn't relevant, the job of the police is not to play judge, jury, and executioner to people selling cigarettes on the corner or a kid playing with a toy gun. I hate this argument. Especially when the police treat heinous white criminals e.g. Charleston shooter with decency and basic human respect.

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I hate hearing that argument so much. So they deserve to die b/c they sold loose squares, talked 'disrespectful' to the police or ran from the police. Makes no sense at all.

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Victim blaming murdered children is so low.

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It means the same thing (sends a clearer message IMO) and people won't get butthurt over it. Why not #blacklivesmattertoo It means the same thing (sends a clearer message IMO) and people won't get butthurt over it.

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the hashtag is not about pleasing white people and catering to their feelings.

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bc black lives > white feelings

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lmao as if that would make a difference to people like this guy anyway

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because anyone with common sense should be able to comprehend what they mean with that hashtag.

of course every life matters but in the context of the conversation and movement, black lives matter.

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People shouldn't be getting butthurt but look into it before freaking out

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*Looks at my LJ note* jinxthcat-racist



Makes sense

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What are people like in that vid going to say back?



#alllivesmattertoo? lol @ the responses in my post. If the ORIGINAL hashtag was #blacklivesmattertoo instead of #blacklivesmatter people wouldn't have any issues with it, in fact they would be happy that there would be less misconceptions like the guy in the video. The "TOO" at the end suggests that black people are being told that their lives DON'T matter, which gets the point across clearer.What are people like in that vid going to say back?

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Because black people have to pacify their right to live so white people don't feel a type a way about it? gurl bye.







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i thought you cared about VICTIMS tho

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By not including the 'too' it says that black lives matter at all, period. Full stop. By not including the 'too' it says that black lives were not a priority and never treated with the equality and dignity that the All Lives Matter crowd says people have proclaimed. By not addressing the issues of police brutality, the All Lives Matter crowd is just saying that so they don't have see the flaws in the system that they often and so rigorously defend. Watch this link ( People have been polite, to the point of death, even in church that white people have said is what black people need to comply with and have still been accused of doing something wrong (a congressman said that the people in the church in Charleston were sitting there waiting to die). Even when black people invite white folks to come and sit and pray with them and die as a result, it's still something that is seen as something that needs to be debated. It doesn't get more peaceful than sitting in church for prayer and bible study. Black people have been nice and polite and respectful for centuries and it still gets people killed for jaywalking or knowing their rights or being in their car and following their directions or being a little kid in the park and playing. I mean, how much more polite do people have to be?By not including the 'too' it says that black lives matter at all, period. Full stop. By not including the 'too' it says that black lives were not a priority and never treated with the equality and dignity that the All Lives Matter crowd says people have proclaimed. By not addressing the issues of police brutality, the All Lives Matter crowd is just saying that so they don't have see the flaws in the system that they often and so rigorously defend. Watch this link ( https://www.facebook.com/NowThisNews/videos/881490075274451/ ) because it won't embed. It's only a minute and says what everyone here is trying to say. Black Lives Matter is here working for the most disenfranchised that will eventually spread out and benefit every life.

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Lol because that hashtag sounds like whiniest plea as opposed to a strong, bold statement declaring the humanity of blacks be acknowledged and respected.



But y'know, you do this every time so....

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i can't tell if youre being serious or not...



the reason the hashtag even exists is because unarmed black youth are being murdered in the streets. its about police brutality and racial profiling and the extreme realities of being a black body in 2015.



framing the hashtag or even having this conversation is moving attention away from the actual problem here and refocusing it on this inclusion/exclusion dynamic. this is a conversation being had about black lives.



i dont understand why youre fighting so hard to say maybe if they would have included too then all lives matter people wouldnt feel so butt hurt. this isnt about everyone, this is about a community who is constantly being disparaged by the dominant power group.



the fact that the hashtag has to exist at all should be reason enough to understand why there is no too at the end.



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If you think the hashtag should be changed to stop white people from being butthurt you really don't think Black lives matter at all tbh.

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oh god. you were being serious...

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Why should it have to be more palatable for assholes?

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Who cares if white feelings are hurt, let them be

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Because these cops/people who agree with them are, with their actions (and sometimes their words), straight-up saying "black lives don't matter."

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I explained the diff in killings of black persons. He said, verbatim, "There's a reason for that."



ughhhhhh. the terrible thing is you know a number of white people feel this way but aren't bold enough to out right say it

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yup

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But a black person punching him would've been right up his street.

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The shit she would've dealt with afterwards wouldn't have been worth it for that fucker.

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the church i went to as a kid literally held an "all lives matter" prayer walk in houston today for the cop who was shot and killed on friday



the sheriff also went off and said "black lives matter? all lives matter? how bout cop lives matter??" and good lord the point has just flown over everyone's goddamn head

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heard about this on her snapchat. "we only got into one fight this year!"



more power to her

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ia....ONTD please find out who this deflated white balloon is, expose ha

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Mte on all accounts. These fuckers need to be dragged

She has a crazy amount of restraint, idk how she did it

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mte call these assholes out!

she has more patience than I could ever have

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.... to silence her/put it over her mouth? you have really bad comprehension skills shes trying to get the camera out of her face

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whenever I see " #alllivesmatter " I think of that tweet like "do y'all also go into funerals and say I, TOO, HAVE FELT LOSS"

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beyond done with fuckers like him...

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don't hurt the poor cactus bb

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Basically at one point during the night Empire's Jussie Smollett shouted out "Black lives matter" when the person that was sitting next to Chesaleigh and her husband responded with "Bullshit!".



lol

i guess the person is not a heavy internet user...

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lol i fell asleep during this.



the VMAs good this year?

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omg I missed this part in particular

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what happened here???

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oh shitt i never saw this

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"Don't play with me bitch...unless you're Taylor Swift! Where are you Taylor? Come sing with me! #squadgoals

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My original comment was going in on them and ending with an Oprah gif saying they all just need to die.



But I was made aware of a promise I made to not go in.



Even if I do wish he'd die horrifically in a car crash.



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gross

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I said it and I realize that it's very harsh but I'm done being nice. What's the point of trying to reason with an asshole who will never get it and never respect you? Fuck it.

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My cousin just died in a car crash, that shit's not funny.

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this made me so angry to see omfg



good for her for calling out these soggy noodles

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