Talena Constantine
All Blood Matters...and it's all the same color.
"Where is the love, y'all? One world...one world..."
~ The Black-Eyed Peas
So, while I always try to make a point of not getting political or controverisal regardless of my own very definate opinions and passions on an issue, I was basically called out... challenged by a thinly veiled accusation that by keeping silent, I was aiding and abetting the problem.
""I'm sorry to see that you feel that it is better to stay silent about injustice, but I can't. Silence is complicity in a crime." they said, as they tossed their membership on the floor.
So yeah... I made a photo too... and now I'll speak.
Be careful what you wish for, because if I'm gonna be called out, and challenged to voice my opinion, you aren't going to get it half assed.
Couple disclaimers before I get going:
• As stated above, this was made to answer a tossed gauntlet, not to start drama or offend anyone. But, haha... it will anyway, won't it? So apologies to anyone who gets annoyed by it... just kiss me, pat my ass, and move along... I won't be following after you waving signs, torches or further controversy at you :)
• I have no desire to post this in anyone's group, including my own. This started today when I challenged someone in an In World group I Moderate, telling them that politics and controversy do not belong in said group, either in world or on Flickr, and pointed out that said group has clear rules against doing so. Therefore, I will not add such to anyone else's group.
• If anything stated here offends you, then before you open your pie hole, ask yourself this question: is it truly directed at YOU? If not, get over yourself, and keep a'walkin'. And if it DOES relate to you....well then...do as the meme says: if the shoe fits, then lace that bad boy up and own your failures! And then, with your new shoe, keep a'walkin' anyway ....hopefully with new enlightenment ;)
annnnnnd I'm off.
So Black Lives Matter huh? And as a person who HATES that statement, I'm a bad person?
Well then. let's examine it, shall we?
When I hear "Black Lives Matter"... a statement now fueling and justifying all the looting, murders and destruction of peoples families and livelihoods, do you know what I REALLY hear?
"ZIG HEIL!"
Close your mouth, dearie...you're letting the flies in.
YES. Ask any Jews still living, or any who heard the stories from Papa and Mama, who lived through the holocaust and the burning of ghettoes and businesses (sound familiar? it should, we get the word Ghetto from those very days) how such slogans were used by the Nazis to justify what they were doing. Peaceful German people... turned into monsters while crying how much they had to suffer in the aftermath of World War I. Germans who called it "taking the power back" (sound familiar, oh ye rap artists?)
Now fast forward 20 years, and ask the hippies who were beaten by police for holding non-violent sit ins during the turbulent years of the 60's war and racism. Have you seen what they have to say on facebook?
They are weeping because we have learned nothing.
Segregating a group of people, and acting in violence because of it, will never.....ever....solve anything. But then, these folk have no desire to solve the problem...they just wanna hit back, and watch it all burn.
That is why this logic falls on deaf ears. Watch...someone will comment how wrong I am for not understanding their hatred and frustration.
Ask...the...hippies.
I'm told that Black Lives Matter is a slogan because what they MEAN to say is Black Lives Matter, Too... they want to be as valued as others are. Cool.
Then...how about you just say so?
Black Lives Matter Too.
Sounds like a GREAT slogan to me, and is a hell of alot more clear as to the "true meaning".
Horse shit.
They want it to be inflammatory and controversial. They need hate to breed, or their reason to burn and destroy fades away. Nazis did the same thing to keep the torch alive.
So if we're gonna fault people. let's make sure to get'em all:
TRUMP: Shut....the fuck....up. Someone take that man's Tweeter away, because he doesn't know how to use it.and please, God, let November come soon. Donald, didn't you learn anything from your predecessor, Teddy Roosevelt? He was a loud, boorish Archie Bunker of a man, too, and his Stick was just as Big.... but at least he knew enough to Speak Softly about it.
COPS: Stop giving them reasons to hate you. Stop with the wise cracks, the apathy, and the superiority schtick. It didn't work well for you in the 60's, and you're sucking bad now too. You should be ashamed of yourselves... the little kids in the neighborhoods you "Protect and Service" are terrified of you, especially now after that terrible video. You should be heroes, and instead you, just like the Nazis, have become monsters. Wear the shield, and BE the shield...not a fucking club!
