Today is Donald Trump's 74th birthday, but rather than celebrate, many Twitter users are instead taking today to make the point that ALL birthdays matter, to prove to him—and every All Lives Matter believer—just how stupid that saying is. The hashtag #AllBirthdaysMatter began trending on Sunday (June 14th) in response to the POTUS turning 74, in an effort to steer the attention away from his birthday festivities by focusing on every person's birthday, the same way the All Lives Matter crowd does to the Black Lives Matter movement.
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Most of the tweets that include the hashtag are in some way condemning Trump for the abhorred (although, unsurprising) way he's handled the aftermath of George Floyd's murder and the resurgence of the BLM movement in the public consciousness. Others decided to shine the spotlight on Barack Obama instead, some even declaring June 14th to be Obama Day. Many users simply took the opportunity to amplify and honour the lives of the many Black people who have been killed at the hands of police.
Jeff Bezos Responds To Amazon Customer’s Complaint About Black Lives Matter
Jeff Bezos issued a public response to an email he received from a customer complaining that the Amazon website had a Black Lives Matter banner.
Jeff Bezos is not budging on his belief that, yes, Black Lives DO Matter, no matter how outraged some Amazon customers may be about his stance. On Friday (June 5th), the certified richest man alive took to Instagram to issue a public response to an email he received from Macy, a woman who had recently visited the Amazon website and was disappointed to see a banner that read, “Black Lives Matter.”
In the email, Macy, whose last name has been omitted, begins her correspondence by indicting that she found it “quite disturbing to get on the AMAZON website and see ‘BLACK LIVES MATTER.'” She then explains why she finds this offensive. “You provide services to more than millions of people,” she noted. “Including my self and the rest of my family for our business needs and personal purchases. I am for everyone voicing their opinions and standing up for what you believe in, but for your company to blast this on your website is very offensive to me and I’m sure you’ll be hearing from others. ALL LIVES MATTER!”
She finished the email with a question for Jeff: “And if it wasn’t for all these lives providing their service to you and your company, where would Amazon be today?” Jeff shared his response in the next slide, which begins by telling Macy, “I have to disagree with you.”
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“‘Black lives matter’ doesn’t mean other lives don’t matter,” he wrote. “Black lives matter speaks to racism and the disproportionate risk that Black people face in our law enforcement and justice system. I have a 20-year-old son, and I simply don’t worry that he might be choked to death while being detained one day. It’s not something I worry about. Black parents can’t say the same. None of this is intended to dismiss or minimize the very real worries you or anyone else might have in their own life, but I want you to know I support this movement that we see happening all around us, and my stance won’t change.”
He finished the post with a screenshot of the Amazon website, which includes a message that reads, “Amazon stands in solidarity with the Black community.”
Amber Rose Declares She’s "Pro Black," "Pro LGBTQ," & "Pro Hoe"
Amber Rose wrote on Instagram many of the causes she supports, but “All Lives Matter” isn’t one of them.
While millions of people have united together to support the Black Lives Matter movement and to protest against police brutality and white supremacy, people who don’t align with those ideologies are making themselves heard, as well. Many are having difficult conversations with their family members, friends, co-workers, and others as people in their lives are showing themselves to be anti-BLM, anti-criminal justice reform, and anti-police accountability. For those who have sided with BLM, some are finding themselves attacked with racial slurs and hate speech, but Amber Rose isn’t having it.
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Celebrities who have lent their voices the protests and the Black Lives Matter movement are seeing their fans drop like flies. Seth Rogen recently had a “f*ck off” party over on his Instagram page after dozens of former fans criticized his support of BLM, and John Boyega had to face-off with the public after saying he hates racists. Amber Rose not only made it clear that she supports everybody black, a la Issa Rae, but she’s pro many other causes that get under right-wing skins.
“I’m Pro Black af, Pro LGBTQ af, Pro Hoe, Pro Sex Work, Pro Choice,” the model wrote on Instagram. “If ur Fatphobic, Transphobic or ever screamed ‘All Lives Matter’ get the f*ck off my page.” Rose received an overwhelming amount of support from hundreds of thousands of her followers, but there were still those who didn’t understand why she had a problem with “All Lives Matter.” Check out her post below.
Seth Rogen Tells "All Lives Matter" Supporters In His Comments To "F*ck Off"
Seth Rogen replied to as many people commenting "All Lives Matter" on his post as possible, telling them to "f*ck off" and stop supporting him.
