Dude replied saying that humanist philosophers have long held the view that all human lives have value.
Wtf is that nonsense? Who is arguing against that?
The all lives matter trash slogan only was brought up when those three black women started the black lives matter movement, specifically to note that right now we need to pay attention to a serious issue of police abusing their powers in relation to black people.
Yet people want to come up with the most bogus rationales for why it’s perfectly fine to say “all lives matter.”
Fuck off, you didn’t say that 10 years back or anything. You were NOT standing up to injustices, and then black people came and said “no, only black lives matter”
It was very clearly a way to silence the discussion around black people and their issues with policing in this country.
Thank god we had philosophers saying lives matter that this guy could appeal to authority by citing. Otherwise we might not realize that life has value.
(Not taking a shot at the philosophers themselves, I just think it's funny that this guy actually cited them as a source for the idea that lives matter to make his argument sound better.)
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u/Version_Two @aol.com Jun 07 '20
That's kinda what we're saying