This is something I didn't intend to post.

[darb72]

I think the KKK has had ample time and space in which they have proven who they are. We know what their beginnings are and where they have come from and been.
There's a lot of misinformation about BlackLivesMatter. The video you posted is exhibit A, where they're taking the fringes, people misappropriating the hashtag, and pretending that's what it is about. It's not.

You're really not going to like what I just posted.

I'm going to give a history lesson that a lot of folks don't know. There were/are two incarnations of the KKK. The first started in Polaski, Tennessee and was founded right after the War of Northern Aggression. Basically it was a gentleman's club that included black guys. They'd go around drinking and scaring Yankees. The second incarnation was formed in Cullman County. Yes, that Cullman County. That's the rollicking fun loving group we all know today.

See, the crazy people take over a movement. It always happens. It's happening now with BLM.

If you want we can talk about how the statistics BLM uses are crap. I got time.

[darb72]

There's a show called RWBY that ties into this conversation. My wife and son love it so I've seen a few episodes. It's on Rooster Teeth. Since there's not much of a plot, spoilers aren't really an issue.

One of the main characters, Blake is a human/animal hybrid called a faunus. When she was younger she belonged to a group called the White Fang. Originally the White Fang was a group of faunus who used peaceful means to draw attention to their plight. When the first leader died, another man took over. Things changed. The White Fang started burning stores of places that wouldn't serve faunus, becoming more and more violent as the movement gained momentum.

That is a nearly perfect example of BLM. And also why one should never, ever use a scapegoat. Look for the root of the problem and change that.

[blah3]

What about Beyonce's halftime show?

Beyonce issued a strong political statement with her halftime show at Super Bowl 50 on Sunday with backing dancers dressed as members of armed rights group the Black Panthers.

The superstar brought the dancers on for her new single Formation which is being widely touted as a rallying cry for the Black Lives Matter movement.

At one point during the song, the supporting performers formed an 'X' on the field - thought to reference black rights campaigner Malcolm X - and then raised their arms in the air in a gesture referencing the black power salute by Tommie Smith and John Carlos at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics.

Following the show, several of the dancers were pictured giving the same salute around a piece of paper that reads 'justice 4 Mario Woods' - a black man shot dead by police in San Francisco last December. Afterwards Beyonce said that she 'wanted people to have love for themselves'.

Woods was filmed being shot to death by around a dozen armed police officers in San Francisco after apparently ignoring orders to drop a knife in December last year.

Woods was accused of stabbing a man around an hour earlier, but activists hit out at the shooting, saying there were likely other ways to subdue Woods without opening fire, since he wasn't armed with a gun.

At the time Police Chief Greg Suhr said his department and San Francisco district attorney's office would investigate the shootings.

The dancers, dressed head-to-toe in black, also donned the signature black beret of the political group that operated during the Sixties and Seventies.
THE BLACK PANTHERS

Central to the black power movement of the Sixties and Seventies, the Black Panthers were an armed group once dubbed 'the greatest threat to the security of the country' by FBI chief Hoover.

The group was founded in 1966 by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale in Oakland, California, close to where theSuper Bowl is being played.

Following the teachings of men like Malcolm X, they advocated the use of force to prevent the oppression of black people in America.

They were also a socialist organization, believing in unity between the working classes that overlooked gender and race.

Beyonce was widely expected to make a political statement during the halftime show which was headlined by Coldplay and also featured Bruno Mars.

Anticipation had been building for her performance after she unexpectedly dropped the music video for the song on Saturday.

The video, the most political Beyonce has released, showed scenes of white police lining up against a black teenager and graffiti that reads 'stop shooting us'.

Another part of the video shows Beyonce in a flooded New Orleans, recalling scenes after Hurricane Katrina in which George Bush was accused of 'not caring about black people' by rapper Kanye West after relief was slow in reaching the area.

