You could argue the phrase "black lives matter" doesn't have to refer to the political organization Black Lives Matter. AFAIK there are no political groups called Blue/All/White Lives Matter so if you're allowing BLM you have to allow the others.
That would've been the smart thing, there's social pressure vs saying all & especially saying white lives matter- some against blue lives matter too. Thus you wouldn't get many people willing to wear anything supporting that or "It's great to be straight" etc, and everyone would be afraid to call out people wearing BLM/LGBTQUIA2?+[Egyptian bird hieroglyph] gear.
So they would've gotten their desired result but would be shielded from criticism.
THERE CAN BE NO TOLERANCE FOR INTOLERANCE.
You could argue the phrase "black lives matter" doesn't have to refer to the political organization Black Lives Matter. AFAIK there are no political groups called Blue/All/White Lives Matter so if you're allowing BLM you have to allow the others.
That would've been the smart thing, there's social pressure vs saying all & especially saying white lives matter- some against blue lives matter too. Thus you wouldn't get many people willing to wear anything supporting that or "It's great to be straight" etc, and everyone would be afraid to call out people wearing BLM/LGBTQUIA2?+[Egyptian bird hieroglyph] gear.
So they would've gotten their desired result but would be shielded from criticism.