"All lives matter" isn't innocuous because it was specifically to diminish and counter black lives matter. Like I said, different discussion.lukeyrid13 wrote:I think it proves my point though, you mentioned being triggered by an innocuous statement at worst and genuinely loving at best statement like "all lives matter" which people were literally killed for saying over the summer. I can link to those events happening.GrantDuck wrote:"All lives matter" was a response to "black lives matter", which is a different discussion.lukeyrid13 wrote:Or how about saying “all lives matter”GrantDuck wrote:It's disappointing that something as simple as "end racism" triggers people and is seen as a political statement. We have people of all walks of life on our staff and on our team and across the political spectrum. I'm glad they could set a better example than some posters.
It's not surprising, but disappointing.
I imagine saying something like "love your neighbor as yourself" would probably trigger someone these days too.
Goes both ways
"End Racism" doesn't "go both ways" unless your position is "Don't end racism!"
I don't necessarily agree with someone that has a vitriolic response to saying "end racism", but I think if anyone was being intellectually honest they would realize that just throwing out empty phrases with no basis of the "problem" or providing a solution does much of anything.
I can say
"world peace"
"feed the poor"
"no more homeless"
"no guns"
but saying any of those things doesn't point to the problems laying beneath each of those or provide any solutions. So have I truly done anything or made a difference by throwing out empty phrases? Psychologically to ourselves, we truly do feel as though we have made a change, but impact wise, it's nothing.
Hollow statements are only hollow without action. In which case, you can criticize the lack of action, but it doesn't diminish the ideal.