Within minutes of the video's release, Twitter was awash with reactions to the fiercely political lyrics and scenes - and a cameo role from the singer's four-year-old daughter with Jay Z, Blue Ivy.

Several fans hit out at Beyonce over the music video and advocated boycotting the Super Bowl, accusing her of spreading an anti-cop message which only serves to further divide communities.

Writing on the singer's Facebook page yesterday, Kristen Wickham said: 'As the wife of a police officer, I am offended by this entire video. Rise above and stay above the strife.

'For a girl who grew up in a privileged, wealthy family, she has no business pandering to those who didn't. She has no idea what struggle is.

'I have unliked you and your husband's pages, deleted all of your songs from my collection and will never buy another thing associated with either of you.'

Meanwhile Rebekah Simpson added: 'Planning to boycott the Super Bowl Halftime show. All Lives Matter! I am offended by your song "Formation" and its implication that there is a vast conspiracy in law enforcement against a particular race.

'It is just not so. My husband puts his life on the line for ALL citizens. Do you kiss your loved one good bye each day knowing that there is a high probability that he may not return that evening? The officers that I know serve the community with honor and integrity. I salute them.'

Following her Super Bowl performance on Sunday night Twitter was again filled with people supporting Beyonce, claiming she had given a 'history lesson' to viewers.

Beyonce spoke afterwards of how thrilling it was to perform at the Super Bowl.

She told ET online that it 'felt great' to perform Formation. She added: 'I wanted people to feel proud and have love for themselves.'

The Black Panthers were an infamous armed group that was founded in Oakland in 1966, close to where the Super Bowl is being played this evening, and operated during the Sixties and Seventies.

The group, once dubbed 'the greatest threat to the internal security of the country' by FBI director J Edgar Hoover, was formed in 1966 to combat oppression of black people in the U.S.

While previous civil rights activists such as Martin Luther King had advocated a policy of non-violence, the Panthers supported the use of force in order to hit at authorities and protect members.

Malcolm X, born Malcolm Little, was sent to prison in 1946 for larceny and breaking and entering after a life of petty crime and trouble with the law.

But once in prison he discovered Islam and joined the Lost-Found Nation of Islam, dropping his 'slave' last name and adopting the letter 'X', symbolic of a stolen identity, in its place.

After he was paroled from prison in 1952 Malcolm X went on to challenge the mainstream non-violent civil rights movement of Martin Luther King Jr.

Instead he called on his followers to defend themselves from white aggression 'by any means necessary', and advocated black rifle clubs.

His fundamental belief, taken from the teachings of Elijah Muhammad, was that the white man was the devil, and that blacks could never live in harmony with whites.

His autobiography, and numerous public speeches, formed the basis for the black power movement which gained popularity in the 1960s and 1970s.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...Malcolm-X.html

[wickedsolo]

Interesting. I guess I wasn't paying that much attention to the halftime show. I don't particularly care for her music, so I'm just not familiar with that song.

I'm surprised the NFL authorized that.


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[lovefootball]

Beyonce issued a strong political statement with her halftime show at Super Bowl 50 on Sunday with backing dancers dressed as members of armed rights group the Black Panthers.

The superstar brought the dancers on for her new single Formation which is being widely touted as a rallying cry for the Black Lives Matter movement.

At one point during the song, the supporting performers formed an 'X' on the field - thought to reference black rights campaigner Malcolm X - and then raised their arms in the air in a gesture referencing the black power salute by Tommie Smith and John Carlos at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics.

Following the show, several of the dancers were pictured giving the same salute around a piece of paper that reads 'justice 4 Mario Woods' - a black man shot dead by police in San Francisco last December. Afterwards Beyonce said that she 'wanted people to have love for themselves'.

Woods was filmed being shot to death by around a dozen armed police officers in San Francisco after apparently ignoring orders to drop a knife in December last year.

Woods was accused of stabbing a man around an hour earlier, but activists hit out at the shooting, saying there were likely other ways to subdue Woods without opening fire, since he wasn't armed with a gun.

