"Mike Jeffries... was arrested and charged with sex trafficking and 15 counts of interstate prostitution, after the culmination of a yearlong FBI investigation into allegations he sexually abused multiple young male models between 2009 and 2015 at “sex parties” everywhere from Morocco to the Caribbean."
If only gays were accepted within society, they wouldn't be driven to exploitative orgies as a cope against our heterosexist culture. It's not Jeffries' fault: it's the homophobes that are the problem, and I don't appreciate the FP weaponizing this case against LGBTQ+ folk. How dare you?
"Why Is The New York Times Not Disclosing a Source’s Ties to Hamas?" Why does a compass point North? If "news is not dog bites man, but man bites dog", than reporting that the NYT is twisting the news to make anti-Western, anti-Israeli activists look good is definitely not news. If NYT had actually been forthcoming, now that would have been news.
I'm still amazed at how many of those I see around. I guess the homeowners are very deep in their bubbles and have no idea BLM turned out to be a massive grift.
Perhaps I'm an overly suspicious person, but way back during the Ferguson riots (goodness, was that really a decade ago?) I looked up BLM's website to see what they were all about. At that point, they still had the text on there about destroying the nuclear family, smashing the heteronormative patriarchy, bringing about the Marxist revolution, etc.. so I was like "hmmm...maybe not." It was a bit surprising a few years later to see everyone frantically giving them money - do people not investigate the organizations they donate to at all?
Was George Floyd was killed by the Minneapolis police? Or did he die from an overdose while in police custody at a time where politicians in Minneapolis needed a cause to fight for in order to be re-elected? Watch and draw your own conclusions: https://www.thefallofminneapolis.com/
Why do you assume the people given the money had good intentions? Perhaps the people who gave the money had good intentions (or just trying to assuage a sense of guilt), but there is nothing which has been reported which supports the good intentions of the founders of BLM. A classic case of begging the question.
Where is the shame? The regret? The call for accountability? The admission of guilt? Where are the voices that call for public confessions by these grifters? How has this scandalous betrayal not hurt the Black Lives Matter vision for black lives?
Obama? Kamala? Oprah? Sharpton? Where are you? And for those who have demanded and shamed others into admitting guilt or have extracted a saccharine statement of remorse--and then canceled them in the aftermath--what will you demand of these crooks who took the money? Where are the voices of those aware of the full extent of what happened at BLM Headquarters?
“a cautionary tale of what happens when people with good intentions are given too much money”.
Hardly. More precisely, a repeating tale of when a segment of society continually turns towards race baiters and victim hood salespeople who benefit by not promoting the opportunities for advancement but rather perpetuate the lie that the white man is the oppressor. BLM was easily recognizable as a fraud movement from day one.
And people wonder why so many of us have lost faith in the government. I think the radical outcomes from Roe v Wade (seriously... who thinks it is ever acceptable to kill a baby on delivery?) tell us that those of us who value all lives can not trust in Washington to respect us. When Americans are polled, there is a real belief in limitations to abortions that should be imposed. I never thought I would witness people saying that they are voting for the right to kill another human being.
Author: "The [BLM] movement is a cautionary tale for what happens when people with good intentions are given too much money.
People with good intentions? These self-proclaimed "trained Marxists" who denounced white people and police, and, condemning Israel as white oppressors, were a forerunner of the antisemites for Hamas who have flooded and corroded our universities and streets? Leaving aside burning down cities during "mostly peaceful marches."
Is anyone else bothered by the statement “ Instead, the movement is a cautionary tale for what happens when people with good intentions are given too much money.”? Good intentions? All I’m saying is that the DEI industrial complex and everyone who is part of it sure stands to lose A LOT if we actually solve any DEI problems. Then what happens to those who’ve made their living wallowing in that problem? Or gotten rich and famous for it? Hm….
I generally find myself on the other side of an issue like this one: but those election workers in Georgia, who wanted nothing more than to do their civic duty and show their gratitude to a great democracy, deserve every penny they get.
I continue to subscribe to this for a variety of reasons but it's stories like "how BLM blew $90M" that make we wonder. Like why give space for this "story" given the facts were known almost as soon as ActBlue.org started re-directing donations from kids at my Church that they thought were going to BLM or https://m4bl.org/ in 2020. This all went down in the summer of love and documented and so what is new in 2024? What Emily and every other dem author misses, conveniently, is that when kids and bleeding hearts donated back in 2020 because of George Floyd, the fine print on the BLM web donation page (run by ActBlue) clearly noted that "all, a portion, or none" (paraphrased) of the donation would go to BLM or m4bl.org. But who read that fine print? Who even cared that the jump page for payment was managed by ActBlue? So about $1B went to ActBlue (dems fundraising) and the URL on the donation page ended in "/actblue.com" and BLM got $90M and Opal and her buddies ("we're trained Marxists" they noted on a video) bought houses and paid themselves well. So the dems raised about $1B off the back of a convicted felon and drug user who was martyred. That is the story. I mean how much law-fare "can" you do if you have an extra $B sitting around?
Emily Oster? Seriously? She is really asking this question? I've got an answer for you Emily, how about we just declare a general amnesty for parents' child-cellphone-abuse? Because, hey, back then, when cellphones were becoming popular, we "just didn't know." Good grief!
Madeleine Kearns….You mention “the murder” of George Floyd. I encourage you to watch “The Fall of Minneapolis”. It’s easy to find online.
"Mike Jeffries... was arrested and charged with sex trafficking and 15 counts of interstate prostitution, after the culmination of a yearlong FBI investigation into allegations he sexually abused multiple young male models between 2009 and 2015 at “sex parties” everywhere from Morocco to the Caribbean."
