05-29-2020, 04:53 PM
(05-29-2020, 04:11 PM)fredtoast Wrote: I almost wish famous people would remain silent instead of making meaningless "thoughts and prayers" type posts like this.
It is like they want to get credit for being on the right side without actually having to do anything.
I guess they feel like they are doing something just because they have lots of fans, and it is good to know he cares, but people with millions of dollars should do more than just make posts like this. Hopefully he will in the future. All of this is new to him. I am not even sure if he has signed his contract and gotten paid yet.
I think it is actually "doing something" because he's a hero to many young kids, and this might introduce a perspective into their lives they might not otherwise have had. Lots of those Southeast Ohio kids will grow up not knowing a single black person, and hearing only negative things (like I did growing up in rural NW Pennsylvania). He didn't say thoughts and prayers, he said other people should listen. Maybe some will now.
