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Twitter Trolls Donald Trump On 74th Birthday By Preaching #AllBirthdaysMatter

Twitter users are showing Donald Trump just how ridiculous #AllLivesMatter sounds by getting #AllBirthdaysMatter to trend on his 74th birthday.

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.

Twitter Trolls Donald Trump On 74th Birthday By Preaching #AllBirthdaysMatterElijah Nouvelage/Getty Images

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.

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K-Pop Stans Take Over Racist "#WhiteLivesMatter" Twitter Hashtag

K-Pop stans prove that they still have control of the internet after taking over two hashtags that white supremacists were using: "#WhiteOutWednesday" and "#WhiteLivesMatter."

If you're at all interested in social justice, you were probably heartbroken when you saw a couple of hashtags trending on Twitter this morning. "#WhiteOutWednesday" and "#WhiteLivesMatter" were both in the list of trending topics. The simple fact that these hashtags earned enough attention to show up on the trending page is ridiculous. However, upon heading into the most popular tweets under those trends, you'll realize that it was actually taken over by K-Pop stans.

After finding that the two trends were being distributed among white supremacists, K-Pop stans came up with an idea to drown out their tweets with their own fancams and photos.

"HELLO KPOP TWT WHAT IF WE FLOODED ALL THE RACIST HASHTAGS W FANCAMS," suggested one fan before it took off. Now, when you click into either "#WhiteLivesMatter" or "#WhiteOutWednesday," you'll be flooded with content about all of the most popular K-Pop artists.

In fact, in order to clear up the confusion, Twitter even listed both trends under the K-Pop category. 

Shout-out to the K-Pop stans for doing their part in silencing the racists of the world. Check out some of the tweets below.

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