The Black Lives Matter Thread

[Taoboi]

HAHAHAHAHAHA

[Khan]

 

'Bout damn time! 

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[DRW50]

 

 

 

 

[victoria foxton]

 

  

[DRW50]

 

This is one of the best recent examples of the perils of Twitter trying to play Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew - two men were falsely accused, and one was doxxed. 

[DRW50]

 

[Soapsuds]

Btw if anyone didn't think Drew Brees wasn't a racist...I've got land to sell you. He's been a racist since his HS days.

[victoria foxton]

 

  

[Juliajms]

^ I'm torn between being terrified of the Covid spread these events will likely cause and happy that BLM has become such a huge movement. If only it had happened a year earlier.

[Faulkner]

Global K-pop sensation BTS and their Korean record label have donated $1 million to Black Lives Matter.

https://variety.com/2020/music/news/bts-big-hit-1-million-black-lives-matter-donation-1234627049/

[DRW50]

 

[Khan]

"They said they came with shotguns, rifles and pistols to protect their downtown businesses from outsiders. They had heard that antifa, paid by billionaire philanthropist George Soros, were being bused in from neighboring cities, hellbent on razing their idyllic town."

 

And just where did these people receive this unsubstantiated information?  They received it from the same place where residents of other small towns across the country are receiving it.  They received it...from Facebook.

 

Social media networks were supposed to bring us into the 21st century, and beyond.  Instead, they're taking us back to the Dark Ages.

[DRW50]

 

I agree. There is so much good social media should do, but I'm not sure that is even possible. 

 

Amber Ruffin's last video about police brutality.

 

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[Khan]

 

I think it is possible.  However, in order for social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram and Twitter to become a more useful tool in our daily lives, they need to put the needs and concerns of their users before their own wallets (and those of their advertisers and investors).

 

I don't care that Donald Trump is our current president, or that forty percent or so literally pray to him on a regular basis.  If the man disseminates false and dangerous information, or advocates violence against anyone, whether in this country or in another, then he and his account need to be sanctioned and/or taken down.  Same goes for anyone, regardless of political affiliation, who logs onto these sites and spreads garbage about bogus antifa uprisings, fake COVID-19 cures, anti-vaxxing "science" and everything else that has turned this nation into a intellectual and ideological wasteland.

 

There is freedom of speech that allows for the exchange of ideas, and then there is speech that just plain poses a danger to yourself and others.  It's that simple.

Edited June 7, 2020 by Khan

[Taoboi]

+ 1

 

 

My highlight this week still...and inspiration hit because I was really starting to fall into depression...was the kpop stans hijacking #whiteoutwednesday, #whitelivesmatter...with kpop clips, musics, wite out ads, and the like to keep BLM the focus...it was like a scene from HACKERS and motivated me to keep moving.