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You might be thinking to change your chess platform. But what if you saw that there are this kind of forums there?
9 unarmed black people were killed by police in usa in 2019.
Hard to believe lichess would support such a political and violent movement completely detatched from fact and reality.
I think there is something to be said for Lichess taking this stance when they were under no pressure to do so. You see many large brands giving support to the BLM movement, and some of it is likely because of the good optics and PR they get from doing so. But Lichess faced no political, monetary, or social pressure to make this post. That is how you know their intentions are genuine and well-meaning. I also appreciate that they didn't lock the comments on this thread like chess.com did.

Thank you Lichess for everything. If you have a problem with the OP, you can go to a different chess server.
And something more. What about black people being killed in Chicago? Nothing? And what about black people's crimes that, by studies, are the most in USA?
Hi to all and to lichess developers and maintainers: In my opinion (amd apparently much others) it makes no sense to keep such topics and threads open. You see that strife is in place now.

Please do not blame me for this and the next: Please stop the threads here. It makes no sense. Discussions for such topics are not done at chess sites, but in many other forums. There I am taking part, not here.

Let us play chess. Gens una sumus.
This is an embarrassment. I am ashamed. BLM doesn't care about anybody. They are a hate group, racists. If you are going to support something, inform yourselves on the matter in an objective reasonable manner beforehand.
I think raising money for that "BLM Movement" is stupid, since there are more important and urgent issues at the moment. Donating for the fight against Covid-19 matters more.

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