Posted on 10/21/2021 10:08:38 AM PDT by Starman417
Do black lives really matter? Apparently it depends on who we’re asking. In what seems counter intuitive in 2021, the answer from conservatives is generally yes, in that they believe all lives matter, regardless of color. They will tell you that society and government should strive to be colorblind and that someone should never get less or more based on the color of their skin. The goal is to get government out of the way and let all citizens pursue freedom and opportunity equally, regardless of color.
For liberals however, the answer is quite different. They say “Yes! Black Lives Matter!” But like the man who kisses his wife goodbye and tells her he loves her before he flies off to Miami for a “business meeting” that’s really just a premise for a romp with his mistress, it’s a lie. And it’s not even close. Liberals don’t care about black Americans – other than their votes. Three issues demonstrate it clearly.
First: Murders:
The “Defund the Police” movement took center stage last summer. The claim is essentially that police are killing innocent black men across the country, that white cops are hunting down black men and killing them. That is of course a fiction. It’s not an exaggeration, it’s not hyperbole. It’s fiction created out of whole cloth. In 2019, there were a total of 1,089 people killed by police in America, 877 of which race was known. Of that 877 number 259, or 29% were black, 9 of whom were unarmed – although unarmed is not synonymous with innocent. Given that blacks make up 12% of the population that 29% seems disproportionate. At the same time however, given that black men make up 6% of the American population but are responsible for approximately 55% of all murders, the 29% of those killed by police doesn’t seem so disproportionate after all.
But facts be damned! So Black Lives Matter, Democrats and Antifa got together and pushed the Defund the Police movement. Across the country police forces faced budget cuts, manpower shortages and the Ferguson Effect where officers subtly pull back from enforcement activities because they’re worried about being scapegoated by administrations that don’t have their backs. The result of this insanity? Crime is up around the country and, surprise, more dead black people… How many? A lot. Murders increased by 25% in the United States in 2020, more than double the increase in any year since at least 1960. The total was 20,480, an increase of 4,056 over 2019, and given that blacks generally make up approximately 60% of murder victims, the leftist attack on American policing cost the lives of 2,474 black Americans. That’s 2,474 funerals, families devastated and opportunities lost. Those 2,474 black lives didn’t seem to matter.
On October 1st the New York Post ran a piece about the 21 children who have been murdered this year, triple the number from both 2019 and 2020. The cover image was heartbreaking… but one notices that of the 18 faces shown, at least 17 of them are black. Apparently those black lives don’t matter.
Nor for that matter do the average citizens of urban communities who for years decried the lack of services in their neighborhoods. Given the rampant crime in cities across the country, hundreds of thousands of small businesses who serve those communities have closed and large businesses are following suit. In San Francisco the shoplifting has become so rampant that Walgreens has just announced it’s closing 5 more stores, which comes on the heels of 17 already closed due to shoplifting. That will no doubt make life easier for the elderly black Americans who need to get their medicines or citizens looking for snacks or Band Aids or Halloween candy. Their black lives don't seem to matter.
Second: Schools:
Education is one of the most important elements of the lives of Americans. School is often where young people learn to socialize, follow directions, work hard, pay attention and maybe be part of a team. Of course all of that is secondary to the primary object of schools, which is teaching math, reading, writing, science and history. On all of that, public schools in America are failing black students miserably.
Here’s proof. Below are the 2019 scores in math and reading for black 8th grade students in eleven of the largest school districts.
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only when killed by white people....
Which rarely ever happens
But then, it is no longer a black \life\ to matter.
If you want to see a BLM supporter’s head start smoking, ask them to explain what they think the phrase “black lives matter” actually means. Then ask them if it matters that white people are exterminating blacks by the millions via abortion.
BLM is not about black lives, it’s about communism.
Well, when’s the last time liberals freaked out for multiple months over some black guy killing his pretty black fiance?
Actual innocent victims don't matter no matter who killed them.
Actual innocent victims don't matter no matter who killed them.
Of course it is.
Do black lives really matter? Not in Seattle/King County Washington. The local Public Health Board is set to vote on repealing a bicycle helmet law because people of color are more often cited for not following that law.
So, if a law that is based on public health and safety is disproportionately enforced against people of color, the goal of saving lives that the law was passed on, should be abandoned.
So I guess it is not important to protect Black Lives.
THIS is the type of thing, that infuriates leftists, NeverTrumpers, and other losers. And, with Trump basically unifying heretofore races that were divided by the Klan, erm, DNC, it's easy to see why they wanted him out of power so badly.
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