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Old 08-06-2020, 12:57   #124
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Re: Black Lives Matter

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Originally Posted by Chris View Post
Which are just fancy words for suggesting some opinions weigh more than others, or some ought perhaps to be heard more or less than others. Which, ironically, is a great deal of what BLM is protesting against. Telling a movement what it “should do” is still just an opinion. You can either deal with it, or shout it down. As far as I can see, the claim of “white privilege” is commonly used as an intellectually weak means of shouting down.
When it comes to the Black Lives Matter movement, Black opinions on it do matter more than non blacks.
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