"If we don't say no now, our freedoms will be taken away so quickly, because the China and Hong Kong and Australia model is coming here to you in America and in UK and before you know it you won't be able to say anything."
Jason Liosatos: Video of man being resuscitated after being brutally beaten by police in Sheffield today, and Piers Corbyn being brutally arrested again.6 Sept 2020
Do Any Lives Actually Matter?
Just what exactly would lives “mattering” look like? ...Whoever will scream the loudest will matter the most. Authored by Tim Kirby: If there is one expression that has defined the political arguments of 2020 it is Black Lives Matter and its many derivatives like All Lives Matter, Blue Lives Matter and so on. But why is this the case?
There is something in these statements that is very powerful, political and deeply ideological. Something about this reasoning is very effective. So, let’s take a look at its internal mechanics.
When people scream Black Lives Matter what do they really mean and why this particular wording has dominated recent political discourse?
A Utopian Statement and the Dangers of Utopian Thinking
The first question we should ask is at what point someone’s life begins to matter to us. What does this “mattering” amount to?
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