Bronagh and BLM

Kewreeuss

Trawling through the on line papers today I came across a headline in the Indo.
It's a subscription article so I couldn't read more than a few lines.
"Having to say black lives matter in 2020 breaks my heart". Bronagh.
Would anyone who read the article tell me why it breaks her heart, and why her in particular that it merits an article?

biko

This is what is available

Amid civil unrest, anarchy, violence and destruction, America is "unrecognisable" to Derry-born actress and singer Bronagh Gallagher.

Sitting in her home in a quiet suburb of Dublin, the 47-year-old, who appeared in Pulp Fiction and Star Wars, watches the anger in Donald Trump's America.

"They say the darkest hour comes before the dawn," said Gallagher. "That's what I have to say about Donald Trump.
Every human being's heart is the same colour, but Trump brings out the worst in humankind.

She blames Trump for everything.

J_M_G

She's almost certainly trying to conflate the Black Lives Matter movement with the reasonable statement that "black lives matter". The implication being that if you oppose the movement and organisation called Black Lives Matter, then you also believe that black lives do not matter.

It's the same old trick that media/government love to pull. Like the Patriot Act for example, that was introduced after 9/11 to erode civil liberties and grant the government far greater powers. If you opposed it, the implication was that you're not patriotic. And sure nobody wants to be called that.

Thank god these useless and subversive rags are going extinct. Given their current circulation numbers, they can't have more than a few years left. But I'm sure Bronagh, intrepid journalist that she is will simply set up a blog when she gets laid off and people will eagerly pay for her talented and insightful social commentary. That will definitely happen. Because she is talented. And insightful. And honest. She probably has a journalism degree too, maybe even a masters! So you know she's a great writer worth listening to AND paying for.


EDIT: Oh according to the post above she's a singer and actress too? Multi-talented! Now I really want to read her article.

TomTomTim

J_M_G wrote: »

It's the same old trick that media/government love to pull. Like the Patriot Act for example, that was introduced after 9/11 to erode civil liberties and grant the government far greater powers. If you opposed it, the implication was that you're not patriotic. And sure nobody wants to be called that.

Same tactic as Antifa too. "Antifa is just anti fascism, if you're against them you're a fascist".

She was always sour looking..

Galwayguy35

Another bit part actress jumping on the Trump and BLM bandwagon.

The reality is it makes no difference to her sitting in her house in Dublin who the President of the Unites States is.

Rubberchikken

Why should some actress that no one has probably heard of in forever care who the president of america is?

Any publicity....

biko

I loved her in every role she has done. Great actress. Even met her once.

Just wish she would take Gene Simmons advice

I think celebrities should basically shut their pie holes and do what they do best—act, sing, tap dance... all that kind of stuff,

DeadHand

It’s amazing how firmly she has her finger on the pulse of the current reality on the ground in the USA...

... from ‘her home in a quiet suburb of Dublin’ ...

Beasty

We already have threads on BLM and Trump