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	In 2020 many issue-based ] emerged in ] across the United States supporting multiple ] ] commonly with a ] ].<ref name=NewYardSignDiscourse>{{Cite news\|last1=Kristian\|first1=Bonnie\|url=https://theweek.com/articles/928379/americas-new-yard-sign-discourse\|title=America's new yard sign discourse\|date=31 July 2020\|work=The Week}}</ref> Stemming from the original "Kindness is everything"<ref>{{Cite news\|last1=Bologna\|first1=Caroline\|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/kindness-is-everything-signs-promote-love-in-response-to-hate_n_587f9149e4b0c147f0bc1cf1?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000037&guccounter=1/\|title='Kindness Is Everything' Signs Promote Love In Response To Hate\|date=8 March 2017\|work=The Huffington Post}}</ref> sign with the introductory line “In this house, we believe:”<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://kristinjoiner.com/kindness-is-everything/\|title=Kindness is Everything\|first=Joiner\|last=Kristin\|website=kristinjoiner.com}}</ref> many ] begin more ] “We believe” after which a list of movements is ] often starting with Black Lives Matter. An even stack of colored lines of correlated phrases stand in vibrant contrast to one another against a black background.

	In big cities especially, ] political signs for the 2020 election were largely passed over in favor of ] signs.<ref name=NewYardSignDiscourse/> The Kindness is Everything sign originated as a white woman's show of opposition to ] on his first day in office.<ref>{{Cite news\|last1=Taylor\|first1=Chris\|url=https://mashable.com/article/in-this-house-we-believe-black-lives-matter-kindness-is-everything-sign/\|title=How one woman's yard sign became a rallying cry for allies\|date=16 June 2020\|work=Mashable}}</ref> One ] alone has sold thousands of BLM-themed signs to place in the yard and also provides messages to put on the car and on oneself.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.amazon.com/SignsOfJustice-We-Believe-Yard-Sign/dp/B06XQDXG63\|title=Signs of Justice We Believe Yard Sign, Weather Proof and Double Sided, Political Yard Sign with Stakes included, BLM Election 2020\|website=amazon.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.signsofjustice.com/collections/yard-signs/products/we-believe-yard-sign\|title=We Believe Yard Signs\|first=Jameesa\|last=Oakley\|website=signsofjustice.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news\|last1=Andrews\|first1=Kyle\|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/maryland/baltimore-county/cng-co-lana-hill-black-lives-matter-sign-20200729-yqbsu7jxmvdjpp6bfvvbxfcmty-story.html\|title=Springdale resident Lana Hill replaces stolen Black Lives Matter sign, neighbors in Cockeysville neighborhood show support\|date=29 July 2020\|work=The Baltimore Sun}}</ref> The black background of a We Believe sign along with Black Lives Matter being prominently listed across almost every variation makes it an ideal vehicle to advance other ] movements with Black Lives Matter but the actual end result may not be unity as hoped.<ref>{{Cite news\|last1=Manning\|first1=Hadley\|url=https://www.denverpost.com/2020/09/07/guest-commentary-social-justice-yard-sign-blm-immigration/\|title=Guest Commentary: Your social justice yard sign contributes to division, not discourse\|date=7 September 2020\|work=The Denver Post}}</ref>

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	As an alternative to social justice,<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.heritage.org/poverty-and-inequality/report/social-justice-not-what-you-think-it\|title=Social Justice: Not What You Think It Is\|first=Novak\|last=Michael\|website=www.heritage.org}}</ref> one Black Lives Matter-themed sign proposes historically unifying solutions to address the same issues as the We Believe sign.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51877.Capitalism_and_Freedom\|title=Capitalism and Freedom\|first=Milton\|last=Friedman\|website=goodreads.com}}</ref> It has the introductory line “We strive to” after which a list of words combined from the ] and the ] are enumerated in lines of the same color for comparison with the We Believe sign, starting with Secure Life.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.allarecreatedequal.org/\|title=We Strive to Secure Life, Secure Liberty, Respect Family Unit, Reward Individual Merit, Trust in God, Secure Property, and Seek Justice with Due Process of Law.\|website=www.allarecreatedequal.org}}</ref> While this ] iteration gives both sides hope of actually resolving these issues, the end result of the Constitution solution is not guaranteed to be a balanced ].<ref>{{Cite news\|last1=Rosen\|first1=Jeffrey\|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/09/constitutions-future-hanging-balance/598636/\|title=The Fourth Battle for the Constitution\|date=25 September 2019\|work=The Atlantic}}</ref>

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