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Nickelodeon pauses programming for 'I can't breathe' message, draws mixed reaction
Fox News ^ | 06/02/2020 | Nate Day

Posted on 06/03/2020 8:15:14 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd

On Monday, Nickelodeon suspended its programming to air a message that simply read "I CAN'T BREATHE" for eight minutes and 46 seconds, accompanied by the sound of a person breathing.

The message called attention to Minneapolis man George Floyd's death. Floyd died while in police custody after an officer -- since-fired Derek Chauvin, who was later charged with third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in Floyd's death -- kneeled on Floyd's neck for eight minutes, moments that were captured on cellphone video.

In the footage, Floyd repeatedly said "I can't breathe" while being knelt on, and the words have been echoed by protesters in the days since.

The network also offered a "Declaration of Kids’ Rights."

“You have the right to be seen, heard and respected as a citizen of the world. You have the right to a world that is peaceful," read the statement. "You have the right to be treated with equality, regardless of the color of your skin. You have the right to be protected from harm, injustice and hatred. You have the right to an education that prepares you to run the world. You have the right to your opinions and feelings, even if others don’t agree with them.”

The television channel received mixed reactions for its activism.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: nickelodeon; race
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Never too early to indoctrinate the youngster.
1 posted on 06/03/2020 8:15:14 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd
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You have the right to a world that is peaceful

Only after you start your dirt nap.

2 posted on 06/03/2020 8:17:32 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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You have the right to be protected from harm

Except from the Hollywood sexual predators at Nickelodeon.

3 posted on 06/03/2020 8:18:08 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (Black Businesses Matter)
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I hate it when they draw young kids into Adult issues. You only get to be a kid once and for not that long. Leave them be.


4 posted on 06/03/2020 8:18:11 AM PDT by BBQToadRibs
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You have the right to your opinions and feelings, even if others don’t agree with them.”

Huh...


5 posted on 06/03/2020 8:20:41 AM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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Patrick Starfish is smarter than the people who run that network it seems.


6 posted on 06/03/2020 8:22:14 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer)
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"You have the right to your opinions and feelings, even if others don’t agree with them.”

Unless, of course, you deviate from the current Leftist orthodoxy, in which case you'll be de-platformed so fast it will make your head spin.

7 posted on 06/03/2020 8:24:15 AM PDT by Flick Lives (My work's illegal, but at least it's honest. - Capt. Malcolm Reynolds)
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Sponsored by color of change organization that was founded in part by Mr ‘White people have a virus’ Jones


8 posted on 06/03/2020 8:25:37 AM PDT by Altura Ct. (uNACA)
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“””””””You have the right to a world that is peaceful,”””””

Take a peaceful stroll thought Saint Floyds neighborhood some day.. Maybe a nice evening stroll though north Minneapolis.

One hint..Wear Kevlar. the “peaceful” can kill you.


9 posted on 06/03/2020 8:27:03 AM PDT by shelterguy
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You have a right to be a bore. You have a right to your own informed opinion.

Sadly, is cable now the new teacher?

Are media mavens now the new pioneers or just exploiters, carpetbaggers, indifferent to their own messages? Quite the legacy and wreckage field they are leaving to the kids.


10 posted on 06/03/2020 8:27:33 AM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi - Monthly Donors Rock!!!)
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You have a right to be a bore. You have a right to your own informed opinion.

Sadly, is cable now the new teacher?

Are media mavens now the new pioneers or just exploiters, carpetbaggers, indifferent to their own messages? Quite the legacy and wreckage field they are leaving to the kids.


11 posted on 06/03/2020 8:27:33 AM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi - Monthly Donors Rock!!!)
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Nickelodeon? Are they still around?


12 posted on 06/03/2020 8:31:35 AM PDT by MIchaelTArchangel (I miss Don Imus!)
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To: Altura Ct.

Color of Change is one of the organizations that got tens of millions of dollars from the NFL as tribute to get their players to quit kneeling.


13 posted on 06/03/2020 8:37:53 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer)
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Nickelodeon pauses programming for democrat propaganda,not new


14 posted on 06/03/2020 8:38:51 AM PDT by Vaduz (women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
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“ You have the right to be seen, heard and respected as a citizen of the world. You have the right to a world that is peaceful,” read the statement. “You have the right to be treated with equality....”

Both you and your parents have the right to turn the TV off.


15 posted on 06/03/2020 8:42:17 AM PDT by Meatspace
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We Don’t Have a Racism Problem, We Have a Deep State Problem: The Hideous Police Killing of Duncan Lemp
https://pjmedia.com/columns/megan-fox/2020/06/02/we-dont-have-a-racism-problem-we-have-a-deep-state-problem-the-hideous-police-killing-of-duncan-lemp-n484233


16 posted on 06/03/2020 8:44:39 AM PDT by tbw2
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...mixed reactions...

...probably translates as "overwhelmingly negative".

17 posted on 06/03/2020 9:02:50 AM PDT by Calvin Locke
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You have the right not to be brainwashed.

We’re soon going to hear of some 10 year olds trying out the knee on the neck position and they will have learned of it from Nickelodeon.


18 posted on 06/03/2020 9:41:47 AM PDT by bgill (Idiots. CDC site doesn't recommend wearing a mask to protect from COVID-19)
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Nickelodeon pauses programming for 'I can't breathe' message, draws mixed reaction

Side effect of Fentanyl is breathing problem. Want to breath? Don't take Fentanyl.

19 posted on 06/03/2020 10:35:51 AM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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"Declaration of Kids’ Rights."

I think a man named Jefferson wrote some things about rights and declared them which started a revolution leading to forming a government under a Constitution with the greatest rights ever conceived that can never be taken away.

20 posted on 06/03/2020 10:57:41 AM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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