Seth Rogen made great use of his reply button on Instagram earlier this week, when he told all the commenters writing "All Lives Matter" in response to his "Black Lives Matter" post to "f*ck off" and stop watching his movies. As many celebrities come forward to offer their support for the Black Lives Matter movement amid the protests against George's Floyd murder and police brutality, some have been receiving backlash from their followers who are not on board. On Monday (June 1st), Seth Rogen shared a Black Lives Matter logo on Instagram, writing in the caption, "If this is a remotely controversial statement to you, feel free to unfollow me."
His comments were quickly flooded with folks announcing that they had, in fact, unfollowed him, with some attempting to "correct" him by declaring that "All Lives Matter." Seth took notice of all these ignorant comments, and proceeded to reply to them one by one with some hilarious profanities.
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"All lives matter. Because all life is precious. No life is more important than another," one person wrote, to which Seth replied, "shut the f*ck up." Another wrote, "All Lives, nice racist division post tho. Fucking mental," which got a reply from Seth telling them, "f*ck you leave." When one commenter wrote, "All lives matter we all bleed red!!!!!" Seth proceeded to mock their own words by saying, "f*ck off. Facts!!!!!"
He even ordered a few of these insufferable commenters not to support his film career anymore. In response to one user's comment, “People making this only about blacks. When [it’s] about all races of color. Why do all these brutality videos only show the end? They don’t show wtf these people where doing to get in trouble in the first place," he wrote, "F*ck off. You don’t deserve my movies anymore. Stop watching my sh*t.”
Seth has also been vocal about the protests on Twitter. On Sunday (May 31st), he tweeted, "Always be more critical of the people upholding the racist system than the ones who are fighting against it."
Billie Eilish Goes Off On "All Lives Matter" Crowd: "Shut The F*ck Up"
Billie Eilish was at her wits’ end with the “All Lives Matter” noise, so she decided to make a statement explaining why this phrase is pointless.
Billie Eilish took to Instagram to set some things straight about the Black Lives Matter movement. In the wake of the murder of George Floyd by police this past week, tons of enraged Americans have taken to the streets to protest these injustices and express their rightful outrage. As is often the case when a black person is murdered by police, the insufferable All Lives Matter crowd suddenly came out of the woodwork to act willfully dense about what BLM stands for. It’s for this reason that the 18-year-old Grammy winner decided to use her “enormous platform” to passionately explain why she supports Black Lives Matter, and why all her followers should too.
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“I’ve been trying to take this week to figure out a way to address this delicately,” she began in her Instagram post. “I have an enormous platform and I try really hard to be respectful and take time to think through what I say and how I say it…But holy f*cking sh*t I’m just gonna start talking.”
“If I hear one more white person say ‘aLL liVeS maTtEr’ one more f*cking I’m gonna lose my f*cking mind,” she continued. “Will you shut the f*ck uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuup???? No one is saying your life doesn’t matter. No one is saying your life is not hard. No one is saying literally anything at all about you…..All you mfs do is find a way to make everything about yourself. This is not about you. Stop making everything about you. You are not in need. You are not in danger.”
She then resorts to explaining the situation as if she were speaking to children because “it feels like that’s the only way you mfs will understand. If your friend gets a cut on their arm are you gonna wait to give all your friends a bandaid first because all arms matter? No you’re gonna help your friend because THEY are in pain because THEY are in need because THEY ARE BLEEDING! If someone’s house was on fire & someone is stuck in the house, are you gonna make the fire department go to every other house on the block first because all houses matter? No! Because they don’t f*cking need it.”
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“You are privileged whether you like it not,” Billie continues, addressing the predominantly white All Lives Matter preachers. Society gives you privilege just for being white. You can be poor, you can be struggling..and still your skin color is giving you more privilege than you even realize & nobody is saying that makes you better than anyone. It just lets you live your life without having to worry about surviving simply because of your skin colour!! You are privileged!! If all lives matter why are black people killed just for being black? Why are immigrants persecuted? Why are white people given opportunities that people of other races aren’t? Why is it okay for white people to protest literally being asked to stay at home while carrying semi-automatic weapons? Why is it okay for black people to be called thus for protesting the murder of innocent people? Do you know why???? White. F*cking. Privilege.”
“Does white privilege affect Hispanic people?” she asks. “Native Americans? Asian people? Yes for f*cking sure it does. 100000000000000% But right now in this moment…we have to address hundreds of years of oppression of black people. The slogan of #blacklivesmatter does not mean other lives don’t. It’s calling attention to the fact that society clearly thinks black lives don’t f*cking matter!!!!!! And they f*cking do!!!!!!! It means Black. Lives. F*cking. Matter.” She then repeats the slogan three more times before concluding her statement with the hashtag #justiceforgeorgefloyd.”
