Black ESPN personality Stephen A. Smith blasted the Black Lives Matter crowd for its outrage at Democrat presidential hopeful Martin O’Malley saying “all lives matter.”
And they fired back.
“There’s nothing wrong when a presidential candidate says ‘All lives Matter’!” Smith, who months ago suggested all black people should vote Republican in 2016, said on Twitter Tuesday.
He expounded upon the sentiment in a longer tweet asking where the movement is for the much more prevalent issue of black on black violence.
“I’m not debating the significance of ‘Black Lives Matter.’ I’m a BLACK MAN! I know this,” Smith said.
“Where is all this noise when Black folks are getting killed in our communities every single day?” he asked. “Does it only matter when we’re getting killed OUTSIDE OF OUR COMMUNITY, by folks who look differently than us?”
“If we’ve reached a point where a PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE is forced to apologize and engage in clarification when choosing to say “ALL LIVES MATTER” — while a few Black Folks are allowed to reign terror throughout our own community by killing one another with nary a word said about it, then the problems that truly permeate the Black Community will never be resolved,” he added.
The response from black people on Twitter was less than understanding, but Smith did have some supporters.
Where is all the noise about #BlackLivesMatter when black folks are killing black folks?
— Stephen A Smith (@stephenasmith) July 21, 2015
There’s nothing wrong when a presidential candidate says “All lives Matter”!
— Stephen A Smith (@stephenasmith) July 21, 2015
I’m a black man. Of course I know #BlackLivesMatter. You can’t boo a presidential candidate just b/c he says “all lives matter”.
— Stephen A Smith (@stephenasmith) July 21, 2015
You’re just a fucking clown, @stephenasmith. Defending domestic abusers but attacking #BlackLivesMatter. I hope those checks are worth it.
— Cirque du SoBae (@brownandbella) July 21, 2015
.@stephenasmith would rather use his influence to parrot anti-Black rhetoric than contribute to communities crippled by disenfranchisement
— J. Snow (@ProducerJSnow) July 21, 2015
Where is your noise in supporting the #BlackLivesMatter movement? You have the perfect platform Uncle Tom. https://t.co/zA11LkM5A1
— Auntie Sam (@AnyWayDoeSmh) July 21, 2015
Those negroes who get let into the house of the oppressor defend that house like premium guard dogs.
— #WeWillShootBack (@SankofaBrown) July 21, 2015
Shut your stupid Uncle Tom shuckin and jivin ass up https://t.co/a3io1HtDKU
— BlkPhilosophersStone (@HarmonyEliana) July 21, 2015
@stephenasmith so I guess you show up at funerals and yell out “what’s the big deal? Everyone dies!”
— Talib Kweli Greene (@TalibKweli) July 21, 2015
@stephenasmith Yeah the message is lost when we just talk about us. Everybody’s lives matter. Thanks for that, another brother to another.
— DJ JAKE JUGGERNAUT (@SaxtonJason) July 21, 2015
All lives matter and if you don’t agree you’re the problem.
— NANA12/09/12 (@RyBeNANAap) July 21, 2015
Two wrongs don’t make it right but Stephen A Smith kind of has a point
— Watever Dude! (@JohnQGotti) July 21, 2015
Black folks kill ourselves everyday and we never take as strong of a stance to raise awareness or fix the problem. @stephenasmith is correct
— MAYDE (@MAYDE_Music) July 21, 2015
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