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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.
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'Green Lives Matter' College Course Title Has Some Critics Seeing Red
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(Score: 2, Troll) by Snotnose on Thursday August 04 2016, @02:16AM
I'd guess 1/3 of my daily web surfing is sites like fark and uberhumor. This article gave me the biggest laugh of the week so far. Not for the class name, which was a chuckle, but for the response it got, which was a huge belly laugh.
I'm a cracker, I like to think my life matters as much as black lives and blue lives.
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(Score: 3, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 04 2016, @04:59AM
"Black Lives Matter" does not mean that non-black lives don't, its a reminder that the lives of non-whites are just as important as white lives. I'm curious though why I never hear the "all lives matter!" retort whenever somebody says "blue lives matter", or why nobody tries to insist that anyone saying "blue lives matter" is saying that people who aren't cops don't matter... could it be that they understand that the straw man of inserting an "only" that doesn't exist into the slogan is fallacious, and merely identifies them as a racist? Or are they just authoritarian scum who really are saying that cops are more important than everyone else?
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 04 2016, @05:37AM
Actually, as a member of law enforcement, I am quick to remind my colleagues that this loathing of law enforcement didn't just appear out of nowhere, and now maybe is a good time for a little soul-searching on how we got here.
Further, identifying as a police officer first and a citizen second is likely to get you shot in the current climate.
Take your strawman and shove it up your ass.
(Score: 0, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 04 2016, @08:43AM
Or, just may be, it could be that black lives matter are more about spreading anti-white hatred and less about saving black lives?
Could it be that "blue lives matter" is something only cops say, not random local college student activist?
Could it be that hating white men has become normative? Could it be that BLM hasn't actually given any solutions, hasn't actually bothered to ask WHY, but have only gone around spreading victimhood mentality?
Could it be that sometimes, you have to accept that world is not perfect and YOU need to move your butt and make sacrifices to make it better instead of asking everyone else to make sacrifices for your personal betterment that you have tied to whatever random trendy "cool" social cause?
(Score: 2, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 04 2016, @05:16PM
No, none of that.
Black Lives Matter was created specifically to fuel racial tensions. It's closely tied to the Coronation of Clinton.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 04 2016, @05:21PM
I'm curious though why I never hear the "all lives matter!" retort whenever somebody says "blue lives matter", or why nobody tries to insist that anyone saying "blue lives matter" is saying that people who aren't cops don't matter...
The reason is probably based on the following logic:
A) anyone saying "blue lives matter" is probably a cop, and part of the group discounting the lives of anyone not wearing a badge
B) given the frequency of violent/life altering incidents that befall anyone not showing proper respect to "The Badge" in a policeman's presence, potential retorts are chilled since in this case discretion is truly the greater part of valor. Even speaking out online has the chance of picking up extra scrutiny (i.e. harassment) from Law Enforcement.
Furthermore, if you're not seeing the rebuttals against the "Blue Lives Matter" you haven't been paying attention. [google.com]
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 05 2016, @01:23AM
> A) anyone saying "blue lives matter" is probably a cop, and part of the group discounting the lives of anyone not wearing a badge
Are you joking? They keep passing "blue lives matter" LAWS. It isn't just cops saying that shit. In fact, I have yet to hear about a cop saying it. Its always those trying to score political points with the pro-racism faction of the population.