Dear All Lives Matter and Blue Lives Matter,
What if: You come home and your house is on fire, so you call the fire department to hose it down. Upon their arrival, they tell you all houses matter and proceed to spray every house evenly, even as yours continues to burn to the ground. But that's not fair because your house was the only one on fire.
What if: You go to the doctor because you broke a bone and you need to examine it. While you're complaining about the pain the doctor stops you and says "I know you're in pain but there are 206 bones in the body all bones matter" and proceeds to check out every other bone in your body before checking out the one that's broken, but that's not fair because that's the bone that's hurting at the moment.
See how easy it is to understand these analogies? Now apply the same mindset to black lives matter. No one is saying the other houses don't matter, no one is saying the rest of your bones don't matter but right now your house is the one that's on fire, and that specific bone is the one that is broken. Wouldn't it be smart for the doctor or the firemen to focus on the issue? The most common misconception is that we are saying all lives don't matter, that's not what the black lives matter movement is saying. We are aware that every life matters whether your black, white, Spanish, Asian, etc. What we are saying is there is a problem occurring to a lot of black lives.
So, could you do us a favor and let us continue our movement? We are not here to belittle people, we are here to get justice and achieve peace. This has nothing to do with hate for 'the white man' or hate for 'pigs.' We just don't appreciate when you make hashtags like #alllivesmatter #bluelivesmatter not because they don't matter, but because they're not what we need to focus on right now. Cops aren't walking outside their house and dying just for being a cop. Cops are not taught how to comply with authority so they won't get a bullet in the chest. While every single person could die walking out the house today the chances are higher for a black person because they had an encounter with the cops.
Please understand why we created this hashtag and stop trying to make it about you.
Thank You,
Your Friendly Black Lives Matter Supporter
