Six of One

When someone is talking about how black people’s lives matter and someone else comes along and says, “blue lives matter,” they are, in my opinion, intentionally (or unintentionally) subverting the topic of discussion.

When someone is talking about how animals have rights and someone else comes along and says, “I’ll worry about animal rights after black people’s are respected,” they are, in my opinion, intentionally (or unintentionally) subverting the topic of discussion.

To me, it’s not one or the other, but comments like this try to make it seem like it is.

It doesn’t mean they can’t believe the things that they believe, but context matters when talking about them. And, sometimes (in my opinion), there is a lot more value in listening than subverting.