Black Lives Matter movement nominated for Nobel peace prize

[Gothmog]

Source: Guardian

The Black Lives Matter movement has been nominated for the 2021 Nobel peace prize for the way its call for systemic change has spread around the world.

In his nomination papers, the Norwegian MP Petter Eide said the movement had forced countries outside the US to grapple with racism within their own societies.

“I find that one of the key challenges we have seen in America, but also in Europe and Asia, is the kind of increasing conflict based on inequality,” Eide said. “Black Lives Matter has become a very important worldwide movement to fight racial injustice.

“They have had a tremendous achievement in raising global awareness and consciousness about racial injustice.”

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/29/black-lives-matter-nobel-peace-prize-petter-eide-norweigan-mp

[OAITW r.2.0]

1. Will drive Trump more nutz. Good. nt

[Roy Rolling]

17. My First Thought, Too

I would purchase a Pay-per-View production just to see his reaction if BLM won. It would be the Rodney King riots in reverse. And the final scene Donald turns to the camera and says, “why can’t we all just get along?”

There’s your Emmy, DJT, the Nobel ain’t happening for you.

[twodogsbarking]

18. Trump did win the Nobel

Piece of Work Prize, four years in a row.

[sheshe2]

2. KnR

That would be an awesome award.

[wolfie001]

3. I want to see this happen!

Further isolating the RW goons/racists in the US.

[Mickju]

4. That's excellent!

I would love for it to win.

[machoneman]

5. Oh my! This will absolutely drive MAGATs, Trumpy-boy and most House R-Scums batty!

Love it!

[Grokenstein]

7. You know it. Derangement is already at full boil.

Link to tweet

[Marie Marie]

14. Loved that reply...

[SheltieLover]

6. Excellent! 👏👏👏👏

[Karadeniz]

8. Let it happen! I think the committee will realize how brave these people are.

[oasis]

9. Baaaaazing! Message sent.

[iluvtennis]

10. KnR. nt

[Bayard]

11. It would be truly wonderful if BLM won

The Nobel PEACE prize. To all the rethugs who say the Capitol riot was no worse than what BLM has done---put that in your pipe and smoke it!

[turbinetree]

12. This is really cool............

[SunSeeker]

13. I love it! Republican heads will explode -- especially Trump's. nt

[Gothmog]

15. Trump will be grumpy tomorrow

Link to tweet

[TomVilmer]

16. It is surprisingly easy to be nominated though ....

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... and the Nobel Committee can select who ever they like anyway.

https://www.rfi.fr/en/international/20201009-storm-of-criticism-as-un-world-food-programme-wins-nobel-peace-prize-fredrik-s-heffermehl
https://www.trtworld.com/magazine/why-the-nobel-prize-is-no-longer-noble-39651

There are plenty of examples of nominees this year:


The amateur hockey team Kirkkoniemi Puckers and the Barents Hockey League are nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for their cross-border cooperation.

The World Organization of the Scout Movement have been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for creating a lasting culture of peace in their communities.

And of course Donald Trump, with the best argument: "I don't see why he's any less of a candidate for the Nobel Peace Prize than Barack Obama who got it before he even did anything."

[BumRushDaShow]

19. The movement actually produced some results too

Never thought I'd see the day when something as "simple" as 100+ year old white supremacist/confederate celebratory monuments (acting as daily reminders) would be removed from the seats of the confederacy and the last vestiges of the confederate flag that was a part of a state flag, will soon be gone.

Still a lot of work to do including one of the bigger prizes - breaking up the racist entrenched and intransigent police unions that keep the criminal justice system wildly skewed, cared for and fed in order to target and destroy black, brown, red, and yellow lives. The disparate handling of the Capitol insurrection and the savage thugs that initiated and participated in it, exposed that for all to see.

[Nitram]

20. Deservedly so. Human rights.

[AKing]

21. HaHaHa...Just copied and pasted the OP in a Facebook group where someone started a thread...

about it with a link to Breitbart. Let the fun begin

[DashOneBravo]

22. My niece is a big supporter of BLM

She’s a liberal Air Force (loadmaster) veteran and state trooper. They rotated every three days at the capital during the protest. She was disheartened by the racist and sexist comments like “white c%unt” that she endured.

[Hoyt]

23. That's one issue with just about any protest today. The people on the front lines

who try to keep things peaceful, even the ones that might support the protesters, get criticized. Sometimes it’s ugly too.

Hopefully, we’ll return to protest like the 1995 “Million Man March.” But not holding my breath.

[DashOneBravo]

24. Yes sir I remember those .

Hopefully we can return to those.

[Hortensis]

25. Fabulous! Last summer was pivotal, in spite of all the distracting noise since,

and the movement -- and its many, many millions of supporters -- fully deserves it.

We ARE already seeing real results in our new Democratic administration's commitment to equality and war on institutionalized racism and social injustices. The ideology has always been there, but BLM movement has provided a massive mandate for big goals.

[ck4829]

26. K&R