Allen Iverson: "All Lives Matter"

[AITheAnswerAI]

Can we hear from black professors, lawyers, doctors or scientists? I don't want to hear athletes talk about serious issues like this.

 

[ahdsend]

aint this nikka tight with stephen a smith??

some of that c00n vibe musta rubbed off on him...

 

[SunZoo]

When white people say "all lives matter" it's usually in response to a person saying, "black lives matter", which sounds to me like your belittling the black persons plight. When AI says "ALM", people like OP and websites are gonna just go for the headline "Iverson says all lives matter" to get hits. He could've reworded what he said a different way in my opinion

nikka you are on the internet all day, so you know the jargon, not everybody does.

I understand that "all lives matter" originated as a response rather than an inclusion but do you honestly think that everybody who uses it is aware of that, especially celebrities?

You more worried about how he coulda "reworded" what he said to suit your lexicon instead of what was actually getting across. Unless you really feel like he's using "all lives matter" as a means to inflict harm or silence black folk the semantics shouldn't matter. Social media has killed off whatever semblance of EQ that people had if any in the last 10 years.

 

[SunZoo]

yes

How so?

*waits for a stupid fukking answer*

 

[Anerdyblackguy]

I think those white people showed him how much his "life" mattered in Virginia. You figured he would've learned from that.

 

[Primetime21]

If you actually read what he said he claims black lives matter and law enforcement is "part" of the problem.

Still misguided but not a purely white supremacist statement

I know a lot of these "he's cool cause he dance like us" bammas on here made you comfortable enough to speak about black Issues but this isnt your place to comment

 

[Black Lightning]

 

[Regular_P]

 

[NasirJr]

Allen hustlin

 

[KingBeez]

nikka you are on the internet all day, so you know the jargon, not everybody does.

I understand that "all lives matter" originated as a response rather than an inclusion but do you honestly think that everybody who uses it is aware of that, especially celebrities?

You more worried about how he coulda "reworded" what he said to suit your lexicon instead of what was actually getting across. Unless you really feel like he's using "all lives matter" as a means to inflict harm or silence black folk the semantics shouldn't matter. Social media has killed off whatever semblance of EQ that people had if any in the last 10 years.

Yes I do think celebrities are aware of how it's being used they're regular ass people like you and me that have down time and most likely keep up with the times. If he had enough insight to give his opinion on the matter, I bet he looked into it SOMEWHAT.

He doesn't have to suit my lexicon, but my thing was that I know somebody is gonna use his words of saying "all lives matter" and try to spin it like they do to everyone else. OP even did it in the title! Now go be mad at someone else

 

[ORDER_66]

I'm frankly disappointed if there was one man who I thought could sympathize with being judged based on how he stereotypically looks it'd be him. but I guess having white approval and staying on their good side he wanted to remain neutral but he'll learn sooner or later.... They always do.

EDIT: I just want to send a message to Iverson, these white people DONT love your ass, they didnt love your ghetto ass when you was in the league with your baggy sweats and oversized jeans They was gunning for your ass, They will still gun for you, educate yourself breh... :Udead:

 

[SunZoo]

Can we hear from black professors, lawyers, doctors or scientists? I don't want to hear athletes talk about serious issues like this.

Regardless of how well you think an athlete may articulate whatever message, they are visible, they are human and are being affected by it just as much as black lawyers, doctors or scientists are. Hearing from whoever on the subject is fine with me as long as you don't put the person on a pedestal like they are speaking for everybody. What black lawyer or doctor do you know with a platform comparable to Carmelo Anthony's? Maybe it should be the other way around in an ideal society but that's not the case.

It's funny how Richard Sherman was #blackexcellence until he decided to fall on the wrong side of the semantical argument. Before that he was giving cacs and c00ns work blah blah blah...now it's all ruined because of the slogan.

Yes I do think celebrities are aware of how it's being used they're regular ass people like you and me that have down time and most likely keep up with the times. If he had enough insight to give his opinion on the matter, I bet he looked into it SOMEWHAT.

He doesn't have to suit my lexicon, but my thing was that I know somebody is gonna use his words of saying "all lives matter" and try to spin it like they do to everyone else. OP even did it in the title! Now go be mad at someone else

I'm not mad at you breh, I'm just trying to get you to see how dumb it is to waffle back and forth about the hashtags. And I disagree with the idea that all these celebrities are up on the intricacies of social media jargon, which is where all of this started, especially a hood nikka like AI. It's regular ass people that read it like they read any other hashtag or tweet on the surface without knowing the back and forth.

As for OP, the title could have just as easily said "All Black lives matter" but you know...clickbait. Don't be mad at AI for that , be mad at the people who would rather focus on the slogan than the message to get views.

 

[philmonroe]

He lost connection with the hood because he said all lives matter?

You have to realize some cats are crabs and wait for something like this to happen so they can hate on someone with a "valid" reason. Cats too fickle acting like broads nowadays shyt is seriously sad from grown men.

 

[superunknown23]

Soon he'll start talking about "black-on-black crime" to excuse the police killings of innocent black males

 

[the cac mamba]

statement isnt very responsible