{"id":5819,"date":"2020-08-15T10:31:45","date_gmt":"2020-08-15T10:31:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/really.zonky.org\/?p=5819"},"modified":"2020-08-15T10:31:47","modified_gmt":"2020-08-15T10:31:47","slug":"all-lives-matter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/really.zonky.org\/?p=5819","title":{"rendered":"All Lives Matter!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Yeah! Yeah! If you actually asked the Black Lives Matter activists whether all lives matter, they would agree. But the &#8220;All Lives Matter&#8221; slogan is just a way of hiding the message that the Black Lives Matter activists want to put across: &#8220;We have noticed that no matter how much it does protest, this society treats Black people inferior to others in matters up to and including lethal force&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can criticise the slogan &#8220;black lives matter&#8221; for not saying &#8220;black lives matter is much as white lives&#8221; (or similar). But it&#8217;s a <em>slogan<\/em> not a manifesto, and slogans are never as accurate as they could be &#8211; it&#8217;s in the nature of using few enough words to be catchy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Personally I think that the BLM campaigners over-estimate the problems of racism and under-estimate the problems of economic disadvantage (which applies to all ethnic groups). People with poor parents are less likely to do well than those with rich parents; and yes exceptional people will do well regardless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"695\" height=\"521\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/really.zonky.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020-05-25-tracks.jpeg?resize=695%2C521&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5775\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/really.zonky.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020-05-25-tracks.jpeg?resize=1024%2C767&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/really.zonky.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020-05-25-tracks.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/really.zonky.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020-05-25-tracks.jpeg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/really.zonky.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020-05-25-tracks.jpeg?resize=1536%2C1151&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/really.zonky.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020-05-25-tracks.jpeg?w=1740&amp;ssl=1 1740w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/really.zonky.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020-05-25-tracks.jpeg?w=1390&amp;ssl=1 1390w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 695px) 100vw, 695px\" \/><figcaption>Tracks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yeah! 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