The Blue Lives Matter movement, which started in response to Black Lives Matter, advocates for police and other law enforcement officers.
Black Lives Matter and its calls for law enforcement accountability and an end to police brutality has gained renewed attention in recent weeks. In the wake of the May 25 killing of George Floyd, a black man, by a white officer in Minneapolis, protests led in part by BLM organizers continue in many cities across the United States and internationally.
"A lot going on in the world right now and I wanted to express that most first responders are good people," Weatherman said."My uncle is a firefighter and he would do anything to help save lives." RACEDAY here in Miami have something special on the car this weekend. A lot going on in the world right now and I wanted to express that most first responders are good people. My uncle is a firefighter and he would do anything to help save lives. 🙏🏻 please repost LOVE everyone🙏🏻
I think it's poetic that ppl constantly call themselves out with this. Calling attention to injustice for one group shouldn't feel threatening to another...unless you know you're in the wrong. No one screams at breast cancer awareness with, 'What about prostate cancer?!?'
Just when there seemed to be some hope for nascar ... low class team low class move
Did they ban the BLM ? or endorse these murdering thugs? Here we see a fine example of a BLM thug attacking and shooting a police office !!
when sporting events turn into politics, is when we stop watching sporting events. NASCAR
It's NASCAR. This doesn't surprise me at all.
I’m sure the n-word is in daily vocabulary .
🏎😄Ah yes, the Hooters 250. Don’t worry libs, Nascar has created a race just for you, the Unhinged 300❄️ in Talladega.
Insensitivite. But race baiting is common for Klansman.
Way to enrage your fans. Have they ever looked at who is in the seats?
Can we throw bricks at it?
So does that confirm that it's a 1:1 swap then?
Yes, Well blue lives do matter, but they also should be held accountable for their action. Killing of unarmed none white without consequences is not acceptable at all. We need police but we need the to serve and protect. Not kill and walk free.
A child who loves his blue friends.
Which one was faster?
Think itll help em win?
I've stopped watching NASCAR or supporting the companies that sponsor it, but THANK YOU for displaying BLUE LIVES MATTER. You're awesome!
All jobs matter, how dare they make it about one job, these people HATE firemen and HATE nurses. Wow trash.
Dear comcast (or NASCAR_Xfinity), Could you let us know if you plan to continue sponsoring this team, with this car? It would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!
Sigh...two steps forward...twenty steps backward...(slams head against desk).
But I thought 'All Lives Matter'?
Gross.
. What a stupid move Kyle Newsflash, Its not mutually exclusive. Just because folks are rallying around BLM, doesn't at all mean we don't care about police lives. .
BlueLivesMatterMoreThanBlackLives So be a black cop. Kill a cop you get the death penalty. That's the way it should be.
Flag code anyone?
They never scream Blue Lives Matter when it's countless white men who kill them.
It's amazing how White Supremacists believe to be smart, but then identify with a stable genius.
It said ' Back the Blue'. Not ' Blue lives Matter', you pack of liars. Stop 'Race baiting' & starting shit. Even if it had said that, GOOD !! But it didn't.I hope all the cops resign. That way when you, your family, or property is harmed, u can call Bubba. Or BLM. Or 'Big Al' !!
Nice try. Now can we talk about what’s really going on.
Where is the yellow and rainbow and white .... getting crazy!
I love how they replaced the confederate flag with blue lives matter
The best part has always been the wrecks, let's hope this resolves itself quickly
They didn't ask for this.
Watch what they do, not what they say. For instance, if I didn't want to be confused for SS, I wouldn't sport the uniform. If you really love everyone, as you say, you wouldn't want to be associated with blue lives matter...because it is intentionally in direct response to BLM
Ok, I'm feeling it just like the BLM car!!!!!
WTF
I wish black people would stop pretending to give a fuck about nascar. Y’all niggas blow up ANY post that’s directed at you smh we gotta start ignoring post
🙄more Instagram-feel good-BS. What happened to metoo? What happened to ”kids in cages” what happened to illegal looking for asylum? 👎🏻 After Nov everyone will stop talking of BLM, just like when they stopped During Re Obama yrs. They'll move 2 the next story
NASCAR doesn’t matter
Of course all lives matter, but BLM focuses on black lives in large part because the blues lives kill black lives disproportionately and then hide behind their code of silence and qualified immunity.
In true cop fashion, was the car parked behind the local convenience store as the driver collected overtime pay while napping on the job?
Hilarious, considering how NASCAR started.
Maybe a nice pink car with a curly tail
All these idiots responding to this is unbelievable
I love this car paint scheme. Our police and first responders deserve our respect!
So what
The politically correct NASCAR just change its policy by listening to one driver only, instead of listen to hundred of thousand of fans,,,,, BOYCOT the NASCAR
Rum runners car supporting police makes no sense. NASCAR doesn’t know their own history
SMH........
No such thing as a blue life.
Eww
All lives matter.
Blue lives, huh?
How is this article soothing racial divides?
Does that mean that chud who never won a race is coming back
The problem?
'It was in support of first responders and law enforcement.' I'm gonna guess that most first responders don't want their reputations mixed up with those of law enforcement.
Looking forward to it crashing and burning just like our police.
Poor form-
You guys: YOU GUYS. This is in the minor league race, and the driver and team are uncompetitive, a part-time outfit rarely having finished even in the 20s. He's an opportunist. You are not serving your listeners/readers by failing to provide this context.
Wait until somebody hijacks their race radio channel and plays 'F*ck the Police' live over the TV.
Smurfs, the Blue Man Group?No humans are blue, unless they are sad. I sure hope we don’t have sad people, with guns, and no oversight running around telling us right/wrong. Other than my silliness, it’s a direct slogan slam on BLM and reeks of a middle finger to the cause.
