The music industry-backed “Black Out Tuesday” campaign to show fealty to the Black Lives Matter agenda and support amid the death of George Floyd is backfiring as many left-wing activists take to social media to scold the “tone deaf” effort that even CNN warns could be “doing more harm than good.”
To show support for the Black Lives Matters movement, social media users began sharing images of black squares across the #BlackLivesMatter and #BLM hashtags on multiple platforms, in many cases preventing information about protests and organizational donations from being seen.
The music industry-backed “Black Out Tuesday” campaign to show fealty to the Black Lives Matter agenda and support amid the death of George Floyd is backfiring as many left-wing activists take to social media to scold the “tone deaf” effort that even CNN warns could be “doing more harm than good.”
Hollywood celebrities are showing their solidarity with protestors by spreading #BlackOutTuesday — a social media hashtag that originated as a music industry initiative to give record label employees the day off but that has since metamorphosed into a generic virtue signal.
NEW YORK — The music industry is planning to turn off the music and hold a day to reflect and implement change in response to the death of George Floyd and the killings of other black people.
Canadian rap superstar Drake donated $100,000 to the National Bail Out fund on Monday, which seeks to help pay the bonds of people arrested across America as protests in response to the death of George Floyd in police custody have devolved into riots and mass looting.
Left-wing actor and comedian Seth Rogen launched a profanity filled rant at his followers who disagreed with his support for the anti-police Black Lives Matter movement, urging them to unfollow him and even telling them they don’t “deserve” his movies.
Actor and comedian Jamie Foxx joined a “kneel in” in front of City Hall in San Francisco on Monday and said Hollywood celebrities should come out on the streets to support protesters in response to the death last week of George Floyd.
Monday on Fox News Channel’s “Special Report,” BET Founder Robert Johnson defended his proposal for a $14.7 trillion reparations payout by the federal government.
Luxury brands across American cities are taking a hit these days, literally, as riots and looting rages on in the wake of the police involved death of George Floyd.
Hollywood celebrities experienced a collective meltdown on Monday following President Donald Trump’s address to the nation in which he called for national healing while also vowing to deploy the U.S. military against Antifa and other violent protestors if state governments fail to quell the chaos.
Actress Mia Farrow suggested that President Donald Trump isn’t a “real leader” because he didn’t stop to listen to the so-called “peaceful protesters” outside the White House on Monday.
Two hours after President Donald Trump addressed the ongoing national riots on Monday evening, looting resumed in Hollywood.
Rapper Ice Cube has asked if Donald Trump could become the first U.S. president to nuke an American city after he pledged to employ military force if nationwide riots are not brought to an end.
Retail shops and storefront offices hurried Monday afternoon to board up their windows and doors, ahead of possible violence and looting in Los Angeles, Santa Monica, and surrounding areas.
The Hangover actor Ed Helms launched an embittered social media tirade following President Donald Trump’s address to the nation in which the commander in chief pledged a hard-line approach to rioters, Antifa, and other violent groups that have besieged major U.S. cities in the last three days.
Monday on his nationally syndicated show, conservative talker Rush Limbaugh aired a conversation he had pre-taped with “The Breakfast Club,” the syndicated morning drive radio show featuring DJ Envy, Angela Yee And Charlamagne tha God.
President Donald Trump responded to the escalating riots around the country by urging “law & order.” That triggered pop star Pink, who launched into a rant calling him a “coward” and “racist” and predicting that Trump would lose the presidential election and watch the results from his “baby bunker.”
Hollywood actress Jennifer Beals — who starred in Flashdance, Taken, and Showtimes’ The L Word — saw her day brighten when protestors breached a perimeter near the White House on Sunday and began throwing objects at law enforcement.
Hollywood actor George Clooney reacted to the police involved death of George Floyd in an opinion-editorial, declaring that “anti-black racism” is America’s pandemic. “It infects all of us, and in 400 years we’ve yet to find a vaccine.”
Former Saturday Night Live star Leslie Jones says people participating in the nationwide protests in response to the police involved death of George Floyd should focus on voting — saying, “burn down this f**king Constitution’ — rather than burning property.
Monday on CNN’s “Newsroom,” former NBA star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar called the rioting in major cities across America “the voices of people who have no voice.”
Hollywood celebrities including Jamie Foxx, Ariana Grande, John Cusack, Emily Ratajkowski, and Kendrick Sampson showed sympathy for protestors demonstrating around the country over the weekend by joining them in the streets, even as many of the marches turned violent, resulting in extensive destruction and looting.
The founder of Black Entertainment Television (BET), Robert Johnson says the recent riots prove that the U.S. needs to “go big” with a “$14 trillion” expenditure for slavery reparations as a way to address racial inequality in America.
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) ripped pop megastar Justin Timberlake after the Grammy-winning singer urged fans to follow in his footsteps and donate to an organization providing bail money for lawless protesters.
Actress and left-wing activist Jane Fonda has insisted that from what she’s seen, the majority of those taking to the streets in response to the police involved death of George Floyd by a white police officer are peaceful protesters young and old.
Actor Ben Platt, the star of Netflix’s The Politician and the Broadway musical Dear Evan Hansen, is urging white people to keep donating money to bail funds in order to keep protesters who have been arrested out of jail.
Leftist actor Alec Baldwin quoted Rep. John Lewis on Sunday, saying “we’ve got to organize in November,” seemingly in response to the death of George Floyd.
In a Sunday interview with CNN’s Don Lemon, director Spike Lee addressed George Floyd’s recent death at the hands of four Minneapolis Police officers.
Comedian and actor Patton Oswalt is defending the violent, far-left Antifa after President Donald Trump announced Sunday that the U.S. will classify the extremist group as a terrorist organization.
Pop megastar Justin Timberlake is the latest leftist celebrity to back George Floyd protests — many of which have descended into violence and vandalism — and is now encouraging fans to “support” Minneapolis protestors by donating to the Minnesota Freedom Fund, a nonprofit group raising money to bail out protesters.
