Originally posted by Bill the Cat
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It would be like during the slavery era when challenged to speak on slavery saying "the lives of the black slaves matter, oh but also the lives of the white slave-owners matter and we should consider them equally". But when one group is not being treated equally and is being actively oppressed by another group, trying to be neutral misses the point and comes across as unsympathetic to the suffering of the oppressed.
Mouthing vague and generic platitudes to try and please everyone in typical politician fashion while doing nothing about the problem is equally problematic. And that's what the group was booing here. They wanted some very specific things said and addressed, and frankly I think both candidates were silly not to say those specific things and address those specific things and instead go the route of trying to mouth some vague platitudes in order to try and be politically acceptable to everyone.
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