It’s happening, folks.
Yes, it’s a baby-step, but it matters.
Premier Soccer League is the first sports organization that has removed the “Black Lives Matter” badge from their uniform.
Yes, they’re still kneeling and doing a bunch of unpopular SJW garbage, but it’s very, very significant that the “BLM” badge has been removed from their uniforms.
The group says that certain positions that BLM holds, like “defund the police,” have proved “uncomfortable” for the league.
This move comes as two police officers in Compton were ambushed and shot in the head by an unknown assailant, and anti-cop protest groups celebrated the shooting by chanting “We hope they die.”
During the restart that followed the suspension of football owing to the coronavirus pandemic, players wore badges endorsing Black Lives Matter for all nine match days. A gesture of solidarity with protests in the US, the UK and elsewhere following the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police, it was a move universally approved by the players but also, unusually, supported by the Premier League.
Policies supported by the organization of the same name, including the defunding of police forces, subsequently proved uncomfortable for the league. The chief executive, Richard Masters, was forced to justify the endorsement in front of a DCMS select committee and told MPs: “We’re drawing a clear distinction between a moral cause and a political movement.”
What the very liberal Guardian won’t admit is that support for BLM has plummeted in the U.S. and around the world after the “summer of hate” unfolded, with riots, beatings, bullying, and even murders.
Over 30 people have died in U.S.-based BLM riots.
In 2019, 10 unarmed black men were shot by police officers.
Think about that…
This has never been about George Floyd for Marxist BLM…it’s about burning down the U.S. systems and starting over, communist-style.
Decent, law-abiding citizens do not support this hateful Democrat violence and wish to fundamentally transform America.
Folks can push for police reform and/or retraining without burning down cities or glorifying accused rapists and convicted women abusers and criminals.
As this BLM movement spirals more and more of control, other sports leagues and corporations will be doing the same.
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As long as they kneel they are supporting a marxist organization that supports the over through of our country. I will not support any company including sports organizations and political organizations that support BLM or Antifa
Modern communists are more Leninists than Marxists. Lenin was not a real Marxist, Lenin knew communism couldn’t be done without tyranny.
Read ” What is to be Done ” by V.I. Lenin
Odd that Capitalism never has to be enforced at gunpoint but Socialism/Communism does.
You mean you are forced at gunpoint to accept your Social Security check, or to take your kids to a public school or library on a public road, under the watchful eye of a local public servant like a police officer?
Suzie: You appear to be terminally ignorant. Poor baby……..
People have paid into Social Security all their lives. It is not government funds, it is OURS!!!! The government under LBJ stole it from us.
Social Security just invites corruption.
LMAFO> Suzie Q…you are not very up on how the system works are you? Are you just out of College? This will help in how low I have to drop my IQ to respond to this absolute joke you just stated. First off Suzie….SSI is PAID for in full by the US TAXPAYERS< So are LAW enforcement, Fire departments, Roads, (called infrastructure) “A socialist program brought here in 1933 By the first “Democratic Socialist” FDR”, schools, universities that accept ANY subsidies as most do …let me break that down for ya…Subsidies are TAX DOLLARS “STOLEN” from US via the IRS, or State Taxes, gas taxes, Property taxes, I could go on, but I don’t want to hurt your little brain. Then GIVEN AWAY to said schools, universities, farmers, actors, artist, welfare recipients, yes they too get subsidies…ALL OFF OUR BACKS….So, what was your ridiculous argument again? Please do not breed. And thank you.
Ouch!
It is true that SSI (Supplemental Security Income) is fully funded by US tax payers, however Social Security Retirement Income is funded by the recipient and should not have been used to fund pet projects. It is my recollection that JFK raided SSRI to fund the Peace Core. You know it had to be a democrat.
I believe Joe Biden voted in favor of taxing seniors on their Social Security benefits. Despicable but typical. Always trying to see what they can steal from us next after we work all of our lives to have it.
I believe Joe Biden voted to tax seniors on their Social Security benefits that they worked all their lives to have. Senior should be able to work in addition to receiving their Social Security and not have to worry anymore.
Joe Biden voted to tax Social Security benefits.
This is what you get when you confuse ‘social services’ with ‘socialism’
NO..he means taking care of the lazy ass libs who expect every damned thing in the world to be given to then. Disgusting
What are you rambling about, you sound like a shitstain democrats
The way the socialist democrats use SS as a slush fund to buy votes and keep citizens beholden to the government for their own money and taxed of course.
