Last week “Black Lives Matter” protesters at Fourth and Pike shouted, “All night, all day, we’re gonna fight for Freddie Gray!” We posted a photo of the demonstration on our Instagram page (instagram.com/seattleweekly), prompting a wide range of reactions: “All lives matter! That’s the problem, thinking like one life is more important them the other” —@jonathan6381gifford •
“Is the fact that white lives matter in dispute? . . . That’s no different than the idiots that shout, ‘Straight Pride!’ or ‘White Pride!’ . . . Straight privilege and white privilege aren’t being challenged. Black lives are!” —@mrs_gill_rocks. •
“The horrendous animals instigating riots in Baltimore have absolutely NO justification. —@moonshinemily • “Many do not understand their own white privilege. . . . All lives are not treated equally in our system . . . ” —@watergirl253