Which one of 'those' people are you?

Every time you ascribe yourself to a slogan, hashtag, or movement, you always leave people wondering, "Are you one of 'those' people or are you one of 'those (with an eyeroll)' people."

I'm pretty vocally opposed to the economic lockdowns. I haven't used any of the "unlock humanity" slogans. I don't go out to protest because the only thing more useless than sitting alone at home in your underwear and watching Seinfeld reruns is protesting. If I were one of those people taking to the streets, I'd obviously expect people to wonder if I'm one of those people or one of THOSE people...you know, the kinds of people who are carrying signs about Auschwitz in support. I'd like to think that people would afford the benefit of the doubt; but, experience says otherwise.

To another important point, if you're posting Black Lives Matter around your profile picture, posting black squares on Instagram, and generally beating that drum, you have to understand that there are those people and there are THOSE people. I think that everyone should receive the benefit of the doubt; but, you can't take umbrage for having to field questions about where you actually stand within the movement.

If you're adopting that hashtag seeking justice for the likes of George Floyd, Breonna Tayor, and trying to fix police brutality, overcriminalizaton, I could go on, then you're fighting a good fight and the only issue that we may have would be semantical.

But, there's Black Lives Matter the organization, whose organizers have described themselves as "trained Marxists" have called for the abolition of private schools, and there's Yusra Khogali who referred to white people as "regressive genetic defects."

So, which one are you? A shorthand would be to keep "black lives matter" in lowercase if your goal is criminal justice reform and to capitalize it as you would a title if you actually want to destroy Western Civilization. Still, if you wanna jump on these slogans, you've gotta own some of the baggage that comes with it.