Jerry Rice....who got to him? :ohhh:

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If he's saying he didn't know BLM existed...I don't believe him.

If he's saying he didn't know All Lives Matter is a racist counter to BLM...I don't believe him.

I'm not gonna go crazy and call him a c00n, I think he clearly wants to move away from the previous tweet, but I still don't believe he hasn't turned on a tv/read a paper/talked to another sole in the past 2-3 years. BLM is way more than a social media hashtag, and all the all lives matter stuff has been clearly established by anyone paying a minutiae of attention that it was a racist counter to try to shut black people up about the issues.
BLM is primarily a social media phenomemom.

Theyve yet to develop into an organization that speaks to the mainstream. Their lack of structure allows the media to errantly speak for them, which they often get wrong.

This is not an organized interest group, which is one of their major flaws
 

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I salute anyone that can man up and acknowledge they fukked up rather than doubling down or just trying to act like it didnt' happen.

That said, I've been noticing that a rather McCartheyist vibe around "All Lives Matter". The phrase itself is true and rather innocuous however since idiots have used it to go against it's actual meaning in order to service their agenda (much like Christianity and Islam and the founding ideals of this country among many other things) it's become this "gotcha" game where the moment a person says "All Lives Matter" it's :ufdup: "we got another one :ahh:". Anybody can say anything, it's what they actually do that matters. If you say "Black Lives Matter" but you don't take care of your black kids or you are actively harming other black folks what does that really mean? Conversely if you say "All Lives Matter" but you actually live up to what that should mean does that really mean you are a c00n? People give too much power to statements, especially those that lack full context.
 

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Happy he came out and apologized...he didn't have to at all and could have gone on with his life.

:salute:
 

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Exactly. He clearly states that he didn't know.

Dudes that are upset are those "I was woke first" types who have no real interest in accepting folks who see the light
He may be saying that but it's far from "clear".
Seeing as he's made foolish statements before someone could easily interpret as he wasn't aware of BLM at all
 

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How could Jerry Rice:old: be Unaware about Black Lives Matter (not the movement) to begin with:jbhmm:
 

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I salute anyone that can man up and acknowledge they fukked up rather than doubling down or just trying to act like it didnt' happen.

That said, I've been noticing that a rather McCartheyist vibe around "All Lives Matter". The phrase itself is true and rather innocuous however since idiots have used it to go against it's actual meaning in order to service their agenda (much like Christianity and Islam and the founding ideals of this country among many other things) it's become this "gotcha" game where the moment a person says "All Lives Matter" it's :ufdup: "we got another one :ahh:". Anybody can say anything, it's what they actually do that matters. If you say "Black Lives Matter" but you don't take care of your black kids or you are actively harming other black folks what does that really mean? Conversely if you say "All Lives Matter" but you actually live up to what that should mean does that really mean you are a c00n? People give too much power to statements, especially those that lack full context.

Well said.:obama:


I would have thought Jerry Rice called BLM supporters racial slur the way he had to apologize for saying All Lives Matter. I can believe Jerry Rice is uninformed on current social issues though, too bad no one will appreciate his apology like they appreciate c00n shaming him.
 

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I'm glad he apologized but y'all are quick to :cape: for Jerry though. And this isn't some competition about being woke either. He could've Googled what was really happening. Jerry isn't that old

But....he did possibly do that. This is a guy who pulled out the 1990s rodney king "why can't we all just get along" quotes. He was out of step from jump...but hes here now and you're still on a not fast ebougn race pointing out the speed by which info is available on Google.
 
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