Christians Celebrate George Floyd Memorial Destruction, Causing ‘Even God’ To Trend

Conservatives are showing their nastiest side as they celebrate the destruction of a George Floyd mural in Toledo, Ohio.

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After witnesses claimed to see lightning strike the wall housing a mural featuring Floyd’s likeness, it didn’t take long for conservatives who believe Floyd’s past crimes justify his murder at the hands of cops to call it an act of God.

“Even God” trended on Twitter after the news broke, as Christians apparently turned back to the idea of a vengeful God presented in the Old Testament, something they so often do when natural disaster strikes anything or anyone they despise —but never, of course, when it affects their own.

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Even God is tired of hearing about George Floyd.

— Captain Beefy (@BeefyCaptain) July 14, 2021

As soon as Floyd’s murder at the hand of then Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin kicked off a wave of protests against police brutality last summer, some right-leaning people have pointed to his criminal history as anything from proof of cosmic retribution to the justification for murder to being reasons he should never have become a symbol in the fight against police brutality.

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But Floyd didn’t become a symbol because he was a perfect victim, he became a symbol because he was a perfect example of how ruthless, racist, and cruel police can be — that how even watching the senseless murder of a Black man by authority on video will leave too many in this country siding with the murderer.

That these same people are now celebrating the destruction of a mural featuring his likeness holds no surprises, and insinuating that “even God” finds some sort of glee in Floyd’s death by claiming he is responsible for the mural’s desecration demonstrates the lack of empathy that has come to define these unhinged people to the rest of us.

“Even God”

… still doesn’t think that accidentally passing a fake $20 while high is a crime punishable by extrajudicial public execution.

— Zach Roberts (@keepthebeat929) July 14, 2021

Woke up to “Even god” trending using a lightning strike on a george Floyd mural as an excuse for racist christians to spread hate so figured I’d make it more accurate “even god” hates y’all pic.twitter.com/QoYVYjSbYL

— evan (@xevanwayx) July 14, 2021

Praise The Lord God for the “Even God” trend that is on twitter today. May Every Person who used God as a cloak of malice receive the same level of understanding and mercy that George Floyd received while he called out to his mother, as another man rested his knee upon his neck.

— Tabatha Treadway (@TabbyReviews) July 14, 2021

“Even God” knows Republicans who say they’re Christian are full of shit.

— Brad Betts (@870South) July 14, 2021

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“Become”? It’s a feature, not a bug. The Crusades, the Spanish Inquisition, colonialism events too numerous to list, on and on and on. Kind Christianity, consistent with Christ’s teaching, represents a fairly small minority.

— Captain Renault (@NotClaudeRains) July 14, 2021

Despite the destruction, Toledo Mayor Wade Kapszukiewicz has already promised that the mural will be replaced in some way or another, working with the original artist, David Ross, and finding a new location if necessary.

Unfortunately, the wave of ugliness this unearthed won’t be painted over with a few brushstrokes — but it won’t be the narrative allowed to remain standing, either.

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*First Published: July 15, 2021, 6:40 am