title:  Brilliant Facebook Post Puts Idiocy And Hypocrisy Of ‘All Lives Matter’ Into Razor-Sharp Focus
text: Nobody shouted  all lives matter  until people started saying,  black lives matter.  There s an easy, albeit disgusting, reason for that and it s because the  all lives matter  crowd is uncomfortable with actually focusing on massive social problems that they perpetuate. Also, the crowd that tends to shout  all lives matter,  is overwhelmingly, white, straight, cisgender, and Judeo-Christian.But  all lives matter  isn t racist, sexist, religion-phobic, transphobic, homophobic, or anything at all to this crowd.There s a Facebook post making the rounds that describes the hypocrisy of this white, straight, cis, Judeo-Christian crowd that s feeling left out because we say  black lives matter.  It s absolutely brilliant. It s so brilliant that it s easier to post it than it is to explain it.Image via FacebookAnd there is the hypocrisy in all its vile glory. Holloman s take on  all lives matter  is amazing. All lives do not matter. The only lives that matter to the  all lives matter  crowd are those of the straight, white, cis, Judeo-Christian crowd. They wouldn t know the meaning of the word  all  if it came up and spit fire in their faces.Explaining why  all lives matter  is such a terrible thing to say first takes convincing that particular crowd that there s even a problem. White people who like that phrase won t acknowledge there s a problem, as recent, blatant racism from various officials has demonstrated. So saying the black community is still oppressed, and floating statistics, telling stories, even getting first-hand accounts and testimonials to prove it, is a massive waste of time.These analogies might be a waste of time, too, but they explain it a little better:#AllLivesMatter is like I go to the Dr for a broken arm and he says  All Bones Matter  ok but right now let s take care of this broken one  Belac Micheal (@djsoap92) July 6, 2016saying #AllLivesMatter is like running through a cancer fundraiser & saying  THERE S OTHER DISEASES TOO  judes (@judychen_) July 8, 2016#AllLivesMatter is like someone tweeting  Pray for Nice  and I say  what about all the other cities in the world? They ve suffered too   Nomnso (@Nomnso_94) July 15, 2016Or, if these aren t enough, how about this? Your house is on fire and the fire department is pouring water on it, trying to put the fire out. Your neighbor, whose house isn t burning, comes over and says,  My house needs water too, hellooooo!! Why are we ignoring my house and focusing only on yours?!  What are you going to say?In short,  black lives matter  is calling attention to an emergency situation like the ones above. Black lives do not matter nearly as much as white lives, and it s a serious problem. But Holloman s post illustrates not just the ignorance and offensiveness of  all lives matter,  but it shines a very uncomfortable light on those who continue to utter that phrase.Holloman is right. They really don t know what  all  means.Featured image by Mark Makela/Getty Images