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All lives matter?

You mean the people in Care Homes?

The G.I Joes who died on the beaches of Normandy

The guys who never came back from Vietnam and the folks they sprayed with Agent Orange?

The citizens of Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

The body bags brought back from Iraq and Afghanistan.

The native American Indians?

You mean General Custer’s life mattered.

The homeless?

Do their lives matter?

Well, why aren’t you doing a God damn thing about it instead of hiding behind your bible?  

You mean that your dog ‘Poochie’. His life matters more than humans,

I know, I know. I’ve seen you post that so many times on Facebook.

You’re the one who hangs little bags from trees.

If all lives mattered then your ancestors would not have thrown people into slavery to feed their greed and to make money.

Conservative & Republican lives matter.

The lives of the N.R.A matter but not the innocent victims of school shootings.

White lives matter when their lives and livelihoods are being threatened by looters.

Have you not heard of “Property is Theft?”

You bet your sweet white privileged ass all lives don’t matter.

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Red Button

Mon 15th Jun 2020 20:36

Poemagraphic, I am honoured by your response and greeting.

Thank you.

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Red Button

Sun 14th Jun 2020 21:47

Thank you M.C. Newberry and Moon.girl. Food for further thought.

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M.C. Newberry

Sun 14th Jun 2020 16:06

The message is loud and clear but I think that there are many who
are labelled "sweet white privileged" who would find that their own
lives and sacrifices; their own poverty and grief - past and present - seem, as is all too often the case, to get lost in the mix. And then
there's that old thing about "poor white trash". Equality there ain't; equality of opportunity there should be.

<Deleted User> (24283)

Sun 14th Jun 2020 15:59

So true....I completely support your views. Very well expressed. ?

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