Jane Fonda Pens Incredible Blog Post Regarding George Floyd

[UncleTomsEvilBrother]

My heart breaks for what’s happening, for the pain and grief and rage caused by George Floyd’s murder. And grief for his family. I beg people reading this to understand that his murder is a match thrown on the dry tinder of racism. There have been at least two other previous murders in Minneapolis with officers not being held accountable. The one time an officer was convicted of murder in that city the victim was white, the officer was Black. Imagine you are Black and let that sink in. Apparently, George Floyd had tried to buy cigarettes with a counterfeit bill when cops were called. Female Senator, Kelly Loeffler was being investigated for insider trading on the Covid information she’d received but her husband gave $1 million to a Trump PAC and the DOJ dropped the investigation. Imagine you are Black and let that sink in.

Hundreds of Black men and boys and women have been murdered at the hands of police who have never been held accountable. Add that onto the decades of black people being incarcerated for things that white people are never charged for—like possessing an ounce of marijuana or holding a cell phone the wrong way—that’s the new Jim Crow. That’s added on to the century of the original Jim Crow, when Black men were arrested for made-up crimes and sold to factory owners to work in factories and mines under unbelievably brutal and inhuman conditions and Blacks were deprived of any rights. And that was after slavery had been outlawed. Add that onto the centuries of black people being considered not human, sold like animals, beaten, tortured, raped, castrated, lynched. If white people had been subjected to this history of unspeakable violence they would be burning things…or worse.

More at: https://www.janefonda.com/2020/05/george-floyd-a-centuries-old-history/

[dhill926]

1. K & R...

[cate94]

2. K & R

[malaise]

3. Jane Fonda is a genuine caring human being

I have nothing but respect and admiration for her

[BobsYourUncle]

21. Agreed.

I’m right there with you malaise, she’s great.

[llmart]

30. So true.

I have great admiration for her and all the work she's done. She's a brilliant woman and the real deal.

[Gothmog]

4. K&R

[busterbrown]

5. Unbelievable !!! How she was demonized by the Right..

Scumbags!!

[erronis]

8. The "Right" can't by itself demonize anyone. It takes acquiescense by the rest to make it happen.

The press is a major culprit - whether overtly representing RW viewpoints or playing some both-sides have valid points. We need the press to start calling out misdeeds and untruths.

I remember watching Walter Cronkite. While CBS was no paragon of virtue some executives and broadcast personalities had a good sense of ethics.

[sop]

11. For the rabid rightwing, Jane Fonda was the 1960s' version of George Soros.

[soldierant]

14. Unconscionable, certainly. Unbelievable, sadly, not really. It's who they are.

[niyad]

6. KNR

[gademocrat7]

7. K&R

[iluvtennis]

9. Thank you Jane for all your support of the common people throughtout the years. nt

[ananda]

10. So great!

"peace can’t wait for all the white people in the US to rid themselves of racism so please vote out the bigots and racists in our midst and make sure the people you replace them with are doing the necessary work."

[DownriverDem]

28. True but

it will take all of us to get rid of racism just like during the civil rights fight.

[DesertRat]

12. k&r

[N_E_1 for Tennis]

13. KnR...nt

[aggiesal]

15. Great essay. Bravo Jane! ...

No doubt, if this goes on Facebook it will be pulled down immediately.
If on Twitter, it might stand a chance.

[cp]

16. Eloquent

Thank you for posting this.

[burrowowl]

17. Bravo Jane!

[crickets]

18. Wonderful! K&R

[world wide wally]

19. I'm very Fonda Jane

[oasis]

20. Telling it like it is. nt

[betsuni]

22. K&R

[proud patriot]

25. I'd bet

She's sat at more Veterans bed sides and done more for Veterans
than those "liberal" Democrats you speak of have.

[proud patriot]

34. that's her when young and dumb

since then she has spent more time with Veterans done more for Veterans

then those "liberals" you speak of ..

[proud patriot]

36. You don't have to forgive her

She and I don't expect you to .

[amuse bouche]

31. She spoke out about a disgusting and stupid war.

A war that turned my husband and others into shell's of themselves. She's a hero to me

[Lucinda]

32. No they didn't. You are misinformed. n/t

[jeffreyi]

24. Jane Fonda spoke at the university I was attending

About 1973 or so. Her presentation was informed, articulate, educated, passionate. I have respected her ever since then...

[zentrum]

26. She was the real deal

……against the VietNam War too.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

29. Truths explained clearly. K and R

[Lucinda]

33. KNR