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team, and its stated positions, some of which pointedly include support of the BLM organization and the "Black Lives Matter" movement. As such I will no longer support this Clemson Football season and have sent my tickets back to the Athletic Department, with a request for full refund of donations.

I have noted many on the Board who have vented anger at the NBA and its overt politicization, and have rejoiced in their failing marketability. Yet, here our team has come out in support of the same organization and I see no real opposition to that. I see this as simple failed commitment to principles.

What leads me to this decision is the recent tragedy in McAllen, Texas where two Cops were gunned down without cause or warning. When one deceased Policeman's Daughter attempted to post her feelings on Twitter, looking for support for her pain, the self-proclaimed "BLM" antagonists derided her post and slammed her presentation of the "BlueLivesMatter" logo. I find it highly instructive and ironic that the Organization that reaped in hundreds of millions of dollars with sympathy for George Floyd can find no sympathy for a young girl who has lost her Father in an equally senseless fashion.

This, along with other issues, tells me that the BLM Movement is more about Race and Racism, than it is about Humanity, and as such, I will not support anything associated with it, including this Team.

I am a 3rd generation Clemson grad, and while I don't take this action lightly, it is hardly difficult. I stand on the side of Equality of the Races, not political power grabs based on half-baked facts; on the side of safety and respect for our Policemen and Women; on the side of the value of Due Process for all, not Twitter lynchings; on the side of Humanity and Empathy for all. I also have a Brother who is a Policeman, and I stand on his side as well.

I find it completely sad that this Clemson Team has chosen a different path.

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OK, so their riot when a black person is killed by a cop.

Sep 5, 2020, 5:58 PM [ in reply to Re: Dear Mods, HBROWN was right - I am in opposition to this ]

First let me qualify the term 'BLM.' When I say 'BLM,' I am referring specifically and exclusively to Black Lives Matter the organization. Anyone who doesn't know what 'exclusively,' means, look it up now and you won't be confused.

Those men killed were resisting arrest. Hand on now, I'm not justifying the killing just stating the fact. Each of those men have criminal histories and the last three were in the process of committing a crime other than resisting arrest so let's recap.

Undisputed Fact
Black
Killed by police
significant record of several crimes
resisting arrest
in the process of committing a crime or fleeing from a crime they committed

No reasonable person would say the primary reason they were killed was because they were black when so many other options are equally as prominent as the reason they were killed. If you fact check me and eliminate one or two of those points don't dismiss the rest because of my mistake, no reasonable person would do that.

It's fair to conclude that being killed by police is the primary reason just as it's possible to say it was because they were black. One might, as BLM does, say 'they were killed by police because they were black,' if you want to ride the line dividing reason and delusion.

What were we talking about, oh yeah, how much BLM cares about black people. How about the massive numbers of blacks killed who weren't giving the cops a choice of whether to kill them or not? Those babies killed in their beds and strollers, those teenagers killed by gang members shooting at one another? What about those lives?

My conclusion. BLM only cares about the black man who has a criminal record is resisting police, and either in the process of committing a crime or fleeing a crime. So no. BL does not M to them unless you're committing a crime or fleeing arrest.

But what about Taylor? Yeah, that blows but not my position. She was no more innocent than those children so if that garners support for BLM the then just say it out loud. BLM is more about police than black lives.

After saying that I want everyone to know, a black live is equal to any other life to me. Personally, black lives matter but I will admit, the three fatherless children who live next door to me mean as much as family and they matter more than anyone outside my family. The rest of you, white or black alike, not as much.