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Black Lives Matter; Martin O'Malley is Booed off Stage at Phoenix Convention

<p>Apparently it is now a crime to state that every life is important&comma; regardless of race or color&period; The increasingly popular social media movement Black Lives Matter is getting out of control&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This Saturday&comma; Democratic presidential hopeful and former Governor of Maryland Martin O&rsquo&semi;Malley attended the 2015 Netroots Nation convention in Phoenix&period; He spoke of income inequality and the criminal justice system with moderator and illegal alien Jose Antonio Vargas&period;&nbsp&semi;The liberal audience challenged O&rsquo&semi;Malley&rsquo&semi;s record as governor and mayor before interrupting him with cries of &ldquo&semi;black lives matter&period;&rdquo&semi;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>O&rsquo&semi;Malley&rsquo&semi;s response&comma; &ldquo&semi;Black lives matter&period; White lives matter&period; All lives matter&comma;&rdquo&semi; only made the situation worse&period; O&rsquo&semi;Malley&comma; along with fellow candidate Bernie Sanders&comma; was booed off the stage and forced to close the discussion&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>O&rsquo&semi;Malley apologized less than a day later with his metaphorical tail hanging between his legs&colon; &ldquo&semi;That was a mistake on my part and I meant no disrespect&period; I did not mean to be insensitive in any way of communities that I did not understand the tremendous passion&comma; commitment&comma; and feeling and depth of feeling that all of us should be attaching to this issue&period;&rdquo&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>What he really apologized for was insinuating that all lives&comma; both black and white&comma; are equally important&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Hillary Clinton fell into the same trap last month during a speech in which she said &ldquo&semi;all lives matter&period;&rdquo&semi; She was branded as racist&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>What began as a hash tag on Internet forums has evolved into a dangerous&comma; progressive left movement leaning towards the extreme&period; It is painfully obvious that Black Lives Matter does not consider all lives equal&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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