NASCAR needs to rule on this. too. Clearly an attempt to capture the same flag crowd that nascar just banned. Other, better, ways to go about supporting law enforcement.
How many police officers are killed annually relative to their numbers in the population? I’d venture a guess that it’s a very small number after you adjust for and subtract the number of officers killed in traffic accidents.
Trump's Idiot-mob: 'Blue Lives Matter!' Q: What about firefighters and nurses? Don't those jobs matter? Trump's Idiot-mob: 'They're not being attacked!!' Good news, you got it! Bad news... You still don't get it.
haha nascar has always been trash, I’m confused as to how everyone’s so shocked by this kind of shit.
I've seen blue man group they do matter.
1 step forward, 2 steps back...
Next they’ll be breaking out the General Lee.
That will be viewed as racist!
LOL
Well, they have to find a way to express their bad taste somehow.
There is no doubt cops have a tough job. But here’s the thing...they don’t HAVE to be cops. If you can’t do the job justly, don’t become a cop.
I keep wanting to like NASCAR, but I just can’t do it.
Of course they did
Funny how transparently Blue Lives Matter is a substitute for the Confederate flag dogwhistle, because neither are really about slain police or history.
Fascist flag on the hood and all.
HUGE blunder. Massive ignorance. This is going to be bad for NASCAR! CNN MSNBC
And, there’s the problem.
They are just changing the confederate flag to the thin blue line symbol
awesome 👌
One step forward, two steps back.
LMAO. Embarrassing. In his 60s, no wins, and a criminal.
so the bootleggers become bootlickers
Banning one racist symbol, inserting another
Just like we all expected, NASCAR is a battleground for social rights
It’s the Dickmobile!
Every time he has a driver interview, could ESPN just play a clip of egregious police brutality from the last few weeks of protesting? I could point them at a thread of 400+ if they need help
Gotta keep their viewers happy somehow🥴
Yikes. What did A_kamara6 say?
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Oh come on all lives matter but that can only happen if back life’s matter first
bluelineban
Good ole boys yapping about blue... NASCAR politics.
The culture wars comes to NASCAR. I love it. Feels like progress when even 'racin'' is not a safe space for bigotry. What would happen if these two teams had a fender bender on the track?
Rednecks gonna redneck
So...the Smurfs are back?! Is this a marketing thing for a new movie? /s
They must really like those aliens from the music video I’m Blue by Eiffel 65.
I tried to tell people Nascar would mess things up. Just didn't think this fast
lol
The race course will determine which lives matter.
POLICE AS WE KNOW IT DOESNT WORK....BAD APPLES ARE CORRUPTING THE GOOD APPLES
That's fine. I'm sure we have room in our minds for both. One team wants to draw attention to, and support, law enforcement, and other teams want to support and draw attention to the BLM movement. Something for everyone.
Lol. I almost became a nascar supporter fr.
Thereby giving the message that if you don't fly the confederate flag, you don't like the police. Way to go NASCAR. Christ.
Was it an accident that the new design has the American flag being drug under the car from the rocker panel? Or is it a low key confederate push back?
. What a stupid move Bubba Newsflash, Its not mutually exclusive. Just because folks are rallying around BLM, doesn't at all mean we don't care about police lives. .
When has blue lives mattered less?
Would be funny if both those cars got into a battle to the finish line!! peoplejustdontgetit!!! 😑
So wait, black people are kneeling on the necks of oppressed cops? I had no idea.
I’m never suprised
What a tool
lol They'll let it win, just to keep their remaining racist and fascists happy, too.
Racists gonna racist.
Blue Lives Matter is discrimination. All jobs are important. Including soldiers who protect all our freedoms. I hope Nascar will stop tgis anti-American propaganda AllJobsMatter
Of course. I reminds me of when you are talking about how sick you've been and that one person replies, 'Oh, I had that once, too, only I was waaaaaay sicker.'
We should've predicted this.
Well.. gonna have to burn that too, now.
So dumb. Tone deaf. blacklivesmatter
Looks like that Ciccarelli may have have been right? It's gonna be a race to be the most woke or most 'merican. Can't wait to see the rainbow car get rear ended LoL JK guys I love you 🏳️🌈☮️🏳️🌈☮️🏳️🌈
Why are you calling for tbe destruction ofiterature?
There's no such thing as a blue life. It's a job. Quit and find a new one if you can't deal with it.
I wonder how goodyear Xfinity & Mobile1gas feel about this? Maybe it would be good if we all asked them!
Welp... progressive NASCAR was nice while it lasted. All of 5 days.
Thank you NASCAR for realizing that this had to change... I know some your fans believe the Confederate Flag is their heritage and it probably is, but it is a symbol of Hate to many. They still have their rights and can fly it...
So NASCAR is OK with flag desecration then.
All cars matter
Hope it makes them feel better
There is no thin blue line.
That thin blue line flag is a divisive mechanism...to put them vs us....that’s against flag code anyway...
Would be terrible if they crashed and exploded into an unprecedented pillar of flame as if the divine itself made sure they suffered.
it's also the same team that wore confederate flag shirts at a race last year.
And once again it's a NASCAR chucklehead with zero wins taking a racist political stand. So he's a shitty driver and a shitty person.
While the race car team embraced law enforcement (a positive move) it really says nothing to reverse the political position that NASCAR has taken - to disenfranchise Southerners who are proud of their CSA heritage.
This feels like pro wrestling to me: stunt performers pandering to the crowd. At least you knew in the wrestling world that the “good guy” would prevail and we understood it was all for show.