Anonymous wrote:This sounds like a "you" problem

This one

Anonymous wrote:Hmmm...I could support this movement which is trying to stop the police from killing unarmed black men, women, and children, but I just don’t like the name. I’ll sit this one out.

+10000 yeah let's just co-opt the name to all lives matter, oh wait that is how we got here in the first place, saying that but meaning something else!

Funny, I noticed an awful lot of different folks, races, religions, ages, gender seem to have no problem and are out protesting, supporting, etc. in their own way! Today I saw Catholics protesting, majority white on the news and they seemed to get it!

The only people who feel that way are those who oppose the movement itself, and those people will continue to find excuses to oppose it no matter what it’s called.

I’m white and I don’t see an issue with this. Saying one thing matters doesn’t mean another one doesn’t. I don’t need to hear ‘white lives matter’ to know that I ‘matter’ to society, the police, etc.

Anonymous wrote:The issue is violence/murder of civilians from police. All ethnicities are being impacted by the violence if you look at the statistics.

Piss off...

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Anonymous wrote:The name comes across as "only black lives matter" and I know that is not the intention.

It doesn’t come across that way unless you are ignorant of why the movement was formed. How often are the cops killing unarmed white menor Asian women and getting away with it?

You should do some research. You might be surprised. I know the mainstream media makes it seem like ONLY blacks people are killed by the police, but that is certainly not the case.

Also surprising, but not everything is about you.

No it doesn’t. You’re the problem not BLM. The fact it makes you uncomfortable is why we need it.

I think you need a new attitude.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The name comes across as "only black lives matter" and I know that is not the intention.

It doesn’t come across that way unless you are ignorant of why the movement was formed. How often are the cops killing unarmed white menor Asian women and getting away with it?

You should do some research. You might be surprised. I know the mainstream media makes it seem like ONLY blacks people are killed by the police, but that is certainly not the case.

They kill unarmed people from other groups sometimes, like Native youth. But not at the rate they are getting away with killing unarmed black men.

Hmmm...I could support this movement which is trying to stop the police from killing unarmed black men, women, and children, but I just don’t like the name. I’ll sit this one out.

I'm going to assume that the OP is white.

No one asked you. This isn't about you. Black people shouldn't have to do everything "perfectly" to be worth caring about. Cause there IS no perfectly. And nonsense issues like "your name is confusing" detract from the real issue. You may think you are supportive, but posts like this detract from the movement and it's goals. You are part of the problem.

OP, if you are black, I apologize. But I'm guessing you're not.

it should be labeled to police brutality something blah blah blah

No.

No, it doesn't.

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Anonymous wrote:The name comes across as "only black lives matter" and I know that is not the intention.

It doesn’t come across that way unless you are ignorant of why the movement was formed. How often are the cops killing unarmed white menor Asian women and getting away with it?

You should do some research. You might be surprised. I know the mainstream media makes it seem like ONLY blacks people are killed by the police, but that is certainly not the case.