Ahmaud Arbery’s father crushes the premise of BLM

Flopping Aces ^ | 11-28-21 | DrJohn

[Starman417]

Two high profile trials concluded recently and in my opinion both verdicts were just. In the second the killers of Ahmaud Arbery were convicted of murder. I felt from the beginning that the killers were wrong and they deserved to be convicted. Subsequently and to his great credit, Marcus Arbery, the father of Ahmaud Arbery, crushed the basic racist premise of Black Lives Matter. He said

“For real, all life matters. Not just black children, we don’t want to see nobody go through this.”

and he added

I don’t want to see no daddy to watch his kid get shot down like that. It’s all our problem. So let’s keep fighting. Let’s keep doing it and making this a better place for all human beings. All human beings. Love everybody! All human beings need to be treated equally. Today is a good day.

Those are wise and noble words. Everyone ought to embrace them.

Yet there are those who argue that Mr. Arbery is a racist.

Maybe You Mean Well, but This Is Why You Shouldn't Say "All Lives Matter"

When you say, "all lives matter," assuming the best intent on your part, you're probably trying to communicate a genuine personal belief that you value all human life equally. And that may even be true, but it also means you are failing to see the ways our society and systems show Black people that their lives, livelihoods, and well-being are not valued equally.

Is the “All Lives Matter” Slogan Racist?

If you consider yourself the type of person who is not racist, there are good reasons to stop using the All Lives Matter expression. First, Blacks find it offensive, and if you’re genuinely not racist, stop saying something that Blacks consider offensive. Second, stop providing the cover and legitimacy for bigots by socially validating the expression yourself.

Support for “All Lives Matters” linked to implicit racism and narrow definitions of discrimination

Every Time You Say "All Lives Matter" You Are Being an Accidental Racist

I want you to note immediately that just about all, if not all of the above are written by white liberals. I have not yet heard a single white liberal (or anyone else for that matter) scold Mr. Arbery and tell him that he is a racist, or at least an "accidental racist." No one has told him that he's wrong.

Because he isn't wrong.

All lives do matter. No one should ever lose a child to murder no matter color. The media has taken a strong interest in this case because it was a white on black crime. They have zero interest in black on white crimes or black on black crimes. Through some kind of mental Jiu Jitsu the media turns white on white crime into a racial issue. The media ignores completely the lives lost every week in Chicago. More children have been shot in 2021 than have died from COVID in the Windy City. A few days ago a Mom who lost her son to a shooting was herself killed in the same spot.

CNN and MSNBC are full of really sick people. They really don't give a damn about black lives or the lives of children.

[rktman]

Rev Al and Ben crump visibly NOT happy. 🙌😂😂😂😂

[Salman]

Perhaps the man is a Christian?

[AnotherUnixGeek]

Arbery’s father is typical of most people in this country - normal people agree that ALL lives matter. The only people who don’t agree are the hysterical 5% of Leftists who the MSM and BigTech pretend set the rules for all of us.

[robel]

Black people who refuse to be characterized by the racist democrats should be held in high esteem. They face attacks from many fronts.

[Honest Nigerian]

Arbery’s father is typical of most people in this country - normal people agree that ALL lives matter. The only people who don’t agree are the hysterical 5% of Leftists who the MSM and BigTech pretend set the rules for all of us.
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Excellent post. And in my more lucid moments I agree thoroughly with this.
Unfortunately, the media and some other outlets have a disproportional voice. And I end up feeling that 55% of the population are dumb-ass evil bastards.
Thanks to this poor man whose son got killed for being so honest and forthcoming.

[Republican Wildcat]

There was a poll done some time ago that showed most blacks also preferred the phrase “All Lives Matter” over “Black Lives Matter”

[griswold3]

Al couldn’t get Mr Arbery away from the mic fast enough. Of course, there was a retraction printed to ‘ correct’ Mr Arbery’s phraseology.

[rktman]

Retraction by krump or sharpton explaning what Mr Arbrey “really” meant. 😡

[minnesota_bound]

There are always those that will want to profit by creating problems.

Quote:
There is another class of coloured people who make a business of keeping the troubles, the wrongs, and the hardships of the Negro race before the public. Having learned that they are able to make a living out of their troubles, they have grown into the settled habit of advertising their wrongs — partly because they want sympathy and partly because it pays. Some of these people do not want the Negro to lose his grievances, because they do not want to lose their jobs.

Booker T. Washington
https://www.azquotes.com/author/15322-Booker_T_Washington