Collection of encouraging BLM posts from wrestlers, writers and more
If ever I wanted a year to get a fatal virus and die quickly it’d be 2020. I’m hard pressed to find much good that’s come out of (checks notes) this first six months (!) I try to keep LMF an escape from the very frustrating real world, but it’s pretty impossible right now.
I am finding encouragement reading and seeing comments from people trying to shed some light on the foolishness that’s gone on for far too long. Some I expected just because their previous actions didn’t need further vetting by posting about Black Lives Matter. I intentionally didn’t include a lot of posts from black actors/artists because they’ve been the voice of this movement for years and I really wanted to hear from others at this point.
“We are a physical representation of our support for George Floyd, Sandra Bland, Trayvon Martin. I don’t know if I’m going to have a career after this, but f*ck that.” @JohnBoyega delivers a passionate speech during the London protests. #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/3i3uXMkTXK
— The Playlist 🎬 (@ThePlaylist) June 3, 2020
Never been more proud of you, John. @JohnBoyega
❤️, dad https://t.co/XcXvBcblPG— Mark Hamill (@HamillHimself) June 3, 2020
So 4 years ago @RandiGloss of @GLOSSRAGS & I sat down about a project of making portraits of many of the people we've lost to police, state , White supremacy based violence & at the time I was trying to be more of curator & help her find artists to help make all these portraits.
— July (@julianlytle) June 3, 2020
Thx to your support we've expanded the @yourrightscamp legal defense initiative nationally to defend arrested Freedom Fighters. We're also working to file civil rights cases against police for their terroristic acts. Keep fighting back! https://t.co/rfMgwzGz65 #wegotus pic.twitter.com/dgryYFx8qo
— Colin Kaepernick (@Kaepernick7) June 3, 2020
I’m seeing this all across the country in video after video for a week. I wish more mainstream outlets would cover it. They won’t. They don’t. But we know. https://t.co/DbGXX9JslK
— Ava DuVernay (@ava) June 3, 2020
The murder of George Floyd was the result of inhumane police brutality that is perpetuated by a culture of white supremacy. https://t.co/YppGJKHkyN pic.twitter.com/YABzgQMf69
— Ben & Jerry's (@benandjerrys) June 2, 2020
All lives DO matter, but the point I was trying to make is that I finally realized that until #BlackLivesMatters, they can’t. Get it? https://t.co/KSf6VkMINq
— Randy Orton (@RandyOrton) May 29, 2020
"I'm not here to pretend to understand how black people feel. It's not my place to tell them how to react." – @CMPunk #WWEBackstage pic.twitter.com/GgWAPz4jkQ
— WWE on FOX (@WWEonFOX) June 3, 2020
Drew Brees couldn't even directly say he understood why Colin protested injustice nor that he understood the anger of many black americans. He just talked about what the flag means to him.
But he posted a black box on instagram like he did somethin. That's the issue. https://t.co/bUs3g8AW86
— Taylor Rooks (@TaylorRooks) June 3, 2020
I feel growing up reading comic books has helped me become a better adult. Lessons of fairness, equality, and having empathy for others were taught to me in this wonderful way. I thank God I had parents that were open enough to view comic books as positive things in my life.
— Jimmy BLACKLIVESMATTER Palmiotti (@jpalmiotti) June 3, 2020
The #TWDfamily is only a family if all members enjoy the same level of safety, security & prosperity. Let’s all do the work needed to open our eyes to injustice so we can turn this time of hate into a time of learning and hopefully, progress. #BLM https://t.co/7Ltw5gz5xX
— Robert Kirkman (@RobertKirkman) June 3, 2020
#BlackLivesMatter
I'm sad and angry and at a loss for words for everything that's happening across the country, and other people are saying it all better than me. So listen to them and give what you can to these:https://t.co/eM1KiIpscL
Ways to help: https://t.co/ufjUWnI90x— Joshua Williamson (@Williamson_Josh) May 31, 2020
Here's a list of Black-owned comic shops, too: https://t.co/MwHa4WxCw0
— Alex Segura (@alex_segura) June 3, 2020
If your elected official had “no comment” on what’s happened over the last 100hrs… your elected official is a punk-ass-coward and needs to find a new job.
— matthew lillard (@MatthewLillard) June 3, 2020
The sign of the first baptist church of Venice that Ben affleck and Ana de Armas are using to protest its because the church is being destroyed and it’s part of the black history
You can sign a petition: https://t.co/bNZkYReJZQ pic.twitter.com/xPXnFnzkcD
— eduardo (@ryansgosling) June 2, 2020
You purchased 2000 shirts in under 24 hours
Yet to do the calculations properly but that should clear a £20,000 donation
Gonna cap it there to make sure we can actually handle that many orders in one go
Myself @Tyler_Bate & @trentseven are blown away! Thank you. https://t.co/VzpR3CjZ6l
— Pete Dunne (@PeteDunneYxB) June 3, 2020
Surprised I haven’t gotten more of these responses. I stand by everything I said on the pod.
Lol you think those methods haven’t been tried. Gtfoh https://t.co/EVYRKlebUP
— Brian Peacock (@BDPeacock) June 2, 2020
How many of you learned of this brutal massacre in your HS history classes? Me neither. Part of overcoming racism is acknowledging its existence. Black Wall Street: The African American Haven That Burned and Then Rose From the Ashes https://t.co/WM7HlKPE7h via @ringer
— Steve Kerr (@SteveKerr) June 3, 2020
Always be more critical of the people upholding the racist system than the ones who are fighting against it.
— Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen) May 31, 2020
Seth Rogen Has A Message For Those Who Don’t Support Black Lives Matter: “Eat Sh*t And F*ck You” https://t.co/awfflhu8xp pic.twitter.com/JwD2w7Tul7
— The Playlist 🎬 (@ThePlaylist) June 2, 2020