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[–] Butelczynski ago 

How many people are shot in Chicago this weekend so far?Yea,only some black lives matter.

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[–] DiscontentedMajority 0 points 17 points (+17|-0) ago  (edited ago)

Here's the disconnect. You think they mean what they're saying.

When I say "all lives matter" I am making a statement that human lives have value, irrespective of an individual's birth circumstances.

When a BLM supporter says "black lives matter" they in fact are not speaking about the value of anyone's life. They are espousing support for a sociopolitical organization which is called "black lives matter".

When I hear someone say "black lives matter" I think "that seems unnecessarily narrow and divisive" but when a BLM supporter hears me say "all lives matter" all they hear is "I don't support your sociopolitical organization".

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[–] Porom 1 point 1 point (+2|-1) ago 

I get it, I just don't think it's actually funny.

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[–] Ben77 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago 

redpanels is hit and miss. I think it suffers, like a lot of political humour, from being too heavy handed and 'Take that! idiots' with it's message. A little subtlety can go a long way!

This video I linked a couple of days ago comes from a similar political stance, but is filled with subtle 'snarkery', as well as some outrageous, exaggerated parody.

I want redpanels to be funny, but more often it is just depressing due to it not exaggerating for comic effect. It just states how it is much of the time.

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[–] Porom 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Your comment perfectly summarizes why I felt the way I did about it. Have an upboat.

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[–] common_sense 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

I thought it was funny.

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[–] MorpheusGodofDreams 2 points 2 points (+4|-2) ago 

His comic isn't that good to be honest.

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[–] extreme_unction 1 point 0 points (+1|-1) ago 

The drawing style is a blatant "Bone" rip-off.

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[–] piratse 1 point 1 point (+2|-1) ago 

By people getting mad about them using black lives matter, doesn't that now make us the language police? I understand the sentiment that it's not just about black lives (weirdly that's what both sides say). But it's still trying to police language by trying to force them to change it to #alllivesmatter. Just a thought.

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[–] 0iamlordeyayaya0 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago 

The people who want to make "hate speech" illegal argue that it affects the mentally ill and can push them to violence.

Funny that they still have no problem with BLM's rhetoric.

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[–] TrueHypatia 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago 

I can only speak for myself, but I'm less concerned with changing the name than just pointing out how fucking ridiculous the whole thing is in general.

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[–] piratse ago 

Agreed. But there are certainly people who don't want them to use that name. Which is language policing.

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[–] peripatetic 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

Maybe people could say whatever they want and let others do the same... but that's just my utopian point of view.

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[–] Tancred 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

But what people say does matter. The BLM movement ignores facts and puts fear and hatred into people's minds who then go on to kill people.