• explodicle@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    6 months ago

    They would have willfully misinterpreted both of those alternatives and convinced you they were poorly named anyways.

    • Steve@communick.newsEnglish
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      6 months ago

      They may have willfully misrepresented, but couldn’t really have an excuse to mistakenly misinterpret them. That was our bad.

      • Nevoic@lemm.ee
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        6 months ago

        Is your argument that a genuine, good faith interpretation of “Black Lives Matter” is “Only Black Lives Matter”?

        This isn’t how English works. If I say “I like your mom” to an SO, they wouldn’t interpret it as I don’t like them and instead like their mom. I don’t have to say “I like your mom too”.

        • Steve@communick.newsEnglish
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          6 months ago

          Anyone coming back with “all lives matter” proves the ease of confusion over the slogan.

          My own immediate response to it was “Yah, of course they do. All lives matter. Why single out Black lives? The police shouldn’t be killing anyone.”

          I’m not going to try mind read anyone else.