Biden voted for that.
Time to move out of America, Mikey!
No it is time to take the great USA back from the tyrants and big government.
You understand that Social Security is our money that the Govt “holds onto” for us, you nitwit? It’s all out money. The Government has no money. Public schools are shit, in case you haven’t noticed and if police keep threatening families at restaurants for not wearing masks we SHOULD defund them.
Evidently you are a bottom feeder.
The same old line commies use every time.Personally I would not take my kids to a public library as the democrats have filled them with filth and my kids don’t go to equally filthy public schools but we are still forced to pay for these things.I don’t believe paying into social security is an option either.So what were you saying about force?
You are mistaking anarchy for socialism. Roads and bridges are necessary government functions, like the military. SS was paid into and isn’t socialism since it was pitched as an insurance like program…..despite the fact it is a Ponzi Scheme.
Hey Mikey? Have you got your JABS yet.Capitalism is more subtle in it’s approach and more amedable to fascism.
I’ll repeat this for the Antifa wannabe here…Please read this carefully. BTW, what you just said is how SOCIALIST’S do things little man. The ONLY person trying to get you lemmings to submit, happen to be Socialists. Therefore your argument is invalid.
You seem to have a heroin problem or maybe just a typical lieing Democrat
Actually, if you think about it, it makes perfect sense!
However, socialists in this country are confused. The leaders are not and want fascism instead of what we already have which is a republic that is rule by the masses like communism but much better as no one person can be in control.
Communist and socialist can’t allow any thing but government granted freedoms. That why they can’t stand the Constitution.
Just like many other things, the versions of socialism are innumerable. Whether it is communism, Marxism, fascism or whatever, it always leads to the same result – tyranny. It ends with a 2 tier society, a ruling class which accumulates all the wealth and is exempt from the laws, and a working class which is driven into grinding poverty.
Lennon also needed to go to England and get a job to support himself because Leninism/Marxism/Communism did not work.
True marxism/communism does not have a leader or murder. It is a collective. Pure capitalism has no handouts from government.
BINGO, We have an Intelligent argument for once. Well said sir, well said!
You realize that Antifa = anti fascist, right? So why do you object to them? You love fascists? Like — say — Trump?
This “story” is a year old, and has been run via email at least six times in the past few days. So much for working in good ways to heal this torn-up country.
Spread your Taliban-Democrat propaganda to the Taliban websites. You realize you are just helping Joe Biden commit treason, don’t you. That makes you a treason-enabler
Most terminally ignorant people try to hide that malady; you’re an exception.
Trump Supporter through and through!!!!!! Not ashamed at all for that!
Heya, Suzie Q You love trolling don’t you? Funny, I have never heard Trump tell anyone that they can’t speak their minds, or say what they please? Yet, Bejing Biden and the braindead posse tell YOU the DDD individual what to say, what you can’t say, and DO, what he says do…Suzie Q…THAT’S FASCISM…Please shut up now. Your absolute ignorance is pathetic at best!
Well, just when you think they can’t be dumbed down any more, boom, here comes Suzie.
Antifa cannot really claim to be anti-fascists, because they have no idea what fascism really is. they just want to attack those who cannot fight back!
You must be a confused Communist Democrat you know Stella crap typical liar quit spuing lies here poor children I bet you have molested many children children democrats are child molesters and pedophiles
May you be the one that gets raped and murdered by the illegals you want in and not a great American Patriot
sweet Suzie, you’re beginning to sound like a DUMMY-CRAT, a Fascist DUMMY-CRAT in fact. Did I guess right?
You are terribly confused. What are the “facist” actions do you attribute to Trump?
Trump cut taxes for individuals and businesses, Biden raised them. Trump enforced our immigration laws, Biden didn’t. Trump made the U.S. energy independent by opening the Keystone pipeline, Biden closed it; gasoline cost less than $2.00 a galloon; instead of $3.50 or more today; inflation was running at 1% in January of 2021, not 10% to 14% reported today.
Trump never proposed that every transaction of peoples’ bank accounts be reported to the IRS by banks, savings and loan institutions and credit unions. Biden did.