At the time Police Chief Greg Suhr said his department and San Francisco district attorney's office would investigate the shootings.

The dancers, dressed head-to-toe in black, also donned the signature black beret of the political group that operated during the Sixties and Seventies.
THE BLACK PANTHERS

Central to the black power movement of the Sixties and Seventies, the Black Panthers were an armed group once dubbed 'the greatest threat to the security of the country' by FBI chief Hoover.

The group was founded in 1966 by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale in Oakland, California, close to where theSuper Bowl is being played.

Following the teachings of men like Malcolm X, they advocated the use of force to prevent the oppression of black people in America.

They were also a socialist organization, believing in unity between the working classes that overlooked gender and race.

Beyonce was widely expected to make a political statement during the halftime show which was headlined by Coldplay and also featured Bruno Mars.

Anticipation had been building for her performance after she unexpectedly dropped the music video for the song on Saturday.

The video, the most political Beyonce has released, showed scenes of white police lining up against a black teenager and graffiti that reads 'stop shooting us'.

Another part of the video shows Beyonce in a flooded New Orleans, recalling scenes after Hurricane Katrina in which George Bush was accused of 'not caring about black people' by rapper Kanye West after relief was slow in reaching the area.

Within minutes of the video's release, Twitter was awash with reactions to the fiercely political lyrics and scenes - and a cameo role from the singer's four-year-old daughter with Jay Z, Blue Ivy.

Several fans hit out at Beyonce over the music video and advocated boycotting the Super Bowl, accusing her of spreading an anti-cop message which only serves to further divide communities.

Writing on the singer's Facebook page yesterday, Kristen Wickham said: 'As the wife of a police officer, I am offended by this entire video. Rise above and stay above the strife.

'For a girl who grew up in a privileged, wealthy family, she has no business pandering to those who didn't. She has no idea what struggle is.

'I have unliked you and your husband's pages, deleted all of your songs from my collection and will never buy another thing associated with either of you.'

Meanwhile Rebekah Simpson added: 'Planning to boycott the Super Bowl Halftime show. All Lives Matter! I am offended by your song "Formation" and its implication that there is a vast conspiracy in law enforcement against a particular race.

'It is just not so. My husband puts his life on the line for ALL citizens. Do you kiss your loved one good bye each day knowing that there is a high probability that he may not return that evening? The officers that I know serve the community with honor and integrity. I salute them.'

Following her Super Bowl performance on Sunday night Twitter was again filled with people supporting Beyonce, claiming she had given a 'history lesson' to viewers.

Beyonce spoke afterwards of how thrilling it was to perform at the Super Bowl.

She told ET online that it 'felt great' to perform Formation. She added: 'I wanted people to feel proud and have love for themselves.'

The Black Panthers were an infamous armed group that was founded in Oakland in 1966, close to where the Super Bowl is being played this evening, and operated during the Sixties and Seventies.

The group, once dubbed 'the greatest threat to the internal security of the country' by FBI director J Edgar Hoover, was formed in 1966 to combat oppression of black people in the U.S.

While previous civil rights activists such as Martin Luther King had advocated a policy of non-violence, the Panthers supported the use of force in order to hit at authorities and protect members.

Malcolm X, born Malcolm Little, was sent to prison in 1946 for larceny and breaking and entering after a life of petty crime and trouble with the law.

But once in prison he discovered Islam and joined the Lost-Found Nation of Islam, dropping his 'slave' last name and adopting the letter 'X', symbolic of a stolen identity, in its place.

After he was paroled from prison in 1952 Malcolm X went on to challenge the mainstream non-violent civil rights movement of Martin Luther King Jr.

Instead he called on his followers to defend themselves from white aggression 'by any means necessary', and advocated black rifle clubs.

His fundamental belief, taken from the teachings of Elijah Muhammad, was that the white man was the devil, and that blacks could never live in harmony with whites.

