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Black Lives Matter Stance

I have given my stance on this topic, or a little preview on it, a few times on this page before. I am here to mention it again, but this will include much more from what my Professor shared with me that I agree on. 

"The Black Lives Matter organization is all based on marxism. This means that all people can fit into two categories "pressed" and "oppressors". Their solution is to give all the money to the government and allow the government to fix it for us.

"One thing that is appreciated on this note is that there are those who are being oppressed. We do need to help those who are being oppressed, but to say that there are only two (oppressed or oppressor) is unbiblical.

"If you look at the Black Lives Matter website, there is so much you can learn about what they specifically believe. Black Lives Matter focuses on way more than what is shown on the front lines. The reason that their website is so confusing is that Marisim purposefully mixes up words and ideas. 

"With some of their quotes, if you do not take the whole pie they will label you as a homophobe. Yet, while we still admit that transgender or queer lives are real people and their lives matter. 

"Black Lives Matter believes that all religions are social constructs; they believe they are man-made. They believe that communism makes all religions not necessary. 

"The phrase "Black Lives Matter" is now a worldview or a philosophy. You cannot say it and not agree with the whole package. Everyone who wants you to say "black lives matter" wants you to join in their whole system, and you are agreeing with everything about this." 

Everything quoted above was brought to light by professors and teachers in my life. I think it is important to remember that there is so much more to the movement than just the word. If you look at what the website talks about, they focus on all lives including those who have broken the law and all sexualities except for straight men. They do not mention millions of babies who are being aborted all the time. They do not mention black police officers. They do not mention black on black crime. There are so many attributes to the picture that Black Lives Matter completely forgets about. 

While I am sure many of these complaints have been mentioned before, it is important to remember that they are still important. No fact becomes less important because it was mentioned too many times. While I am in no way saying that black lives do not matter, I do not agree with the movement, the organization, or the phrase in the context of what the world will view of it today.


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