Dear "All Lives Matter,"

It’s been a while! How have you been lately? I’m just writing this letter to check up on you since you haven’t been as vocal as usual lately. Of course, there haven't been a lot of Black Lives Matter rallies to complain about lately either, but that’s just a coincidence, right?

Over the past few years, you’ve made your stance known. You have stated that you support the lives of all people, whether they’re “white, black, or purple,” to quote you. You’ve spoken up during protests against cops that have shot innocent lives, and have said that if they didn’t want to get shot, then they should have respected what the police officer was saying. You have been there to remind us of the victims’ criminal pasts, their thug-like appearances, and their notorious bad behavior regardless of their stellar GPAs or paternal instincts. You’ve even shown up to clarify that black lives aren’t the only lives that matter these days. Basically, you’ve been there to keep us in the know about what lives truly do matter.

So when the riot in Charlottesville happened, and it was shown that the protesters began chanting, “White lives matter” over and over, I figured the same thing would happen.

I waited patiently for you to step forward and point out specific people in the rally, and what their criminal history looked like. I sat on the edge of my seat anticipating the “white lives aren’t the only ones that matter” rhetoric that would surely be uttered by at least a few notable members of your group.

I waited patiently for condemnation, but it seems like that hasn’t happened yet.

So I’m confused. I thought it was ALL lives that mattered, not just the ones that mattered to you. While the president is condemning the behavior and then taking it back, you guys have remained noticeably silent. Others are identifying a number of white supremacists who rioted this weekend, figured out their names and places of employment, and have successfully gotten a number of them fired. Meanwhile, you continue to sit on your asses and remain silent about the matter.

It’s just amazing to me. You spend months insisting that you’re fighting for all lives, and that you aren’t part of a racist movement, but when you have a chance to condemn the Nazis for shouting “white lives matter,” you have nothing to say.nd that you aren’t part of a racist movement, but when you have a chance to condemn the Nazis for shouting “white lives matter,” you have nothing to say.

Your silence on the matter speaks more than your decision to take a side ever will.

Though I shouldn’t be surprised. Your behavior towards Justine Damond’s death proved exactly what I originally thought about you: that your movement is only defending the lives of those that you care about. It was never about all lives for you. Of course, if individual ALM supporters feel differently, then that’s your belief. But the majority of the behavior shown from your “all inclusive” movement as a whole have proved that you don’t practice what you preach. Had you guys treated the deplorable people at Charlottesville like you treated shooting victims in the past then I might be convinced that you truly care about all lives, but unless that happens I don’t believe you’re as caring of all lives as you claim to be.

Sincerely,

Someone who truly believes that all lives matter.