Starting today, let`s advance to All Lives Matter.

[democrank]

That one concise and unifying statement is a position that many would rally behind. All lives matter, regardless of race, religion, sexual preference or where an individual is on the economic or social ladder.

ALL lives must matter to every, single candidate we support, and they can show us just how much ALL lives matter by their deeds and priorities, not just their words. In other words, watch what they do, not what they say. As a Democrat, ask yourself why it was okay with us that these deplorable, inexcusable conditions were allowed to fester in so many cities....and rural areas? Why was it okay with us to have "justice" system where you could pay to play cop as long as you contributed money to the boss`s campaign or bought gear for the police?Why is it okay for us to have our prisons overflowing or so many schools underfunded? Why is it okay with us to have good jobs sent overseas? Did we really believe for one minute that crap about not being able to find Americans that wanted the jobs? Where I live people will do absolutely any type of work to survive and keep their family going. Two, three parttime jobs if that`s what it takes.

I believe politicians are to blame for much of this dysfunction and neglect. They certainly take care of their buddies, don`t they? They must read some of the same articles we do about America`s standing in math & science, in gun deaths, in number of people in prisons, in cost of health care, in crumbling infrastructure. Why haven`t they done anything and why have we let them get away with it? I can guarantee you their gated communities don`t have 14,000 abandoned buildings or people trying to stay warm over a city street grate.

We have overlooked so much and made so many excuses for our leaders. They can promise one thing while campaigning, get in office, do the opposite thing, and we still support them. Apparently winning matters a lot more than principles.

Our country reminds me of a collection of typical abusive relationships where the controllers, the ones with the power and money, are quite certain those submissive to them will continue to stay that way.....no matter what they do. The ones on the bottom get smacked around, couple black eyes, fat lip, then like magic an I`ll-try-o-do-better rose appears.

We can do better than this, and we must. Democrats must say that All Lives Matter and then seriously start acting in accordance with that principle and demand the same from each and every politician we support.

~Rest in peace, Freddie Gray~

[gollygee]

1. That isn't advancement. It's derailing and distraction.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/julia-craven/please-stop-telling-me-th_b_6223072.html

[gollygee]

2. Another link

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/01/12/whats-wrong-with-all-lives-matter/

[gollygee]

3. Also

I'm not the person who alerted on this, but I did vote to hide.

[mopinko]

4. what bs.

[marym625]

5. No

When any other group of people are killed by cops every 28 hours, or incarcerated at the extreme rate.

[Codeine]

6. I'm the whitest guy ever, pretty much

and even I'm cringing at your post.

[el_bryanto]

7. I understand the sentiment

But think that is the wrong framing for our days. Of course all lives matter - but the system isn't rigged against white lives the way it is against black lives. When you want to fix a system you need to figure out where the problem actually is - and the truth is that white lives are already largely protected by the system.

Bryant

[msanthrope]

8. No. I'm a privileged white person. I already know my life matters to the cops.

I'd like to see their view of Black Lives improve.

[ScreamingMeemie]

9. My children can walk down the street at night with their hoodies pulled up and not die for it.

It is inherent, because of the color of their skin and their socioeconomic background, that "their lives matter," and I don't need to fight for that. It just is because they enjoy that privilege. I find your post offensive.

[Codeine]

12. Exactly. I can be reasonably confident

that my seven-year-old son will never be shot by the cops. Lots of parents in my neighborhood can't be as certain of that.

[cali]

10. no. the focus needs to be on black lives

those are the lives being brutalized by our police departments, judicial system and other institutions.

Your post is peculiarly boneheaded. If I were you, I'd self-delete

[JTFrog]

11. It is true that all lives matter, but....

It is true that all lives matter, but it is equally true that not all lives are understood to matter which is precisely why it is most important to name the lives that have not mattered, and are struggling to matter in the way they deserve.

I find the efforts to distract from or co-op the "Black Lives Matter" message distasteful.

[MisterP]

13. ehh, while it's definitely accurate, 90% of the time it's being used as a "corrective" or counter-

slogan to "black lives matter"

if a crowd's chanting both slogans it's a-ok, but we obviously can't *drop* "black lives matter"