Donald Trump with another tangible: Black Lives Matter mural to be stripped down in Washington DC.

[Unbothered]

Regardless of how you feel about the BLM movement and its leaders, that's not the point.

The phrase and literal words of “Black Lives Matter” alone are what's big here; those words alone made much of America uncomfortable, and throughout America's history for much of its existence, Black people didn't matter so just saying those 3 words was a big statement that consciously made cacs and most of America uncomfortable because it challenged the status quo and systematic racism embedded in America's foundation.

Cacs and America itself, for the longest, have never cared about the lives of Black people and considered them to be expandable; those 3 words were equivalent to holding up a Black Power fist; it's a powerful political and social statement in itself.

 

[Pull Up the Roots]

That wasn’t a movement for FBA. They used the term black to garnish sympathy then push lgbtq rights. You saw how the founders of that group was mishandling funds and all that. They didn’t donate any of the money to causes that affect FBA they just pushed that alternative lifestyle under the guise of helping FBA. They always using us to piggyback their struggles but don’t share the $.

This claim is complete bullshyt. The national BLM Global Network Foundation did have financial mismanagement issues, but local chapters were some of the first to call them out, and distance themselves, long before right-wing grifters weaponized the scandal. Matter of fact, a collection of local chapters publicly condemned them for hoarding donations instead of supporting on-the-ground activism.

What really happened is that local chapters, led by grassroots activists, have always been the ones doing the real work, like fighting police brutality, providing mutual aid, and advocating for Black communities. But the national chapter was put in the spotlight and co-opted by big money interests, likely to undermine the movement. They got lucky that morally bankrupt people like Patrisse Cullors were in charge. She hoarded power and tried to centralize the movement. But it was always meant to be decentralized, with on-the-ground activism as its foundation, but bad actors muscled in and took control.

The idea that they were some kind of LGBTQ front is just a pathetic attempt to discredit a movement that has always been about protecting Black lives - ALL OF THEM. Nobody "piggybacked" off anything. Sick of you idiots saying this bullshyt. Black queer activists have always been part of the fight for racial justice, because they are Black and affected too. Meanwhile, the people pushing these FBA talking points are the same ones who do nothing for Black communities but sit online, whine and worship a fraud with a bad hairline. He's no different from Patrisse Cullors when you think about it.

 

[tuckgod]

Oh no

 

[Yagirlcheatinonus]

This claim is complete bullshyt. The national BLM Global Network Foundation did have financial mismanagement issues, but local chapters were some of the first to call them out, and distance themselves, long before right-wing grifters weaponized the scandal. Matter of fact, a collection of local chapters publicly condemned them for hoarding donations instead of supporting on-the-ground activism.

What really happened is that local chapters, led by grassroots activists, have always been the ones doing the real work, like fighting police brutality, providing mutual aid, and advocating for Black communities. But the national chapter was put in the spotlight and co-opted by big money interests, likely to undermine the movement. They got lucky that morally bankrupt people like Patrisse Cullors were in charge. She hoarded power and tried to centralize the movement. But it was always meant to be decentralized, with on-the-ground activism as its foundation, but bad actors muscled in and took control.

The idea that they were some kind of LGBTQ front is just a pathetic attempt to discredit a movement that has always been about protecting Black lives - ALL OF THEM. Nobody "piggybacked" off anything. Sick of you idiots saying this bullshyt. Black queer activists have always been part of the fight for racial justice, because they are Black and affected too. Meanwhile, the people pushing these FBA talking points are the same ones who do nothing for Black communities but sit online, whine and worship a fraud with a bad hairline. He's no different from Patrisse Cullors when you think about it.

You know what I’m not involved in the local chapters I don’t personally know. All I know is after BLM black became the face of gay, transgenderism, and feminism. I understand the slogan is strong no doubt the fundamentals that were being pushed using a black face was not needed. Don’t use our struggle then you turn on the tv you see gay as a representation for the movement.