If only gays were accepted within society, they wouldn't be driven to exploitative orgies as a cope against our heterosexist culture. It's not Jeffries' fault: it's the homophobes that are the problem, and I don't appreciate the FP weaponizing this case against LGBTQ+ folk. How dare you?
👏 Free 👏 Mike 👏 Jeffries! Say it with me now...
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No? Oh.
"Why Is The New York Times Not Disclosing a Source’s Ties to Hamas?" Why does a compass point North? If "news is not dog bites man, but man bites dog", than reporting that the NYT is twisting the news to make anti-Western, anti-Israeli activists look good is definitely not news. If NYT had actually been forthcoming, now that would have been news.
One word for all those virtue-signalling homeowners with the BLM signs in their front yards: SUCKERS!
I'm still amazed at how many of those I see around. I guess the homeowners are very deep in their bubbles and have no idea BLM turned out to be a massive grift.
Perhaps I'm an overly suspicious person, but way back during the Ferguson riots (goodness, was that really a decade ago?) I looked up BLM's website to see what they were all about. At that point, they still had the text on there about destroying the nuclear family, smashing the heteronormative patriarchy, bringing about the Marxist revolution, etc.. so I was like "hmmm...maybe not." It was a bit surprising a few years later to see everyone frantically giving them money - do people not investigate the organizations they donate to at all?
Was George Floyd was killed by the Minneapolis police? Or did he die from an overdose while in police custody at a time where politicians in Minneapolis needed a cause to fight for in order to be re-elected? Watch and draw your own conclusions: https://www.thefallofminneapolis.com/
Why do you assume the people given the money had good intentions? Perhaps the people who gave the money had good intentions (or just trying to assuage a sense of guilt), but there is nothing which has been reported which supports the good intentions of the founders of BLM. A classic case of begging the question.
Where is the shame? The regret? The call for accountability? The admission of guilt? Where are the voices that call for public confessions by these grifters? How has this scandalous betrayal not hurt the Black Lives Matter vision for black lives?
Obama? Kamala? Oprah? Sharpton? Where are you? And for those who have demanded and shamed others into admitting guilt or have extracted a saccharine statement of remorse--and then canceled them in the aftermath--what will you demand of these crooks who took the money? Where are the voices of those aware of the full extent of what happened at BLM Headquarters?
“a cautionary tale of what happens when people with good intentions are given too much money”.
Hardly. More precisely, a repeating tale of when a segment of society continually turns towards race baiters and victim hood salespeople who benefit by not promoting the opportunities for advancement but rather perpetuate the lie that the white man is the oppressor. BLM was easily recognizable as a fraud movement from day one.
I miss Bill Clinton. Abortion should be "Safe, Legal, and Rare".
And people wonder why so many of us have lost faith in the government. I think the radical outcomes from Roe v Wade (seriously... who thinks it is ever acceptable to kill a baby on delivery?) tell us that those of us who value all lives can not trust in Washington to respect us. When Americans are polled, there is a real belief in limitations to abortions that should be imposed. I never thought I would witness people saying that they are voting for the right to kill another human being.
Author: "The [BLM] movement is a cautionary tale for what happens when people with good intentions are given too much money.
People with good intentions? These self-proclaimed "trained Marxists" who denounced white people and police, and, condemning Israel as white oppressors, were a forerunner of the antisemites for Hamas who have flooded and corroded our universities and streets? Leaving aside burning down cities during "mostly peaceful marches."
Is anyone else bothered by the statement “ Instead, the movement is a cautionary tale for what happens when people with good intentions are given too much money.”? Good intentions? All I’m saying is that the DEI industrial complex and everyone who is part of it sure stands to lose A LOT if we actually solve any DEI problems. Then what happens to those who’ve made their living wallowing in that problem? Or gotten rich and famous for it? Hm….
So what exactly were Ruby and Shaye up to anyway? Because it sure didn’t look kosher to me.
Nothing to see here is what everyone was told.
I generally find myself on the other side of an issue like this one: but those election workers in Georgia, who wanted nothing more than to do their civic duty and show their gratitude to a great democracy, deserve every penny they get.
I continue to subscribe to this for a variety of reasons but it's stories like "how BLM blew $90M" that make we wonder. Like why give space for this "story" given the facts were known almost as soon as ActBlue.org started re-directing donations from kids at my Church that they thought were going to BLM or https://m4bl.org/ in 2020. This all went down in the summer of love and documented and so what is new in 2024? What Emily and every other dem author misses, conveniently, is that when kids and bleeding hearts donated back in 2020 because of George Floyd, the fine print on the BLM web donation page (run by ActBlue) clearly noted that "all, a portion, or none" (paraphrased) of the donation would go to BLM or m4bl.org. But who read that fine print? Who even cared that the jump page for payment was managed by ActBlue? So about $1B went to ActBlue (dems fundraising) and the URL on the donation page ended in "/actblue.com" and BLM got $90M and Opal and her buddies ("we're trained Marxists" they noted on a video) bought houses and paid themselves well. So the dems raised about $1B off the back of a convicted felon and drug user who was martyred. That is the story. I mean how much law-fare "can" you do if you have an extra $B sitting around?
Emily Oster? Seriously? She is really asking this question? I've got an answer for you Emily, how about we just declare a general amnesty for parents' child-cellphone-abuse? Because, hey, back then, when cellphones were becoming popular, we "just didn't know." Good grief!
Yes. Smartphones are stealing childhood. Yes, BLM is much too pro-trans. Here's a better way:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDNnXPaqSaI&t=76s