Trump made sure we had vaccines to combat the spread of COVID, but he never mandated that everyone become vaccinated of lose their job, as Biden has done. Trump placed economic sanctions on countries that threatened our national security (Russia, China, North Korea and Iran), Biden removed those sanctions. Trump brought back Americans held hostage by our enemies. Biden abandoned American citizens in Afghanistan, leaving them as hostages of the Taliban. Trump forbade the CRT training of government employees. Biden mandated it. Trump supported the funding of local law enforcement. Biden supported defunding local law enforcement. Trump would take questions from a hostile press corps. Biden takes no questions, or refuses to answer them.
BIDEN IS THE DICTATOR, NOT TRUMP.
yes we love trump he put america first not biden
This is ridiculous. Do you have any idea what Marxist or Socialist or Communist mean? Do you have any idea what BLM actually means?
And I note that this story is a full year old, but it’s been posted to email at LEAST a half-dozen times in the past few days — just somebody trying to stir up some racial resentment and keep us from thinking about the REAL issues.
“Truth is the perfect defense….” Oliver Wendell Holmes
Yes. I know who the BLM is. The BLM is a terrorist organization, That took their IGNORANT followers for hundreds of millions of dollars…yep, that’s BLM alright…They CHUMPED their OWN “oppressed” people. Didn’t help them for crap, but people like you go out to do the dirty work for the Democratic party…you guys are lucky you are being protected by the Demonrat party right now. I’m still waiting on this WE’RE going out in the Country to take out these ‘whites’…I still haven’t seen one of you cowards yet? Go back to mommas basement, and be quiet! Yeah, Suzie Q “Preach us the truth”…LMAO!
I know what the terms Marxism. Socialism and Communist mean. I keep up with how people in China, Russia, North Korea, Cuba, Venezuela and Ian live.
I am aware of what BLM professes and how their actions differ from their words. If there is any organization more devoted to stirring up racial resentment than BLM, it can only be the Democrat party. BTW, racial resentment and division in the U.S. is a “REAL ISSUE”, which has only gotten worse since Biden and the Democrats took over the government.
Personally, I’m permanently done with pro-Sports! They’ve shown their dollar driven allegiance to . . . THE DOLLAR, and this is nothing more than a back-pedaling effort to continue the revenue stream as America finally flushes BLM down the toilet! Rest in HAL, pro-Sports, you deserve to rot there with your overpaid BLM comrades!
That goes for the NFL and NBA too!!!!!
They were probably loosing money.
BLM, ANTIFA, ISIS Taliban are about the same.
Yes, BLM is the predominant racist group in the world. Racism in this country exists alright—it is mostly black on white racism. I praise white folks for very little retaliation, even though it might be justified in many cases. There seems to be 100 white supremacists in this country and 10 million black ones.
I love sports-I used to be a baseball and basketball coach in several high schools. I loved all the players, no matter how they looked. Martin Luther King was a great model for me growing up, and equal treatment of people stuck. Even now, one on one, I treat people-all people-with similar respect.
Thanks soccer, for doing this civilized thing and removing the communistic racist patches. BLM, Antifa and other anarchistic groups have brought so much damage and death to this country and the world—it is not possible even to assess the magnitude of the damage.
Although I prefer baseball and (American) football as a TV fan, each of these sports have been on suspension since last year. Now each are serving a 5 year sentence in my household. I hope these can be paroled and I can start watching these sports on TV again. If they follow soccer’s example, maybe they can be watched again.
Basketball, I am afraid, is serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole. There is no hope of redemption for this sport.
That is because they are beholding to China for too much revenue. China is pushing this as a distraction from what they are doing, and because it helps to destroy American culture and society through the diviseness.
Soccer ?? The inbred , carpet munching sluts of the American womens team turned thier backs and disrespected OUR Flag and National Anthem !! We heard they LOST , that made our day . Maybe next year they can all go live and play for China and stand for thier flag !!!!
Amen. I live in a predominantly black neighborhood. Wasn’t always that way. The racism is def black towards white.
And the crime rate here now…. A black man just shot another black man a few months ago a block away from my house. There areshootings here all the time. Always black on black.
But somehow whites are supposedly the racists.. yeah, ok
Maybe it’s time to move, Michelle. I’m so sorry for your pain.
BLM, Antifa, and too many other groups have been loudly calling for, and acting on, Violent Overthrow of the US government. That used to get prison sentences instead of support from the Democratic Party. Joe Biden as well as most of the other Democratic candidates in 2020 supported BLM and Antifa – along with Mainstream Media.
