Normally, I don't like to talk about politics because more often than not, I get angry with the general state of affairs. Also, with how easily angered others get when you talk about a political opinion (such as how badly certain politicians are doing in office), it is easy to assume that not many people really know how to talk about these matters without degenerating into a shouting contest. You see these shouting contests every day in online forums.
That said, certain things we tend to think of as "political" really shouldn't be so divided on partisan lines.
BLACK LIVES MATTER. I put this in caps not to shout, but to call attention to that phrase. You might have seen it around the internet lately. It is a movement that is asking for police reform; specifically asking that the cops treat blacks (and other minorities) with the same consideration that white folks get. Now, I'm all for apprehending criminals, but that's a different thing from kneeling on somebody's throat for nine minutes to choke them. The former is naturally what cops are supposed to do. The latter is completely excessive and a violation of human rights.
And really, this is what BLM is about. Human Rights.
I know it doesn't take any courage to say things like this. Honestly, I'm saying this stuff because I'm really tired of people treating a movement for civil rights as a bunch of terrorists. I'm too tired to stay silent. This is a repeat of the civil rights movements of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s.
I mean, I'm all in favor of preserving the music from those decades (and maybe paying royalties to the original artists), but can we please move forward so that we can stop mistreating various minorities in same way now that they've been mistreated then? Can we move on so that we are NOT doomed to repeat history and instead we can learn from it? Can we please stop looking at civil rights as a partisan thing and instead look at it for what it actually is? A humanitarian crisis.
Black Lives Matter. As do all lives. The value of a human life is not about politics. It's about basic decency.
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