Giuliani: 'Black lives matter' phrase 'inherently racist'

[DonViejo]

Source: The Hill

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani on Sunday said when people use the phrase "black lives matter," it's "inherently racist."

"Black lives matter, white lives matter, Asian lives matter, Hispanic lives matter," he said.

"That's anti-American and it's racist. Of course black lives matter, and they matter greatly," he said. "But when you focus in on 1 percent of less than 1 percent of the murder that's going on in America and you make it a national thing, and all of you in the media make it much bigger than the black kid who's getting killed in Chicago every 14 hours, you treat it disproportionately."

Giuliani said only a small number of African-Americans will die at the hands of the police, whereas the majority of African-Americans killed will die at the hands of a civilian, "most often another black."

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Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/287157-giuliani-black-lives-matter-inherently-racist

[63splitwindow]

1. Giuliani is obvioudly applying for a job and...

$$$$ is the SOLE criteria (the more power, the more $$$$).

[Eric J in MN]

2. It's like saying the phrase 'Save the rainforest'

...is 'inherently anti-environmental' because someone who says 'Save the rainforest' must be indifferent to other forests.

[Ken Burch]

16. Especially the same forests getting killed every 14 hours by OTHER forests-most of them coniferous.

[forgotmylogin]

35. Right! A law professor said

there isn't an implied "only" before the phrase.

[Orrex]

3. How about "Bitter, Beakless Vultures Don't Matter?" Is that racist?

[bravenak]

10. It's perfect

[graegoyle]

4. Giuliani:

Inherent asshole.

[muntrv]

5. Oh Rudy!

http://fusion.net/story/170591/the-next-time-someone-says-all-lives-matter-show-them-these-5-paragraphs/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialshare&utm_content=theme_top_desktop

[greyl]

32. Exactly.

GeekAesthete explains:

Imagine that you’re sitting down to dinner with your family, and while everyone else gets a serving of the meal, you don’t get any. So you say “I should get my fair share.” And as a direct response to this, your dad corrects you, saying, “everyone should get their fair share.” Now, that’s a wonderful sentiment — indeed, everyone should, and that was kinda your point in the first place: that you should be a part of everyone, and you should get your fair share also. However, dad’s smart-ass comment just dismissed you and didn’t solve the problem that you still haven’t gotten any!

The problem is that the statement “I should get my fair share” had an implicit “too” at the end: “I should get my fair share, too, just like everyone else.” But your dad’s response treated your statement as though you meant “only I should get my fair share”, which clearly was not your intention. As a result, his statement that “everyone should get their fair share,” while true, only served to ignore the problem you were trying to point out.

That’s the situation of the “black lives matter” movement. Culture, laws, the arts, religion, and everyone else repeatedly suggest that all lives should matter. Clearly, that message already abounds in our society.

http://fusion.net/story/170591/the-next-time-someone-says-all-lives-matter-show-them-these-5-paragraphs/

[Bernardo de La Paz]

6. "Black Lives Matter" does NOT deny other lives matter. It merely emphasizes a neglected point. . nt

[cstanleytech]

19. Ya mainly that the selection criteria and training for many police departments sucks ass. nt

[Bernardo de La Paz]

20. Good point, but not what people have in mind, I think. . nt

[OneGrassRoot]

7. Someone needs to have a public debate with him...

about this.

Charles Blow comes to mind.

This conversation needs to happen in a big, public way so the Fox News side of the aisle can hear some truth finally.

[Chakab]

17. You're presupposing that Rudy wants an honest debate.

He's a race baiting troll who's spent his entire political career attacking black people and pandering to law enforcement.

[Coventina]

8. Coventina: 'Giuliani' 'inherently racist'

[Helen Borg]

9. Giuliani is intrinsically anti-American!

[Jopin Klobe]

11. Giuliani:

... 'inherently creepy' ...

[George II]

12. Giuliani isn't "inherently" racist, he's OVERTLY racist.

[uppityperson]

13. Pointing out racism is racist?

[Ligyron]

14. but, but 9/11!

go away inherently non-relevant, has-been, attention whore.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

15. Logically he should think "Blue Lives Matter" is inherently colorist: excludes orange vulgarians. nt

[AKing]

18. Ghouliani vs Tubby for AG. Most ignorant bully wins

[MohRokTah]

21. There goes Ghouliani, whitesplainin' to black people.

[Paladin]

22. What do you expect, from a guy whose best day was 9/11? (nt)

[Skittles]

23. Giuliani is an asshole

[Feeling the Bern]

24. Remember on 9/11, we loved cops. On 9/11 I spoke with cops at Ground Zero!

On 9/11, it was so 9/11 that 9/11 would be the greatest 9/11 9/11 ever saw. 9/11. 9/11. 9/11. 9/11. 9/11. 9/11. 9/11. 9/11. 9/11. 9/11. 9/11. 9/11. 9/11. 9/11. error. . .error. . .hard drive failure.

[hollowdweller]

25. Repubicans wonder how they wound up with Trump?

I can see it as a natural progression if you look at some stuff like this that is stock and trade of the party.

[TomCADem]

26. Trump is the Republican Mainstream

nt

[matt819]

27. Some people need to go away

Giuliani is one of them.

What an offensive, insignificant man.

[unblock]

28. "lincoln was a racist for freeing the slaves! he should have freed everyone!"

[CanonRay]

29. Clueless n/t

[gopiscrap]

30. Guliani is a fucking shit stain on society

[truthisfreedom]

31. And this is relevant how?

Do we give a flying hootie-hoo what mr 9-11 thinks?

[sangfroid]

33. But Rudy! What about 9/11!?!?

nt

[Sunlei]

34. How many times has Rudy Giuliani been SLAMMED TO THE CEMENT during a traffic stop?

or asked to empty his pockets every time he exits his home?

[OnDoutside]

36. For SLOW Republicans,would it not be better to rename Black Lives Matter to Black Lives Matter Too ?