Now all of a sudden they hijack the movement push their agendas now they teaching that stuff to the children and it’s wrong. We are trying to raise families we teaching them one way at home then they get to school this stuff in the schools. They was promoting sex change and all that. Not to mention if Kamala was elected she was trying to do something for the inmates on the taxpayers. O no they alway hijack the movement.

 

[MoshpitMazi]

Not to mention if Kamala was elected she was trying to do something for the inmates on the taxpayers. O no they alway hijack the movement.

I don't know how yall on this site think we can have a real country where people like this affect elections and who we vote for. This shyt is disgraceful

 

[BuckFilly]

That wasn’t a movement for FBA. They used the term black to garnish sympathy then push lgbtq rights. You saw how the founders of that group was mishandling funds and all that. They didn’t donate any of the money to causes that affect FBA they just pushed that alternative lifestyle under the guise of helping FBA. They always using us to piggyback their struggles but don’t share the $.

 

[Ozymandeas]

If you think he is doing this for any other reason other than it showing black unity in his mind then you're a fukking fool

Alot of people are fukking fools though breh

 

[Pull Up the Roots]

You know what I’m not involved in the local chapters I don’t personally know. All I know is after BLM black became the face of gay, transgenderism, and feminism. I understand the slogan is strong no doubt the fundamentals that were being pushed using a black face was not needed. Don’t use our struggle then you turn on the tv you see gay as a representation for the movement.

Now all of a sudden they hijack the movement push their agendas now they teaching that stuff to the children and it’s wrong. We are trying to raise families we teaching them one way at home then they get to school this stuff in the schools. They was promoting sex change and all that. Not to mention if Kamala was elected she was trying to do something for the inmates on the taxpayers. O no they alway hijack the movement.

A show of solidarity isn't the same as a movement being "hijacked." Black queer people have always been part of the fight for racial justice because they're Black and face the same systemic issues, only their struggles are often doubled or tripled. If they show up for a movement that affects them, that doesn't mean they've taken it over. That's just reality. And if a movement recognizes the other struggles they face, it's not "pushing an agenda." It's acknowledging the full scope of oppression Black people experience. Again, it is support for ALL BLACK PEOPLE, even the ones you think should be discarded due to your own bigotry.

Posting a video of a march and saying, "See? Look at that! The gays took over!" as if solidarity is some kind of conspiracy is just grasping for reasons to be mad instead of engaging with reality. That's not an argument, it's just reactionary outrage.

It seems the real issue isn't really so much about BLM, but the fact that you've bought into the far-right culture war narrative. The whole "they hijacked it to push their agenda" bullshyt is straight out of the conservative playbook, and designed to get Black people mad at each other instead of the real enemies of Black progress. They push this narrative to divide, just like they did with the civil rights movement, when they tried to separate "respectable" Black people from the scary "radicals."

And let's be honest for once, this whole "think of the children" moral panic is just recycled hysteria. None of that has anything to do with BLM. If you actually cared about what's being taught in schools, you'd be talking about the erasure of Black history, the destruction of grants and programs that help Black students, and so on, not fearmongering like a Fox News segment.

Your point about Kamala just exposed what this is really about, why you're intentionally missing the big picture and why you're hesitant to criticize Trump. You're just looking for an excuse to discredit anything that doesn't fit into your culture war narrative.

 

[TEH]

That wasn’t a movement for FBA. They used the term black to garnish sympathy then push lgbtq rights. You saw how the founders of that group was mishandling funds and all that. They didn’t donate any of the money to causes that affect FBA they just pushed that alternative lifestyle under the guise of helping FBA. They always using us to piggyback their struggles but don’t share the $.

You missed the point, to these crackers BLM = all Black people everywhere regardless of origin or creed but particularly Black Americans and who they think we are and please tell me you’re not stanning Tariq because low key that makes you look as crazy as a bum with his dikk his hand.