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(28,836 posts)Until it is born. Then its a leech.
roamer65
(36,747 posts)I have.
LakeArenal
(28,836 posts)But I believe it because All Lives to them is really All white Lives.
roamer65
(36,747 posts)LakeArenal
(28,836 posts)I back the badge to kill unarmed black men, women and children buying Skittles.
LuvNewcastle
(16,850 posts)"Please don't give me a ticket."
pansypoo53219
(20,987 posts)roamer65
(36,747 posts)crickets
(25,982 posts)Last edited Thu Jun 18, 2020, 04:13 PM - Edit history (1)
I did not see the picture because Adblock doesn't allow images from pbs.twimg.com to appear for me. I don't know why. I can't find the rule to eliminate it, and no amount of whitelisting fixes it. It's very annoying.
Having finally realized there was an image being seriously discussed, a View Page Source allowed me to click directly on the link to see it.
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It's a scathing indictment of bigoted self interest and selfishness. It highlights the unfortunate attitude of far too many people in this country. It's the crowd that always has a reason for turning blame onto those less fortunate. That way they don't have to care, and they get a bonus pretending it's okay to look down on others as less than, as deserving scorn or deserving their fate when things go wrong. They can relinquish any sense of societal responsibility and dismiss any uncomfortable thoughts by throwing them into the, 'well, what did they expect?' box.
It's ugly and we, as a whole, can do better. How can people who hold these opinions be persuaded to change their outlook? I don't know that it's possible, but maybe begin by changing the narrative and changing societal outlook by turning the shame back onto the blaring media that has spread this type of hate. Something has to be done about FOX News. That would be a good start.
Leith
(7,813 posts)All Lives Matter until they are accused of being "crisis actors" when the local school, festival, workplace, or wherever gets a crazed "good" gun owner shooting the place and people up.
SoonerPride
(12,286 posts)"So we say this instead."
erronis
(15,326 posts)Maybe I missed it in the maelstrom of comments.
This echos much of how I feel. Slogans are convenient when they are convenient for our own view.
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,879 posts)When I wanted to post it here, I didn't want to link to my FB page, so I just googled it and found this version.
lunatica
(53,410 posts)we soon thereafter went our separate way. But not before she wrote me a letter detailing exhaustively in three pages the punishments god will mete on me for going against his will.
Im sure if god had told her he loves all his children that she would love gay people.
roamer65
(36,747 posts)Sounds like a Phelps lover.
lunatica
(53,410 posts)I dont think she was a Westboro follower, and I dont really care.
They claim god is omnipotent but somehow they think they must do his work for him. Its too nuts for me.
roamer65
(36,747 posts)Tetrachloride
(7,865 posts)KY_EnviroGuy
(14,494 posts)After that vote, only Donald Trump's life matters to them - proven by their support of his cruel, deadly policies that kill Americans, foreigners, and immigrants of all colors, creeds and nationalities.
KY..........
mercuryblues
(14,537 posts)Tulsa Covid Rally!
treestar
(82,383 posts)They are hostile to anyone else.
keithbvadu2
(36,876 posts)Blue lives matter until Cliven Bundy's sniper is sighting in on LEO badges.
Blue lives matter until right wing militia call for their supporters to come kill the police.