His autobiography, and numerous public speeches, formed the basis for the black power movement which gained popularity in the 1960s and 1970s.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...Malcolm-X.html

Great job on this post.

Funny thing about the performance to me is, if you weren't invested in the race problems, good chance many folks enjoyed the half time show. Because it was suppose to entertain the fans and other viewers. LOL.

But if you were invested, you were either offended or happy with it. LMAO

NFL got the wool pulled over their eyes Sunday, says a lot about them having total control with it. Wonder how they respond, does beyonce get black balled from the nfl? LOL

Funny thing to me about the whole thing, select groups want to do away with statues and flags concerning the civil war. But it's alright to evoke the memories of black panthers and other involved with hatred. Double standard to me, SMH.

On a side note, having their daughter in a skanky video tells me something else too. How sad.


Wonder why we can't all just get along.

[PGCountyRaven85]

Hmmm, the controversy over the Beyonce performance seem like a bunch of fake outrage to me, but people are always looking for something to get offended about. That's America in 2016. Smh.

[NCRAVEN]

Hmmm, the controversy over the Beyonce performance seem like a bunch of fake outrage to me, but people are always looking for something to get offended about. That's America in 2016. Smh.

I'm not outraged, or offended. I just think she's a dipshit for doing what she did.

[lovefootball]

I think it was interesting to say the least. Pretty interesting to come up with the song, outfits and formations they used. The sign supporting some one shot recently was pulling the trigger on what they wanted to accomplished. Not something they put together overnight, LMAO.

The fact the nfl was clueless shows they haven't anybody on their staff that's current with what's been happening in America. They practiced that routine so someone from the NFL should have seen it and had questions.

Had beyonce showed cleavage, it would have caught the nfl censors attention, LOL.

[darb72]

Hmmm, the controversy over the Beyonce performance seem like a bunch of fake outrage to me, but people are always looking for something to get offended about. That's America in 2016. Smh.

I'm not offended. I just think showing support for terrorist organizations makes her a dipshit.

[darb72]

Beyonce issued a strong political statement with her halftime show at Super Bowl 50 on Sunday with backing dancers dressed as members of armed rights group the Black Panthers.

The superstar brought the dancers on for her new single Formation which is being widely touted as a rallying cry for the Black Lives Matter movement.

At one point during the song, the supporting performers formed an 'X' on the field - thought to reference black rights campaigner Malcolm X - and then raised their arms in the air in a gesture referencing the black power salute by Tommie Smith and John Carlos at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics.

Following the show, several of the dancers were pictured giving the same salute around a piece of paper that reads 'justice 4 Mario Woods' - a black man shot dead by police in San Francisco last December. Afterwards Beyonce said that she 'wanted people to have love for themselves'.

Woods was filmed being shot to death by around a dozen armed police officers in San Francisco after apparently ignoring orders to drop a knife in December last year.

Woods was accused of stabbing a man around an hour earlier, but activists hit out at the shooting, saying there were likely other ways to subdue Woods without opening fire, since he wasn't armed with a gun.

At the time Police Chief Greg Suhr said his department and San Francisco district attorney's office would investigate the shootings.

The dancers, dressed head-to-toe in black, also donned the signature black beret of the political group that operated during the Sixties and Seventies.
THE BLACK PANTHERS

Central to the black power movement of the Sixties and Seventies, the Black Panthers were an armed group once dubbed 'the greatest threat to the security of the country' by FBI chief Hoover.

The group was founded in 1966 by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale in Oakland, California, close to where theSuper Bowl is being played.

Following the teachings of men like Malcolm X, they advocated the use of force to prevent the oppression of black people in America.

They were also a socialist organization, believing in unity between the working classes that overlooked gender and race.

Beyonce was widely expected to make a political statement during the halftime show which was headlined by Coldplay and also featured Bruno Mars.

Anticipation had been building for her performance after she unexpectedly dropped the music video for the song on Saturday.

