Posted on 08/10/2015 10:25:11 AM PDT by BradtotheBone
“You are forever in our hearts”?
Pop singer Beyoncé is taking some flak for a Facebook entry she made in remembrance of the shooting death of Michael Brown.
She posted it Sunday, on the one-year anniversary of his death. He was shot and killed in self-defense by former Ferguson police Officer Darren Wilson. Both a St. Louis County grand jury and a Defense Department investigation cleared Wilson of any charges.
Nonetheless, Beyoncé’s post, in the form of a meme, states:
“Today we will honor you and continue to fight for society to respect the humanity of all people. You are forever in our hearts. #MikeBrown.”
If the pop star thought she was going to be showered with good wishes and words of gratitude, she was sadly mistaken.
One person responded:
I love how I see posts remembering a guy whom attacked an officer. The officer was proven innocent in the court of law and the evidence was there for this. I see one guy get killed by the police when the police were following training.
RIP to all police officers and first responders who were killed in the line of duty trying to make the world a better place. It’s time to start remembering the real heroes who put their life on the line everyday to try and stop criminals like the face you see here.
Yes there are a handful of rotten apples out there, but it’s time to start seeing the full story of what happened. This is why body cams on police officers should be mandatory. To prevent scrutiny. If you all think you can do a better job, put a uniform on and do it.
And then there were these:
(Excerpt) Read more at bizpacreview.com ...
You’re right. My apologies to Charo.
I beat up a small Asian man and smoked a blunt in Big Mike’s honor. (Sniff.)
Who writes this stuff?
Beyonce is a brainless illuminati puppet. Nothing surprising.
That was the image I always had of Charro (and the one which she herself promoted, so it’s not all my fault), but I discovered when I was looking up different versions of “Malaguena” on YouTube last year, that she was a heckuva Spanish guitar player, studied under Andres Segovia. It’s too bad that she didn’t make more of her real talent.
Who is Beyoncé? (I live in a rural area in the South. We don’t go to movies, don’t watch much t.v., are old.)
Hey- Big B-—— While you are demanding ‘put a ring on it”.....try demanding “Put a brain in it”.....
Since you are NOT part of the solution, You can ONLY be part of the problem.
Good points. I’m a guitar player myself. First instrument I ever owned was a Yamaha classical guitar.
That was my thought. These people have no use on a personal level for thugs, black or white, beyond their tight little rap world. Or anyone not in their socio-economic sphere, either. Remember when they had their baby, other patients at the hospital kvetched that they’d taken over the hospital and treated other patients/their babies like trash. That said all I needed to ever know about these two, the very close friend of Barack and Michelle.
I’m jealous, I always wished I’d learned to play. I took lessons in my old age, but didn’t stick with it as I didn’t want to be another mere chick who could strum a few chords to folkie-style tunes, and I was too old to ever be any better. Anyway, I have always thought that the best guitar players are males, by many miles. The few women who really play, more than just accompany themselves with some chords and strumming, are to me like what was said of women preachers, that it’s not how well they can do it, the wonder is that they can do it at all. There just aren’t any female guitar players, even the cream of them, who can remotely touch the best male guitar players. John McLaughlin is one of my guitar heroes, Al Di Meola is another. His “Malaguena” from his album “Elegant Gypsy” is by far my favorite version. And I love jazz fusion guitar, Weather Report and all that kind of music. Also progressive rock, and bluegrass. I think what I really love is instrumental virtuosity, which isn’t a given in most popular genres of music, therefore it’s impressive when you come across it.
Isn’t that Caitlyn Jennings from the neck down?
Sometimes it is not such a good idea to spend all day at the gym.
Ha, ha. I’m no virtuoso, that’s for sure. But I never stopped and I started 40 years ago. Got a 6 piece band with three guitars and a sax. We play as a house band for an open mic in a pizza joint. Paid in pizza and beer. Very casual and fun. It’s a nice hobby.
Happy FReeping!
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.