There is an
impulse to trump the slogan Black Lives Matter with one stating All Lives
Matter. Seems rational, straight
forward… almost sincere. Almost.
What if I
said Polish Lives Matter? I suspect it
wouldn’t get the same response. How
about Veterans’ Lives Matter? If I was
vigorously promoting for better mental health care for our veterans, who would
shout me down? No one would dare. Certainly our leaders wouldn’t stand for it.
If a passionate
group of pro-life advocates assembled to bring attention to their cause
shouting Unborn Baby Lives Matter, I’m sure some people may be annoyed by the
lively demostration. However I can’t
believe many would passionately retort with All Lives Matter!
Then why
this quick reaction when presented with cries for justice for black lives? Is it that the protestor’s are too loud, too
obnoxious? Too angry? Should this matter?
So what is
it that makes one life worth actively supporting and another not. Does our reaction reveal a hierarchy of who’s
lives really matter more. Are Veterans
above the Unborn? They certainly seem to
top Poles and Blacks?
When there
is a cry for help in the form of Their Life Matters, let’s read it as Their
Life ALSO Matters. This makes the
correct response more instinctive. Each
life does matter, certainly to someone.
A response of All Lives Matter is insidiously sinister. Stop for life’s sake.
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