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BLM activist goes extra-crispy
Posted on 2/1/25 at 10:49 am
Posted on 2/1/25 at 10:49 am
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More than a week after prominent civil rights activist Thairie Ritchie set himself on fire near a Black Lives Matter mural outside of Santa Cruz City Hall on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, some friends and fellow activists are pushing back against what they say is an effort to silence the message behind what they believe was an act of protest.
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“This is not just wanting to die. This was a message,” Banjo said in an interview. “A Black Lives Matter organizer who I know was wholly committed to the liberation of Black lives, who lit himself on fire at the Black Lives Matter mural on MLK Day at the beginning of the inauguration of Trump,” he said. “This is all strategic. Thairie is a self-studied activist. He understands what he’s doing.”
Posted on 2/1/25 at 10:50 am to uggabugga
"Blacks" are as liberated here in the US as anyone in the world can be.
Posted on 2/1/25 at 10:59 am to uggabugga
Self immolation takes some real dedication.
Posted on 2/1/25 at 11:04 am to dakarx
kinda pathetic to torch yourself and no one notices.
Posted on 2/1/25 at 11:08 am to dakarx
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Self immolation takes some real stupidity.
FIFY
Posted on 2/1/25 at 11:10 am to uggabugga

Posted on 2/1/25 at 11:11 am to salty1
The real question is, how many likes did his live steam of the act generate. That’s all that really matters.
Posted on 2/1/25 at 11:12 am to uggabugga
So someone lit themselves on fire because a white liberal told them they were oppressed.
Posted on 2/1/25 at 11:22 am to SCLibertarian
Well that's a shame. In his honor I'm thinking white beans and pork chops for lunch.
Posted on 2/1/25 at 11:23 am to uggabugga
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More than a week after prominent civil rights activist Thairie Ritchie set himself on fire
Soooo black lives don’t really matter or what?
Posted on 2/1/25 at 11:25 am to dakarx
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Self immolation takes some real dedication.
And extreme brain washing and mental illness.
Posted on 2/1/25 at 11:26 am to uggabugga
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This is all strategic.
No, that’s literally insanity.
Posted on 2/1/25 at 11:30 am to uggabugga
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prominent civil rights activist Thairie Ritchie set himself on fire near a Black Lives Matter mural
guess he fired himself
Posted on 2/1/25 at 11:33 am to uggabugga
Does anybody note the conflict in messaging between saying Black Lives Matter, then snuffing his own life out for nothing?
Posted on 2/1/25 at 11:35 am to uggabugga
Seems like a great well thought out protest. Maybe it will become a trend.
Posted on 2/1/25 at 11:36 am to uggabugga

Maybe if more activists set themselves on fire we'd notice. You guys want to test it out?
Posted on 2/1/25 at 11:37 am to uggabugga
“Self studied activist.” He googled
Posted on 2/1/25 at 11:37 am to uggabugga
His message? All I got was he was an idiot and a flaming liberal.
This post was edited on 2/1/25 at 11:38 am
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