All Lives Matter, except...
I was reading yet another article about excessive police force against a black male and the following hypothetical exchange was posted as a comment to the article:
Black lives matter.
“All lives matter."
All?
“All."
Syrian refuges?
“Well…"
LGBTQ lives?
“The Bible says…"
Unarmed black men?
“Should have complied…"
Poor people on
food stamps or some form of assistance?
“I’m not subsidizing
laziness…"
People of different religious faiths than yours or no
religious faith?
“There’s only one true…"
Here.
“What’s
this?"
It’s a dictionary. Before you say “all lives matter” again, look
up the word “all”. It’s toward the front.