A sort of estranged uncle messaged me on FB after I started posting about Sterling and Castile. He basically pulled the usual, ‘what do you think about black on black crime’, and ‘what about gun violence in Chicago in black communities’, etc etc. Basically things that have ZERO relevance.

Her voice doesn’t negate, minimize, or delegitimize the work the rest of us are doing. Her speaking up may not do a damn thing, but staying silent? Speaks volumes.

I have also been working in social movements for decades.

Go google it your damn self. I’m over telling white people how to use the fucking internet. It is an emotional burden to ALWAYS be telling ya’ll what’s going on.

As Jesse Williams said “If you are going to critique our movement you better have a history of critiquing our oppression.”

I don’t care if Beyonce joined the…

Ok, and what? This makes you the Patron Saint of all social justice activists? This endows you with a God-given right to declare someone’s activism as “genuine” or “fake”? Do actually care about reaching as many people as possible about this ongoing issue that is normally swept under the rug or do you want this to…

I worked in a legislative office. You would be amazed the amount of constituents who never contact their elected representatives, yet believe themselves to be involved or interested in public matters. Voicing your opinion absolutely does count. How is an elected official supposed to represent you if they never hear…

So you’re mad and unsatisfied that a woman with money and fame...uses her money and fame to help with something you’re mad about?

Is it just me or are folks on kinja having an especially difficult time with reading comprehension today?

Step one, be a really successful pop diva. Real life us have to give a bit of fucks to function in society :(

OH MY GOD! HOLD THE PHONE BECAUSE 5.2%! FIVE POINT TWO PERCENT! THAT’S LIKE 1 IN 20! Seriously, 1 in 20. You want me to cry for 1 in 20? If you said something like 30%, I’d think, okay, you’ve got a point. 20%? Yeah, sure, I’m in. BUT 5.2%? Are you kidding me? Is that really the best you can do? Way more people die of…

Yes, I understand statistics and statistically speaking, small business owners make a good amount of money. So much in fact, that a couple grand here and there don’t make a difference. A couple grand affects those who make minimum wage, and those who make minimum wage are not small business owners.

Again as someone who’s been in the business a long time, that’s the inconvenient truth. Continue believing your false narrative — I won’t stop you. Theft is theft but the reality is that no one is “losing their livelihood” over a few sodas.

No, it won’t, and here’s why (I grew up in the restaurant business): a restaurant owner/manager needs to have a large incentive to keep the business alive because it’s so damn stressful. If a the shop makes $0 profit that year, then $0 goes to the owner’s pocket and they’ll close. If they make $3000 a year, then $3000…

Yes because three grand is going to decide if a restaurant is going to stay open or close.

This. Franchisees have to have a ridiculous amount of money to franchise in the first place. I don’t understand the people calling this thievery and getting all angry like it’s grand theft. Fired? Sure. Press charges? Nah.

You know how much money you have to have in the first place to own a franchise though? Lizabethie calls it out below, actually.

I’m not saying he was a crusader, just that to press charges was ridiculous. Fire the guy. That’s enough.

Oh there is a total soda pop war going on. Not that I’m sure if they get paid but that is why you never see Pepsi and Coke products at the same fountain location.

What’s really criminal is the markup on soda.