Who's the bigger offender: Conservatives or Liberals?

Phat writes:Exactly. All Matter. All have the same value. There should never be a scapegoat group of outliers anymore.

BlackLivesMatter.Com writes:#BlackLivesMatter was founded in 2013 in response to the acquittal of Trayvon Martin’s murderer. Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation, Inc. is a global organization in the US, UK, and Canada, whose mission is to eradicate white supremacy and build local power to intervene in violence inflicted on Black communities by the state and vigilantes. By combating and countering acts of violence, creating space for Black imagination and innovation, and centering Black joy, we are winning immediate improvements in our lives.We are expansive. We are a collective of liberators who believe in an inclusive and spacious movement. We also believe that in order to win and bring as many people with us along the way, we must move beyond the narrow nationalism that is all too prevalent in Black communities. We must ensure we are building a movement that brings all of us to the front.We affirm the lives of Black queer and trans folks, disabled folks, undocumented folks, folks with records, women, and all Black lives along the gender spectrum. Our network centers on those who have been marginalized within Black liberation movements.We are working for a world where Black lives are no longer systematically targeted for demise.We affirm our humanity, our contributions to this society, and our resilience in the face of deadly oppression.The call for Black lives to matter is a rallying cry for ALL Black lives striving for liberation.(...)TalkAbout Trayvon: A Toolkit for White PeopleFive years ago, a teenage boy went out for a snack but never made it home to his loving family. A grown man took it upon himself to patrol his neighborhood and to shoot dead an unarmed, unassuming boy. Not only did a mother have to bury her young son, but she now watches his killer walk the streets free— free to brag about killing Trayvon, and free to commit more acts of violence. We need to #TalkAboutTrayvon because, five years later, there are still no consequences when adults wave their guns around at Black and Brown kids. Police continue to mistreat, terrorize, and even murder boys and girls of color, and then walk free. We need to #TalkAboutTrayvon, share pictures of his sweet face, and remind each other what we continue to lose when we uphold a system that won’t punish people who kill Black children and adults. We are not only losing wonderful people—we are losing our humanity. White communities are used to consciously and unconsciously maintaining the racist policies and practices that led to Trayvon’s death—and, as white people, we must speak out against those policies and practices. When we remain silent and on the sidelines, we are complicit in maintaining these unjust systems. Our work is to get more white people who support us to take action toward racial justice—and to change the hearts and minds of those white people who are not yet with us.When we #TalkAboutTrayvon, we tell grieving parents that we see them and acknowledge their pain. When we #TalkAboutTrayvon, we tell Black children that we are not afraid of them—we are only afraid they won’t get the bright future they deserve.

Reparations are owed, in forms and manners, to be determined by Black people in the U.S.It’s on us to raise our voices and demand action immediately.

My problem with BLM is that they take it upon themselves to rectify moral issues by targeting an entire group--white people.

Phat writes:My problem with BLM is that they take it upon themselves to rectify moral issues by targeting an entire group--white people. So why don't I trust "them"?

If you feel targeted, maybe that's your guilty conscience.

Phat writes:I am not a racist. I am interested only in issues of fairness (particularly pertaining to Phat).

I'm not going to allow a liberal group to dictate what I owe and to whom I owe it to.

Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and unto God the things that are God's

I'm not going to allow a liberal group to dictate what I owe and to whom I owe it to. That's my line in the sand.

Phat writes:I'm not going to allow a liberal group to dictate what I owe and to whom I owe it to.

Phat writes:The bottom line is that humans need God. They need a source of love, wisdom, and truth higher than what we collectively conceive and believe internally.

Phat writes:This whole BLM and "woke" nonsense is a liberal's wet dream...not anything sane or productive.

Exactly. All Matter. All have the same value. There should never be a scapegoat group of outliers anymore.

Phat writes:My problem with BLM is that they take it upon themselves to rectify moral issues by targeting an entire group--white people. So why don't I trust "them"?

If each and every ethnic group or nation/state(such as the Kurds, the Croatians, the American Indians, etc etc) that has been unfairly treated were to demand reparations, the logistics of quantifying such an issue and of holding people accountable would be nearly impossible to sort out. BLM seeks only compensation for Black people. The seeming target? White people. This is exclusivist and could in no fair way ever be resolved.