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posted by n1 on Wednesday August 03 2016, @11:50PM   Printer-friendly
from the burning-bridges dept.

Submitted via IRC for Runaway1956

Black Lives Matter has taken offense at police saying “Blue Lives Matter” and others who say “All Lives Matter,” but now a Wisconsin school is risking ire by branding a class on environmentalism “Green Lives Matter.”

The course at University of Wisconsin at Green Bay will encourage students to support the “environmental justice movement” by “the merging of civil rights and environmental concerns.” But even Scott Furlong, the dean of social sciences at the school, acknowledged that the class name plays on what has become a loaded term.

Source: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/08/01/green-lives-matter-college-course-title-has-some-critics-seeing-red.html


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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 04 2016, @12:54AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 04 2016, @12:54AM (#383851)

    > I think Blue Lives Matter is appropriate, because it is a direct response to BLM.

    Yes it is. BLM is about anti-racism, responses that mimic it are about pro-racism.

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  • (Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 04 2016, @01:15AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 04 2016, @01:15AM (#383862)

    BLM was started by butthurt trustfund kids that waved the muh-racism banner so they too could play the victim card, the most holiest of holies in our day and age.

  • (Score: 2, Troll) by Francis on Thursday August 04 2016, @03:52AM

    by Francis (5544) on Thursday August 04 2016, @03:52AM (#383919)

    #BLM intends to be against racism, but does a pretty shitty job of it. The basic message is that there should be better training for the police and more accountability and oversight to reduce the lives being taken by law enforcement.

    The problem though is that they're hypocrites that come out against the police before there's any evidence to be had and refuse to admit when they're wrong if the evidence supports the officer's side of things. They'll then double down by getting upset that there wasn't a prosecution even in cases where the video clearly shows that the use of force was the only option the officer had.

    I respect the aim, but the implementation is so shitty that I can't support them.

    • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 04 2016, @07:00AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 04 2016, @07:00AM (#383958)

      Ah, one more thing that Francis does not understand! I wait with bated breath for the next such revelation!!

    • (Score: 3, Insightful) by cubancigar11 on Thursday August 04 2016, @08:26AM

      by cubancigar11 (330) on Thursday August 04 2016, @08:26AM (#383975) Homepage Journal

      It is part of the new-age "progressive" politics that asks people to form groups and yell 'i-am-a-victim' and 'they are assholes'. It seems to be giving quicker results so it has become popular. Long term solution? Pffft... we will stumble upon it eventually!

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 04 2016, @04:44PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 04 2016, @04:44PM (#384105)

      All the better to rile you up, which I'm certain is BLM's true goal. Anybody who dares criticize them or the way they seem to only get super bent out of shape when it was a thug that got killed is automatically a racist. There are five lights. Moooooslims in Europe, racial tensions in the USA. Prepare for unforeseen consequences?

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 04 2016, @09:43PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 04 2016, @09:43PM (#384268)

        Anybody who dares criticize them or the way they seem to only get super bent out of shape when it was a thug that got killed is automatically a racist.

        Anyone who uses the term "thug" is automatically a racist. Hi, racist! Not really great to meet you!

        The "Thugi" were worshippers of Kali in Colonial India, most of whom made a living by armed robbery of traveling jewel merchants. You might get some idea (rather twisted, but the basis in fact) from "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom". How this relates to racist crackers who managed to get a job in law enforcement, and the racist crackers who support them, I have no idea.