The video, the most political Beyonce has released, showed scenes of white police lining up against a black teenager and graffiti that reads 'stop shooting us'.

Another part of the video shows Beyonce in a flooded New Orleans, recalling scenes after Hurricane Katrina in which George Bush was accused of 'not caring about black people' by rapper Kanye West after relief was slow in reaching the area.

Within minutes of the video's release, Twitter was awash with reactions to the fiercely political lyrics and scenes - and a cameo role from the singer's four-year-old daughter with Jay Z, Blue Ivy.

Several fans hit out at Beyonce over the music video and advocated boycotting the Super Bowl, accusing her of spreading an anti-cop message which only serves to further divide communities.

Writing on the singer's Facebook page yesterday, Kristen Wickham said: 'As the wife of a police officer, I am offended by this entire video. Rise above and stay above the strife.

'For a girl who grew up in a privileged, wealthy family, she has no business pandering to those who didn't. She has no idea what struggle is.

'I have unliked you and your husband's pages, deleted all of your songs from my collection and will never buy another thing associated with either of you.'

Meanwhile Rebekah Simpson added: 'Planning to boycott the Super Bowl Halftime show. All Lives Matter! I am offended by your song "Formation" and its implication that there is a vast conspiracy in law enforcement against a particular race.

'It is just not so. My husband puts his life on the line for ALL citizens. Do you kiss your loved one good bye each day knowing that there is a high probability that he may not return that evening? The officers that I know serve the community with honor and integrity. I salute them.'

Following her Super Bowl performance on Sunday night Twitter was again filled with people supporting Beyonce, claiming she had given a 'history lesson' to viewers.

Beyonce spoke afterwards of how thrilling it was to perform at the Super Bowl.

She told ET online that it 'felt great' to perform Formation. She added: 'I wanted people to feel proud and have love for themselves.'

The Black Panthers were an infamous armed group that was founded in Oakland in 1966, close to where the Super Bowl is being played this evening, and operated during the Sixties and Seventies.

The group, once dubbed 'the greatest threat to the internal security of the country' by FBI director J Edgar Hoover, was formed in 1966 to combat oppression of black people in the U.S.

While previous civil rights activists such as Martin Luther King had advocated a policy of non-violence, the Panthers supported the use of force in order to hit at authorities and protect members.

Malcolm X, born Malcolm Little, was sent to prison in 1946 for larceny and breaking and entering after a life of petty crime and trouble with the law.

But once in prison he discovered Islam and joined the Lost-Found Nation of Islam, dropping his 'slave' last name and adopting the letter 'X', symbolic of a stolen identity, in its place.

After he was paroled from prison in 1952 Malcolm X went on to challenge the mainstream non-violent civil rights movement of Martin Luther King Jr.

Instead he called on his followers to defend themselves from white aggression 'by any means necessary', and advocated black rifle clubs.

His fundamental belief, taken from the teachings of Elijah Muhammad, was that the white man was the devil, and that blacks could never live in harmony with whites.

His autobiography, and numerous public speeches, formed the basis for the black power movement which gained popularity in the 1960s and 1970s.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...Malcolm-X.html

Isn't it so much better when we work together instead of fighting over me being too mean to some students?

[JimZipCode]

... and a "social movement" whose sole ideology is that white people shouldn't defend themselves if attacked by a black person

That's retarded, but it's always interesting to hear what additional unspoken word people add to "Black Lives Matter". I always heard a "too" appended onto the end: "Black Lives Matter <em>too</em>". I think most people hear a "too": it's pretty obvious.

But it is a fact that many morons infer an "only" prepended at the beginning: "<em>only</em> Black Lives Matter". Seems to me you have to make a deliberate effort to misinterpret that badly -- it's real disingenuous, esp given the context where the hashtag originated -- but I guess we're supposed to take it seriously.








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[JimZipCode]

...but you had better provide proof.

I love how you shift the burden of proof. Nice work.


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