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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: The implications of "All Lives Matter" |
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Posted: 30 Jun 2020, 11:38 pm
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| LGB was history at one point. Then LGBT was history at a point and people accepted that initialism. Then LBGTQ. I see no problem with modifying initialisms as causes evolve. Because the pride movement went past LGB that only specifically deal with same sex or both attraction, and also into gender, ... |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: what are you listening to THIS VERY SECOND? |
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Posted: 30 Jun 2020, 11:33 pm
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Black Lives Matter (BLM) is an Auto-Antonym |
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Posted: 30 Jun 2020, 11:29 pm
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| You certainly don't have to answer because it's a sensitive topic but you may never have been a victim of a violent crime in which a gun was fired at you directly with the intent to kill you. Isn't that all the more reason to get rid of guns? What would having a gun on yourself do, black their bull... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Black Lives Matter (BLM) is an Auto-Antonym |
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Posted: 30 Jun 2020, 10:25 pm
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| It's fantasy to think that guns could be eliminated from the U.S. and that criminal and victim going forward would be mano a mano. That's cool if you think that about your world. Most Americans at this point seem to think differently though and seem to believe that criminals would be the primary po... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: The implications of "All Lives Matter" |
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Posted: 30 Jun 2020, 10:11 pm
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| Wouldn't the "too" be tomato? I still don't agree with your argument about the initialism. I actually think it sounds better. The world is used to long initialisms and initialisms that change. There's no reason BLM couldn't be changed to a clearer BLMT. For me the initialism BLM doesn't h... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: The implications of "All Lives Matter" |
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Posted: 30 Jun 2020, 10:08 pm
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Brictoria wrote: TuskenR wrote: BLAM! Black Lives Also Matter  That would be a good alternative...inclusive and easy to remember.
I don't think so. The onomatopoeia sounds explosive and would associate violence with the cause. |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Black Lives Matter (BLM) is an Auto-Antonym |
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Posted: 30 Jun 2020, 9:51 pm
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| I'm not sure if you stuttered. Stuttering is a speech disorder. "Did I stutter" in the above context is sarcasm , Bradleigh believes what he said was perfectly rational and beyond miscomprehension . It doesn't really work with text conversations. To be fair you started it with "wut?&... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: The implications of "All Lives Matter" |
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Posted: 30 Jun 2020, 9:49 pm
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| Mmmm, I believe issues as critical, important and open for misinterpretations (remember, differing viewpoints) requires clarity rather than implication. The very fact that you preface with "Pretty sure" means you can't be 100% certain since it's not possible to be 100% certain about an im... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Black Lives Matter (BLM) is an Auto-Antonym |
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Posted: 30 Jun 2020, 9:43 pm
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| ^ You do know that guns have been and can be a deterrent against violence don't you? That's right; a deterrent against violence. Violent crimes and murders are sometimes deterred by guns without a person firing the weapon? Have you never of that before? And guns can be used as deterrent against res... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: The implications of "All Lives Matter" |
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Posted: 30 Jun 2020, 9:36 pm
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| The problem is that "Black lives matter" is an exclusionary statement, giving the impression that the people protesting only care about "balck" lives. "Black lives matter too", however, is an inclusionary statement, indicating that "black" lives matter, but n... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: The implications of "All Lives Matter" |
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Posted: 30 Jun 2020, 9:33 pm
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| ^ This is an excellent point. I would say that most people would agree with and support "black lives matter too". Absolutely. Who says it's too late to change the saying for clarification? I agree with the statement and support the statement 100%. "Black lives matter too.". Pret... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Black Lives Matter (BLM) is an Auto-Antonym |
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Posted: 30 Jun 2020, 9:20 pm
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| ^ You do know that guns have been and can be a deterrent against violence don't you? That's right; a deterrent against violence. Violent crimes and murders are sometimes deterred by guns without a person firing the weapon? Have you never of that before? I'm not sure if you stuttered. Stuttering is a... |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: what are you listening to THIS VERY SECOND? |
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Posted: 30 Jun 2020, 9:14 pm
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Replies: 63,295
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Be Woke, It's Much Easier Than Thinking! |
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Posted: 30 Jun 2020, 9:08 pm
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| My wife and I were discriminated against (verbally abused) by a lesbian couple nearly twenty years ago. It was shockingly intense. |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: The implications of "All Lives Matter" |
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Posted: 30 Jun 2020, 8:59 pm
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| The main issue I've seen with "all lives matter" is that it's consistently used as a dismissal towards the experiences of black people and the violence that is directed towards them. When people say "black lives matter" they're not saying "only black lives matter", the... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: The SJW Worldview Explained in 2 Minutes |
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Posted: 30 Jun 2020, 8:51 pm
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| One man's opinion in one minute 50 seconds. I do agree when I went to college in the late 1980s as it's described by the presenter in the beginning of this short is true. That's how it was. I also believe it's true that it's changed starkly as described by the guest. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=... |
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