Why was it there to begin with?
Why was it on the uniform to begin with?
The terrorist of black TRASH matters ,, should have been ” removed ” a long time ago , by true patriots !!!
They can still kiss my Ass!
Black lives don’t matter to Black Lives Matter. Only money, power and living in dachas among white people do.
Oh, aren’t YOU the enlightened one. Dachas? Do you know lots of white people living in dachas?
Impressive that you can type while on your knees. smh…
Suzie Q is still angry that the BLM took their CHUMP Followers to the cleaners. And didn’t give them jack crap, except for the privilege to do all the work. While the so called leadership STOLE all of BLM’s money. Spent it on Cars, Watches, Rings, Furs, Multi million dollar mansions. But, Suzie Q knows all about the BLM, and approves them screwing the “OPPRESSED” over. Just like every WHITE Democrat face laughing behind your backs, The ones still hiding in the KKK which they happen to own, and the BLM happens to be kissing their “WHITE” behinds, thinking it will get them anywhere? CHUMPS, CHUMPS, CHUMPS, CHUMPS…….I guess your a leader type chump, or a Soldier chump…? Useless BLM, useless as their Government Socialists. Called the Democratic party. And yes we know the theory of Socialism, or communism. As it is impossible for any to thrive, due to the GREED, EGO’s and those that think they are just above everyone! They are everywhere…none of that crap works, when you add the HUMAN ELEMENT> Then like the BLM…it all goes to sh**!
A small step, but a bit too late.
> They are realizing that going woke DOES MEAN going broke.
The damage is done and it will be YEARS before anyone forgets these stupid actions that NFL – NBA and such took.
It will be years .. trust me. We do not easily nor quickly forget.
As long as they kneel and bring politics into sports I will not watch!!!
A little late now. Kiss of bankrupcy for those folks. Investors should sue whoever dreamed up that propaganda move
Black TRASH matters is nothing but a bunch of tree swinging , bannana eating , inbred , food stamp using , welfare stealing degenerate TERRORISTS !!!!!
A much needed move—BLM is responsible for more irresponsibility by the black community.
Badges and stickers of BLACK TRASH MATTERS should never have been allowed on ANY uniform to begin with !! That’s why we QUIT watching all of the NFL ,NBA , MLB , soccer etc. etc. Don’t miss them a bit , just have more time for other things .
Black TRASH matters are NOTHING but ingrown , tree swinging , degenerate TERRORIST !!! No sporting team should have allowed these asswipes to put anything on thier uniforms . This is why we QUIT watching them all , NFL , NBA , MLB , soccer etc.etc. Don’t miss them AT ALL , just gives us more time to do other things .
Only an idiot would not have been able to see from the beginning that BLM was a bad organization. But they do walk among us.
The left has proved time and time again just how stupid they truly are. The shit is in front of their face and they still say it’s not happening. We don’t have to make thel look like fools, they do a good job all on their own..
BLM is a terrorist movement and any Business that supports them should be Extinct! Just look. What they have done. My animals at home act better than that.
Black TRASH matters emblems , stickers or patches , should have NEVER been allowed to be on any sports team uniforms !! If you want to watch politics ,,, turn on a sports channel . That’s why we quit watching all of it , now , have more time for other activities .
BLM is more about looting foot lockers than it is about rights.
BLM = Black Lazy Movement!
I wouldn’t want to represent a terrorist organization either. BLM, what another crock of crap. To the People that honestly thought the BLM was about “black anything”, got duped, and screwed HARD! These pricks took hundreds of MILLIONS of dollars, and still haven’t helped one chapter, or person of “oppression” (also nonsense). But, they can go buy Rolls Royce’s, $25,000 dollar watches, Multi million dollar mansions….Another CON OF THE CENTURY played out on the American chumps. Just like the good old COVID-19 CON… Yes sir…this is what happens by, TOLERATING TOLERANCE isn’t it wonderful?
Too late. I’ve already kicked groups like this to the curb. I will never support these types of cowards who cave into leftist pressure.
And, umm, BTW, PSL viewership has soared by roughly 43%.
To late, they went woke when they thought they could have China, the democrat’s and all of America. I’ll keep my money. Vote no on any taxes to benefit them or they venues.
