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Let me make it a little more clear: how about "All lives matter"?
That's just a "thought terminating cliche", like "it is what it is". Its intention is to end a conversation that the speaker doesn't want to have.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thought-terminating_clich%C3%A9
Created as a response to "Black Lives Matter", it means "I don't care about black lives because I am not black. Stop talking about them."
To prove this, just ask anyone who utters or displays that phrase the following question:
"What do you think about black people?"
And you think if this goes through, Amazon wouldn't also ban masks with that slogan on them?
Neither is political. One is a statement of identity and the other is against that identity.
"I exist" and "you should not exist" are not political opinions. They are existential ones.
"Black Lives Matter" is not a statement that merely means "I exist". It's a statement borne from a social/political movement, and it's disingenuous to suggest otherwise.