(added disclaimer: I hate saying what I'm saying, because I know many good cops... I know you're out there. But you gotta admit... in the places where police brutality is a daily event, that's all they see, and all they know.)
BLACKS: Stop hating. Stop Ballin' and stop Bangin'. Being a gangster, a criminal, is NOT cool. Get rid of the word Nigga. You call it "taking the power of the word back" and use it as a term of affection to your black brothers....but get PISSED if anyone who is not black uses it. That is the very definition of Racism... allowing a person the right, or not allowing it, solely based on skin color. You want the power of the word to go away? STOP USING IT... just as Morgan Freeman has said. Go ask your kids what Groovy means. Ask them what a Gnarly wave is. Words that fall away from usage lose all power. Go ahead... ask them! You'll get a blank look, a shake of their head, and called "my weird parents and their weird old crap"
RAPPERS: I love your music... but I HATE what you've done with it! By the 90's, racism was at an all time low. People of all colors were learning to date each other, learning to be friends and hang out, and the hate was almost gone...after 30 years of trying. Maybe not everywhere, but it was a start. And then here you came, hollering "Fuck the police!" and preaching hatred and violence... then Rodney King happened, and the world exploded all over again. Great job you did with the power you hold as musicians...thanks for that.
WHITES: You are STILL as bad as the police are stated as being up above. Superior arrogance and racial jokes in every business office and every locker room...and you think they don't hear it. They do, and they BURN with anger until it explodes. Just as stated with the blacks above... stop Racism by deleting race from your vocabulary... period.
I could go on and on.... but I think the point is made. Black Lives Matter? Apparently, not if they wear a blue uniform, or have a business in the neaighborhood you wanna destroy. Because black cops and black businessmen are being targeted with no hesitation, too.
Ever read Animal Farm?
"All Animals Are Created Equal" was their matra.... until the pigs wanted to rule over the others... then it was "All Animals Are Created Equal, But Some Are More Equal Than Others."
Every time you segregate, you learn to hate. And it goers on and on, generation after generation, because you aren't born with it, you learn it.
It's wayyyy past time for a new lesson. All Blood Matters, and it's all the same color, and so are the tears we are all shedding in these times. That should be what Matters.
All Blood Matters...and it's all the same color.
"Where is the love, y'all? One world...one world..."
~ The Black-Eyed Peas
So, while I always try to make a point of not getting political or controverisal regardless of my own very definate opinions and passions on an issue, I was basically called out... challenged by a thinly veiled accusation that by keeping silent, I was aiding and abetting the problem.
""I'm sorry to see that you feel that it is better to stay silent about injustice, but I can't. Silence is complicity in a crime." they said, as they tossed their membership on the floor.
So yeah... I made a photo too... and now I'll speak.
Be careful what you wish for, because if I'm gonna be called out, and challenged to voice my opinion, you aren't going to get it half assed.
Couple disclaimers before I get going:
• As stated above, this was made to answer a tossed gauntlet, not to start drama or offend anyone. But, haha... it will anyway, won't it? So apologies to anyone who gets annoyed by it... just kiss me, pat my ass, and move along... I won't be following after you waving signs, torches or further controversy at you :)
• I have no desire to post this in anyone's group, including my own. This started today when I challenged someone in an In World group I Moderate, telling them that politics and controversy do not belong in said group, either in world or on Flickr, and pointed out that said group has clear rules against doing so. Therefore, I will not add such to anyone else's group.
• If anything stated here offends you, then before you open your pie hole, ask yourself this question: is it truly directed at YOU? If not, get over yourself, and keep a'walkin'. And if it DOES relate to you....well then...do as the meme says: if the shoe fits, then lace that bad boy up and own your failures! And then, with your new shoe, keep a'walkin' anyway ....hopefully with new enlightenment ;)
annnnnnd I'm off.
So Black Lives Matter huh? And as a person who HATES that statement, I'm a bad person?
Well then. let's examine it, shall we?
When I hear "Black Lives Matter"... a statement now fueling and justifying all the looting, murders and destruction of peoples families and livelihoods, do you know what I REALLY hear?
"ZIG HEIL!"
Close your mouth, dearie...you're letting the flies in.
