Originally Posted by
wufwugy
I don't disagree with this except that the response of BLM advocates to the statement "all lives matter" does not appear to me to be the kind that's consistent with the "too" qualifier you mentioned. If it was, people wouldn't be getting in trouble with BLM advocates for saying "all lives matter" because BLM advocates would agree with them. In that case, it would still make sense for BLM advocates to continue to advocate for their belief that there is unique mistreatment of black lives, but that doesn't necessitate it being wrong to advocate that all lives matter.
Instead of this, the typical BLM advocate that makes the news behaves in such a way that it's sensible to say they have internalized (perhaps inadvertently) the idea that black lives matter "only." I don't think that many of them hold that belief, but my point is that when they say it's wrong to say all lives matter, they neglect that which is consistent with the idea that black lives matter "too."
It's like if I say "Saving Private Ryan is a good movie" and you say "all Spielberg movies are good movies." If I were to agree with you yet still think that SPR is uniquely good, I would respond with something like "I agree, but let me illustrate why I'm making this point about SPR." However, if I was a BLM protester, I would instead chastise you for thinking that all Spielberg movies are good because I want you to focus only on SPR.