ALL the dummies who start or center their arguments around & #39;not all& #39; need to take a seat. Please let me explain what you& #39;re doing and why it& #39;s so bad for everyone.
Maybe you don& #39;t mean to be, maybe you& #39;re just trying to stand up for the good ones, or think you are one of the good ones. Feels like the right thing to stand up for, I get it. Not all cops murder people. Observe:
Imagine a world, given current circumstances, where *every single goddamn cop on earth* is a murderer. All of them, every uniform is an omen for terror - ALL except one. One not-murderer cop stands alone, somewhere, and gosh he& #39;s such a good guy.
Your statement - not all cops are murderers - is STILL TRUE. It& #39;s still factually true. Until that one last good cop chokes a man to death with his knee, & #39;not all cops murder& #39; is true. You see what I& #39;m getting at? A world FILLED with murderous power-abusing bastards in uniform.
You& #39;re saying we should ignore them. You& #39;re saying don& #39;t hold them accountable because not *ALL* of them are bad. What you& #39;re saying is just harmful noise that nobody needs to be reminded of because it& #39;s not the fucking POINT.
And this goes for that all lives matter horseshit, too. You ever stop to think maybe they& #39;re chanting & #39;black lives matter& #39; because they& #39;re made to feel that they dont? You could be the last person standing on earth and & #39;all lives matter& #39; is still as pointless a statement to make.
Need more? Imagine, then, dave goes to work and every day he gets punched in the fucking face. Imagine he& #39;s white if that helps you. One day he turns up with a sign that says & #39;PLEASE STOP PUNCHING ME& #39;.
Do you think the appropriate response when passing dave in the lobby is to say & #39;hey, punching *anyone* is wrong, not just you.& #39; Do you think that helps? In any way? At all? Or do you think Dave feels pretty goddamn dismissed by that statement?
Do you think & #39;Hey man, just wanted you to know, *I* never punched you. Stay strong.& #39; helps? Do you think that improves anything for dave one iota? Do you think Dave might be aware that he hasn& #39;t been punched by every person on earth already and that isn& #39;t his point?
It doesn& #39;t help anyone, it deliberately shifts focus away from the problem. It is harmful. Quiet down and let the people shouting speak. Maybe even give them a listen instead of trying to educate them on why their pain and suffering isn& #39;t accurate enough for you.
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