Is it racist to say "Blue Lives Matter" ?
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« on: April 21, 2021, 01:51:41 PM »
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« Reply #1 on: April 21, 2021, 01:52:20 PM »
Wait, this isn't a bronz thread? I'm shocked.
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« Reply #2 on: April 21, 2021, 01:54:18 PM »
The slogan in itself isn't particularly racist, however the context and the people who use it are
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« Reply #3 on: April 21, 2021, 01:56:24 PM »
Quote from: SirWoodbury on January 05, 2021, 04:39:29 PM
I am saying it right now: If either Ossoff or Warnock wins, I'll leave the forum for 1 solid year.
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« Reply #4 on: April 21, 2021, 01:59:03 PM »
I am not into BLM, we are in a Pandemic and they act like we aren't in one with all that Protesting, I saw what they did yesterday standing on cars
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« Reply #5 on: April 21, 2021, 02:02:49 PM »
 Yes because what the hell is "blue lives" anyways? When somebody commits an offense against a police officer, every lever of the law is used to bring that person to justice.
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« Reply #6 on: April 21, 2021, 02:10:55 PM »
No.

Just stupid. 'Blue Lives'...

You don't shoot out the womb with cuffs, badge and a gun.

Though maybe you do in the States.
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« Reply #7 on: April 21, 2021, 02:13:17 PM »
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« Reply #8 on: April 21, 2021, 02:13:58 PM »
Quote from: GP270watch on April 21, 2021, 02:02:49 PM
Yes because what the hell is "blue lives" anyways?
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« Reply #9 on: April 21, 2021, 02:16:20 PM »
People wouldn't be saying it if it wasn't
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« Reply #10 on: April 21, 2021, 02:18:24 PM »
Discrimination against the Smurfs has gone too far.
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« Reply #11 on: April 21, 2021, 02:36:54 PM »
Quote from: أندراوس on April 21, 2021, 02:10:55 PM
No.

Just stupid. 'Blue Lives'...

You don't shoot out the womb with cuffs, badge and a gun.

Though maybe you do in the States.

If someone said “Muslim lives matter” in response to the concentration camps in East Turkestan, would you really say, “That’s stupid. you don’t shoot out the womb praising Allah”?

Of course not. Just because a certain quality is a choice, doesn’t mean you can’t advocate for people with that quality.
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« Reply #12 on: April 21, 2021, 02:39:52 PM »
It's not a racist slogan inherently, but a lot of its usage comes from racists.
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« Reply #13 on: April 21, 2021, 03:14:38 PM »
Quote from: GP270watch on April 21, 2021, 02:02:49 PM
Yes because what the hell is "blue lives" anyways? When somebody commits an offense against a police officer, every lever of the law is used to bring that person to justice.


Are you sure about that now? A lot of Democrats now will support that perp.....
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« Reply #14 on: April 21, 2021, 03:17:04 PM »
Quote from: Suburbia on April 21, 2021, 03:14:38 PM
Quote from: GP270watch on April 21, 2021, 02:02:49 PM
Yes because what the hell is "blue lives" anyways? When somebody commits an offense against a police officer, every lever of the law is used to bring that person to justice.


Are you sure about that now? A lot of Democrats now will support that perp.....

You're talking nonsense. When a police is killed or injured on the job by a member of the public or criminal suspect there is no political movement that doesn't support cops. Cops have benefits and laws just to protect them. Any prosecutor no matter their party prosecutes these cases to the fullest extent of the law.
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« Reply #15 on: April 21, 2021, 03:23:14 PM »
Not necessarily.
The problem I have with it, is that this slogan is best known as "Black Lives Matter."
Everyone else should not try to "take this away" from this cause. (Don't try to "steal" it and change a word to include "Blue" or "All.")
If you support a different group, come-up with something original , and not try to copy/alter something that was already done.
Don't try to take the significance away from the important cause/slogan, another group has already created.
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« Reply #16 on: April 21, 2021, 03:31:26 PM »
Quote from: Suburbia on April 21, 2021, 03:14:38 PM
Quote from: GP270watch on April 21, 2021, 02:02:49 PM
Yes because what the hell is "blue lives" anyways? When somebody commits an offense against a police officer, every lever of the law is used to bring that person to justice.


Are you sure about that now? A lot of Democrats now will support that perp.....
[Citation desperately needed]
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« Reply #17 on: April 21, 2021, 03:37:26 PM »
Quote from: Hindsight was 2020 on April 21, 2021, 01:56:24 PM
Quote from: SirWoodbury on January 05, 2021, 04:39:29 PM
I am saying it right now: If either Ossoff or Warnock wins, I'll leave the forum for 1 solid year.

Why do people constantly post this? As I've said many times before, he's not going to pay attention to this, and never has.
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« Reply #18 on: April 21, 2021, 03:40:47 PM »
Quote from: Calthrina950 on April 21, 2021, 03:37:26 PM
Quote from: Hindsight was 2020 on April 21, 2021, 01:56:24 PM
Quote from: SirWoodbury on January 05, 2021, 04:39:29 PM
I am saying it right now: If either Ossoff or Warnock wins, I'll leave the forum for 1 solid year.

Why do people constantly post this? As I've said many times before, he's not going to pay attention to this, and never has.

He actually revels in it, but people don’t get it. Predictable, but unfortunate.
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« Reply #19 on: April 21, 2021, 03:45:45 PM »
Quote from: Suburbia on April 21, 2021, 03:14:38 PM
Quote from: GP270watch on April 21, 2021, 02:02:49 PM
Yes because what the hell is "blue lives" anyways? When somebody commits an offense against a police officer, every lever of the law is used to bring that person to justice.


Are you sure about that now? A lot of Democrats now will support that perp.....
It was a mob of Republicans who beat, crushed, and pepper sprayed police officers not so long ago.
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« Reply #20 on: April 21, 2021, 03:53:54 PM »
Quote from: Bootes Void on April 21, 2021, 01:54:18 PM
The slogan in itself isn't particularly racist, however the context and the people who use it are

This. Most people who use it do so to deliberately prevent conversations around police reform and to dismiss the failure of society in general - and the police in particular - to properly value the lives of black people. Hard not to view that sort of usage as troublingly racially insensitive *at best*, and outright racist at worst.
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« Reply #21 on: April 21, 2021, 03:57:36 PM »
Quote from: Bootes Void on April 21, 2021, 01:54:18 PM
The slogan in itself isn't particularly racist, however the context and the people who use it are
I agree and voted yes.
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« Reply #22 on: April 21, 2021, 03:59:48 PM »
Aside from in cartoons, I've barely ever seen a police officer in blue.
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« Reply #23 on: April 21, 2021, 04:24:06 PM »
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« Reply #24 on: April 21, 2021, 04:34:51 PM »
Given:

1) the phrase only exists as a retort against BLM
2) the context/meaning of the phrase hasn't changed since its inception
3) there is no endemic institutional bias in this country working against law enforcement

Yes. Who the hell are the half of posters voting no?
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