YES. Ask any Jews still living, or any who heard the stories from Papa and Mama, who lived through the holocaust and the burning of ghettoes and businesses (sound familiar? it should, we get the word Ghetto from those very days) how such slogans were used by the Nazis to justify what they were doing. Peaceful German people... turned into monsters while crying how much they had to suffer in the aftermath of World War I. Germans who called it "taking the power back" (sound familiar, oh ye rap artists?)
Now fast forward 20 years, and ask the hippies who were beaten by police for holding non-violent sit ins during the turbulent years of the 60's war and racism. Have you seen what they have to say on facebook?
They are weeping because we have learned nothing.
Segregating a group of people, and acting in violence because of it, will never.....ever....solve anything. But then, these folk have no desire to solve the problem...they just wanna hit back, and watch it all burn.
That is why this logic falls on deaf ears. Watch...someone will comment how wrong I am for not understanding their hatred and frustration.
Ask...the...hippies.
I'm told that Black Lives Matter is a slogan because what they MEAN to say is Black Lives Matter, Too... they want to be as valued as others are. Cool.
Then...how about you just say so?
Black Lives Matter Too.
Sounds like a GREAT slogan to me, and is a hell of alot more clear as to the "true meaning".
Horse shit.
They want it to be inflammatory and controversial. They need hate to breed, or their reason to burn and destroy fades away. Nazis did the same thing to keep the torch alive.
So if we're gonna fault people. let's make sure to get'em all:
TRUMP: Shut....the fuck....up. Someone take that man's Tweeter away, because he doesn't know how to use it.and please, God, let November come soon. Donald, didn't you learn anything from your predecessor, Teddy Roosevelt? He was a loud, boorish Archie Bunker of a man, too, and his Stick was just as Big.... but at least he knew enough to Speak Softly about it.
COPS: Stop giving them reasons to hate you. Stop with the wise cracks, the apathy, and the superiority schtick. It didn't work well for you in the 60's, and you're sucking bad now too. You should be ashamed of yourselves... the little kids in the neighborhoods you "Protect and Service" are terrified of you, especially now after that terrible video. You should be heroes, and instead you, just like the Nazis, have become monsters. Wear the shield, and BE the shield...not a fucking club!
(added disclaimer: I hate saying what I'm saying, because I know many good cops... I know you're out there. But you gotta admit... in the places where police brutality is a daily event, that's all they see, and all they know.)
BLACKS: Stop hating. Stop Ballin' and stop Bangin'. Being a gangster, a criminal, is NOT cool. Get rid of the word Nigga. You call it "taking the power of the word back" and use it as a term of affection to your black brothers....but get PISSED if anyone who is not black uses it. That is the very definition of Racism... allowing a person the right, or not allowing it, solely based on skin color. You want the power of the word to go away? STOP USING IT... just as Morgan Freeman has said. Go ask your kids what Groovy means. Ask them what a Gnarly wave is. Words that fall away from usage lose all power. Go ahead... ask them! You'll get a blank look, a shake of their head, and called "my weird parents and their weird old crap"
RAPPERS: I love your music... but I HATE what you've done with it! By the 90's, racism was at an all time low. People of all colors were learning to date each other, learning to be friends and hang out, and the hate was almost gone...after 30 years of trying. Maybe not everywhere, but it was a start. And then here you came, hollering "Fuck the police!" and preaching hatred and violence... then Rodney King happened, and the world exploded all over again. Great job you did with the power you hold as musicians...thanks for that.
WHITES: You are STILL as bad as the police are stated as being up above. Superior arrogance and racial jokes in every business office and every locker room...and you think they don't hear it. They do, and they BURN with anger until it explodes. Just as stated with the blacks above... stop Racism by deleting race from your vocabulary... period.
I could go on and on.... but I think the point is made. Black Lives Matter? Apparently, not if they wear a blue uniform, or have a business in the neaighborhood you wanna destroy. Because black cops and black businessmen are being targeted with no hesitation, too.
Ever read Animal Farm?
"All Animals Are Created Equal" was their matra.... until the pigs wanted to rule over the others... then it was "All Animals Are Created Equal, But Some Are More Equal Than Others."
Every time you segregate, you learn to hate. And it goers on and on, generation after generation, because you aren't born with it, you learn it.
It's wayyyy past time for a new lesson. All Blood Matters, and it's all the same color, and so are the tears we are all shedding in these times. That should be what Matters.