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Topic	Why is it unpopular opinion to say not all cops are bad
joe40001 06/07/20 12:41:17 PM #94:	Solid Sonic posted... Wow, I didn't think anyone would have the courage to say that in the current climate. I don't think the phrase is wrong either because if used properly, it does target police misconduct across the board and puts the problem squarely on law enforcement, not just law enforcement's relationship with black citizens specifically. Muslim and Hispanic suspects have both been subject to racial profiling themselves and it's not to be overlooked. But, yeah, right now saying "All Lives Matter" is just a bad take, I won't disagree. I just hate that a potentially useful rallying call might be permanently seen as toxic. Yeah, I honestly like "All Lives Matter" as a sentiment in that I think a good way to deal with racism is to remember everybody is human and to stop treating anybody differently. I think we solve a lot of issues with racism by letting our racial differences become trivialities like hair color differences. That said I'd be naive if I didn't acknowledge some people have used "All Lives Matter" as a dog-whistle to say "Black People aren't really being mistreated by police", which seems to be pretty demonstrably false these days. --- "joe is attractive and quite the brilliant poster" - Seiichi Omori https://imgur.com/TheGsZ9 <cite>joe40001 posted [p:940312900] in Why is it ... [t:78752390]...</cite> <quote>Solid Sonic posted... </cite> <quote>Wow, I didn't think anyone would have the courage to say that in the current climate. I don't think the phrase is wrong either because if used properly, it does target police misconduct across the board and puts the problem squarely on law enforcement, not just law enforcement's relationship with black citizens specifically. Muslim and Hispanic suspects have both been subject to racial profiling themselves and it's not to be overlooked. But, yeah, right now saying "All Lives Matter" is just a bad take, I won't disagree. I just hate that a potentially useful rallying call might be permanently seen as toxic.</quote> Yeah, I honestly like "All Lives Matter" as a sentiment in that I think a good way to deal with racism is to remember everybody is human and to stop treating anybody differently. I think we solve a lot of issues with racism by letting our racial differences become trivialities like hair color differences. That said I'd be naive if I didn't acknowledge some people have used "All Lives Matter" as a dog-whistle to say "Black People aren't really being mistreated by police", which seems to be pretty demonstrably false these days. --- "joe is attractive and quite the brilliant poster" - Seiichi Omori https://imgur.com/TheGsZ9</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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