Thursday, July 14, 2016

Assessing everything to do with the politics that is "all lives matter"

Fascinating at a glance. Piercing. The fact that all lives matter is said in today's age is baffling.

So, let's hit rewind

A few years back some white people dressed in blue clothing decided they did not like the way people who had different coloured skin were acting in front of them. So, they decided to shoot them. Social media and major cities had created the movement black lives matter to empower black youth as a way to say do not become a statistic. Which is flooring and exactly what they should do. They should hold peaceful protests. They should hold public inquiries. They should ask for videos of incidents be put on the public record. They should make these cops who have failed as human beings be put on blast.You only get one chance on this Earth. You should really make it count. Shooting first should never be the answer.

Fast forward to a week ago. Well, some white people in blue clothing did not like the way some people with different coloured skin were acting. So they shot them, execution style, in broad daylight and this time with ample video coverage to go with it. I have questioned from the beginning if it was two black youth holding down a white man and shooting him execution style, what would this debate be like. The south would be frying him on the six o' clock news. Yet, because it was two white police officers holding down a black male who was not resisting or posing a threat or reaching for a gun. They held him down and shot him four fucking times. In cold blood.

So, now to all lives matter and your right wing agenda. Yes, all lives matter, at first glance, to you. But, to the rest of us. Only white lives matter for you. Aboriginal lives do not matter. Black lives do not matter. Latino Lives do not matter. Muslim Lives do not matter. Asian Lives do not matter. So on and so forth. Unfortunately, when you say all lives matter, it means nothing. It actually angers the majority of people that reads it. It does not matter to you. You say it so you can stay in your cocoon where nothing happens. Your cocoon of the white picket fence, your pinterest recipes, your 3 dogs and your kids that aren't potty trained til 5 or breast fed until 32.

These same people who say all lives matter always say the same thing. "I hope a cop is not feeling too down or lazy or however you describe on that day you will need them". Look. In the 21 years of my life. I have bought 5 meals for cops and roughly 10 cups of coffees for them. I say hi, thanks. Hold open doors. I want to believe that there is some good left in people. That underneath that blue. There is a person who sees that I am human, they are human. There has to be one. I'm a cynical asshole everywhere in life. But, I guess I'm stubborn when it comes to that.

So, conservative right wing republican asshats. Please stop saying all lives matter.

Best Regards,

Devon