The “All Lives Matter” Response
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September 27th, 2015

The “All Lives Matter” Response

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  1. Joel says:

    Dear Bruce,
    The Black Lives Matter movement was founded in the wake of the July 2013 acquittal of George Zimmerman in the Florida shooting death of African-American teen Trayvon Martin, a year before Michael Brown was shot and killed in Ferguson. Assuming you are correct that many Americans believe falsehoods about the killing of Michael Brown, such as that he was shot in the back, or that he held his hands up in surrender, that still doesn't support your theory that Black Lives Matter supporters are pushing racial division for political purposes. The racial division already exists. For the same behavior, Black drivers are more likely to get pulled over, more likely to be treated roughly, more likely to be arrested, more likely to be convicted, and more likely not to survive the encounter with the police. These differences are very real and have a huge impact on the lives of millions of Americans. Black Lives Matter is trying to draw attention to the existing racial disparity in the way police interact with Americans, and by drawing attention to the problem, bring forward some change. You are right that there is a problem of "a few bad apples", which we can interpret as a small percentage of police who intentionally brutalize Blacks. But there is also much larger problem of unintended, unthinking, pervasive bias. When Black American men are more likely to be in prison than in college, something is wrong with America and has to change.

  2. Bruce Stevens says:

    When I say “all lives matter” it’s because I think the “black lives matter” movement was started using falsehoods about the Mike Brown killing and is used by many (not all) to push racial division for political reasons. I also say “all lives matter” in support of the police officers (white and black) who have been killed in the line of duty, the internet memes showing officers of all races and genders with “all lives matter” written on their hands touches me, especially after seeing reports of a few murderers ,like the one who killed the news reporter and cameraman, had posted “black lives matter” stuff. The actions of a few bad apples does not mean all or even many supporters of the “black lives matter” are purposely trying to cause racial division, but between the two, I think “black lives matter” is used much more dishonestly than “white lives matter” . That’s just my opinion, I’m just one guy who sees what he sees on the internet and in the paper ( LA Times ,not Daily nut job) and reading books on the subject. Just wanted to give my opinion, still like your strip most of the time, Thanks, Bruce.

  3. Chaya says:

    I love how the book that Lemont is reading changes from "Goodnight, Grandpa" to "Exonneration Nation". Also, love the graphic representation of the fallacy behind the "all lives matter" movement.