# I'm going to virtue signal right now: BLM **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 7, 2020, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-virtue-signal-right-now-blm/855193 "2020-06-07T06:24:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![russian\_heel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f05b48/32.png) [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2020, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-virtue-signal-right-now-blm/855193/1 "2020-06-07T06:24:30Z")
100% true story: I went on a walk through my neighborhood today listening to a podcast on my headphones. The host said they were going to go silent for 8 minutes, 46 seconds, the time the cop had his knee on George Floyd’s neck. My first instinct was “AH I agree black lives matter, and I am short on time. I’ll just fast forward through this so I can listen to the rest of the podcast.” . . . . . Just then, I looked to my right and saw a black family gathered on their driveway. A sign from God is a sign from God. I let the podcast play. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2020, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-virtue-signal-right-now-blm/855193/2 "2020-06-07T06:30:35Z")
Good on you. Little things matter. ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2020, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-virtue-signal-right-now-blm/855193/3 "2020-06-07T14:50:27Z")
> [@russian\_heel](#): > > 100% true story: > > I went on a walk through my neighborhood today listening to a podcast on my headphones. The host said they were going to go silent for 8 minutes, 46 seconds, the time the cop had his knee on George Floyd’s neck. > > My first instinct was “AH I agree black lives matter, and I am short on time. I’ll just fast forward through this so I can listen to the rest of the podcast.” > . > . > . > > . > . > Just then, I looked to my right and saw a black family gathered on their driveway. > > A sign from God is a sign from God. > > I let the podcast play. Was the podcast by any chance Friday’s Jim Cornette Experience? What Jim said before the silence seemed to really be from the heart. ---
**Author:** ![russian\_heel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f05b48/32.png) [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2020, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-virtue-signal-right-now-blm/855193/4 "2020-06-08T06:44:02Z")
> [@P-man](#): > > Was the podcast by any chance Friday’s Jim Cornette Experience? What Jim said before the silence seemed to really be from the heart. It was. Jim should do a politics only Podcast. I’d like to direct more of my same-thinking friends to listen to him but most of them are not pro wrestling fans. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2020, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-virtue-signal-right-now-blm/855193/5 "2020-06-08T08:31:09Z")
That’s cool. I don’t know if I would skip ahead or not. Right now, as I write this, I’m troubled enough by the death, and It’d be difficult to examine what he must’ve gone through. It’s not personal. It’s not that I can’t take that much time out of my life. I just don’t see it helping anything to upset myself more, currently. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2020, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-virtue-signal-right-now-blm/855193/6 "2020-06-08T09:35:59Z")
I say there’s a difference between skipping the silence because “fuck all that / I’m tired of hearing about this shit / I don’t care about what happened” vs. skipping it because you’re upset, you’ve informed yourself about the facts, and now you’re burned out on the topic for a moment. Personally, I absolve thee **MyFootsZzzz** and decree that thou art still a decent person. 🙂 To the O.P. - I’m the lapsediest of lapsed Catholics, but sometimes, a mystical nudge cannot be ignored. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2020, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-virtue-signal-right-now-blm/855193/7 "2020-06-08T11:04:28Z")
A comedy podcast (The Complete Guide To Everything) didn’t release their usual podcast yesterday. Instead they released a short statement explaining how they didn’t feel appropriate “being funny” with what was currently going on.