Monday, September 7, 2015

There is More Good to be Done in Unity than There is in Division

   I think of the fallacies of logic, and of how one is to question motives. That seems to be what is happening. Some question seem to believe that when you say, All Lives Matter, your motive is really just to dismiss the Black Lives Matter movement.
   I hope it ain't so.
   Oppose the All Lives Matter effort? Why? If someone seeks to do a good thing, let them. Rather than object to someone doing something good, let them. If someone is concerned about the Christians in Africa, that is a good thing. But, if we are in the Black Lives Matter camp, that does not mean we have to give up our own effort, or compromise it. Reason with the All Lives Matter people. Ask them politely if black lives matter. Ask them if the Black Lives Matter campaign offends them. Reason with them, for surely black lives do matter. Let them know that when you say Black Lives Matter, you are not saying all lives do not matter, nor are you saying black lives matter most. Ask them if black lives are included in All Lives Matter.
   Be respectful and polite.
   Try to win them over instead of taking them for enemies. There is more good to be done in unity than there is in division. If you see something good about All Lives Matter, join in it. And, as you march for, say, the Christians in Africa and the Middle East, remind the person who march next to about black lives. Gently tell them why there should be concern. Say, "I hope you will join me. This is a wonderful opportunity to fight for something that is right."
   Black Lives Matter is a good thing. But, if someone can be won to a friendship, if foes can be brought to work together in two good causes instead of just one, if there can be peace between two groups instead of hatred, that, too, is a good thing.
   Seek for peace, so to speak, not war. Look to make friends, not enemies. As the Beatles once said, "Love, love, love, love is all you need." And, as Rodney King once asked, "Can we all get along?"

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