THINKING OUT-LOUD DO ALL LIVES MATTER?
For me and I would guess for most people, there’s no question, yes, black lives matter.
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For me and I would guess for most people, there’s no question, yes, black lives matter. Of course! I also have no question about white lives matter, red lives matter, yellow lives matter, blue lives matter. They all matter. I would even go so far as to say that the lives of the unborn matter. Now for the thinking person, how could any of that be controversial?
Well we live in very strange times, and so people don’t seem to be thinking at all. Accordingly, some members of the Marxist movement known as “Black Lives Matters” irrationally have concluded that to say “All Lives Matter” is racist. Let’s see if we can understand the logic or rationale within such a statement.
Let’s start with the universal quantifier, “all.” Logically all means everyone; it means that no one is excluded. Every life matters regardless of color, ethnicity, religion, or whatever. As an inclusive word (all), it makes an inclusive statement. It does not exclude anyone. It is not prejudiced against anyone. Logically, the statement cannot be racist— that is, prejudiced against any group of people. “All lives matter” includes all black lives. Basic logic. Unless, of course, you live in an alternative universe of “1984" where “all” does not mean all.
So the question now arises, Why would anyone not want to say that all lives matter? Obviously, such a person must think that some lives don’t matter. Ah, there we have it! So while they call the statement, “all lives matter” racist, they are actually projecting their own racism. They are actually the racists! They are the ones who have a prejudice against someone. Most often it is the police (even when the police are black, Hispanic, etc.). They cannot affirm that “Blue Lives Matter.” That’s who they have a prejudice against.
Actually, the most non-racist thing that anyone can say is that “all lives matter.” The universal quantifier puts the umbrella of love, compassion, and respect around all humans. To say “All Lives Matter” fully embraces the entire human race and every person within the species. Funny then that the statement “all lives matter” is offensive to the black lives movement. And given that, we now know there’s something else going on for that movement and that the insult of “racism” is a red herring and is being used for the purpose of distraction.
George Orwell warned in Animal Farm and 1984 that one way authoritarian groups can attempt to deceive and take over is by distorting language so that the normal use of words means something else.
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