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A chat on subreddit /r/NoStupidQuestions
human
Black Lives Matter was a specific protest against police brutality that unfairly targeted black people, where black people were being killed by police for doing things that white people almost never face the same source of consequences for.

All lives matter is a response to that which is intended to mean that black people are just making a big deal out of nothing, and shouldn't be protesting about police brutality.

Yes, all lives matter. But black people are dealing with a specific issue involving police brutality that they want to get fixed. And saying all lives matter is a way of trying to ignore their complaints and treat them like they're not worth taking seriously.

If you read a family dinner and everyone got food except for you, you might say "I deserve to eat." If your grandma says "everyone deserves to eat" and ignores you, she's not wrong that everyone deserves to eat, but it's not very helpful because you still didn't get dinner.
gpt
&gt;If you read a family dinner and everyone got food except for you, you might say "I deserve to eat." If your grandma says "everyone deserves to eat" and ignores you, she's not wrong that everyone deserves to eat, but it's not very helpful because you still didn't get dinner.

Great analogy. It highlights the topic perfectly by showing that Grandma isn't truly concerned with making sure everyone is fed, and her feigned conviction isn't actually endorsing fair treatment but rather an attempt to silence those who are (endorsing fair treatment).

"All lives matter" is exactly the same. It doesn't actually advocate for treating every life like it matters, instead it proposes that those who have been treated like they don't matter should just shut up about it.