Remove BLM ANTIFA AND CCP from democrat party and you will have done something…pray to God.
It would mean more if the democrats would stop supporting it. Act like Americans and dump the hate.
Screw these facists. They should be deported and ripped of their citizenship. They do not give a shit about this country.
How many unarmed white men were killed by police in 2019?
BLM is not about saving any anthing. Its about pandering to those who rejct Gods laws and nature. They feel so strongly they are doing wrong . If any one rejects their unnatural sex they seam to constatly mention. Then hate appears. Jesus Christ has put those laws on our hearts. We know lying stealing cheating are wrong. So are unnatual sex. Trying to live in a bubble is helping no one. Your destroying your selves, and trying to destroy our society. It took our forfathers hundreds of years to govern our selves.With out Kings monarchs dictators. We have globally brought huge numbers of people out of exreme povery. This was never within the ability of other governments throught history. We are able to invent produce more then any other society because we are able to be free thinkers. To have government tell us how to act, think what we can say how we can say it. Stops our inventiveness. If somone harms your neighbor your family intentionally how will you care enough to help others. To become one with your country men etc? To invent things to help others. This problem with felling rejected we must all face and over come but it never happens by blaming others.
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The soccer and all sports teams love to be on their knees because they want to suck the guy’s Dick next to them they are transvestited confused gendered democrats
The only place the words of the TERRORIST black TRASH matters should be seen ,,, is on the walls inside a PRISON !!!
Because black TRASH matters is nothing but a TERRORIST group of inbred tree swingers ,,,,, they shouldn’t be on ANY uniform !!! Bannanas might be something they could push !!!
Go Woke! Go Broke!
Guess they are loosing too much money.
You can be unarmed but shot when trying to grab a policeman’s weapon. The last shooting like that showed evidence of the black suspect’s fingerprints on the gun and baton.
blm needs to be gone everywhere. they are a terriorists group !!!!
BLM has always been a scam about accepting or taking money and other items, then funneling those funds into the pockets of the founders and the democrats. One of the founders purchased four expensive homes for herself. The other purchased a mansion in Malibu, CA then spent over a million on security measures. The rest got funneled into the DNC through their joint money collection company. The riots in Chicago when they broke into the stores on the Magnificent Mile and stole everything not bolted down was referred to as “Reparations” by the local BLM head. I am hoping that the SJW wake up and realize they are being used.
When they put those ridiculous badges on their uniforms without checking into the organization which is marxist they lost me for good!
BLM never did anything right in the first place. So, it knowlonger matters who does what.NFL,Nascar,etc. Youll pay with no attendance. Making a point isnt death and destruction. A group of criminals has been all ive seen. And,i think one thing they need to do.Is quit acting like theyre doing MLKs work. Being a white man,and have read about MLK.I never came across anything that said.Kill people and burn cities,riot. BLM was suppose to be acting out;due to black men being shot.While they were mudering black men and beating innocent people. When does the 70yr old blackman that was murdered by one of the BLM get justice.
Remember, no good deed goes unpunished. Any group that triggered over All Lives Matter are just professionally aggrieved racist zealots standing for the destruction of our American society.
Normally it wouldn’t be a problem since Soccer isn’t the game of choice among the BLM’s supposed members, but since it’s a bunch of poor little rich kids, the word will get out.
Seriously, I’m glad someone has courage.
So … why doesn’t the soccer league want to support a socialist group that promotes the destruction of the United States of America? You would think that they would want to support that in every way they could, just like the social media companies, mainstream media and many big corporations do.
I wonder how many “LEFTIES” would like to take back their vote for Jumpin Joe and trade it in for a TRUMP vote?
Too little…Too late!
A least one teams has realized that its purpose is sport and not politics!!
BLM is and has always been a terrorist and embezzlement organization. They embezzle money from stupid CEOs, like Cokes’ and spend it on guns and bombs and in one case luxury housing. Civil war would take of this shit in short order.
You have had this BLM lead for three months. Time to take it down.
What does removing these patches say about these sport leagues? RACISM RACISM RACISM no other way of looking at removing a patch that says black lives matter these leagues are racist and this proves it. Note: if you haven’t figured it out, this is sarcasm .
How many times are we going to get this message? Isn’t there any “new” news?
I agree. With all the things happening in the world, why do we just get this story over and over again.