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The Dallas Mavericks tried to make a gesture on social media to support the Uvalde shooting victims who lost their lives last week but people on Twitter weren’t feeling it.
On Tuesday afternoon, the Mavericks and the Dallas Morning News stayed silent for 21 minutes on social media to honor the children and teachers who lost their lives during the Uvalde school shooting.
In collaboration with @dallasnews, we went silent on social media for 21 minutes to honor the victims of the Uvalde shooting. https://t.co/HAD0s1S9CL
— Dallas Mavericks (@dallasmavs) May 31, 2022
The Mavs’ gesture rang hollow for many who blasted the multi-billion corporation over the tweet.
https://twitter.com/DSurach/status/1531700943376498689
this isn’t even performance activism… it’s just… nothing https://t.co/ZUlPS8K0zm
— Slightly Biased (@BiasedSlightly) May 31, 2022
An NBA team didn’t tweet for 21 minutes. Gun violence is now solved forever.
What the hell is this garbage @mcuban? https://t.co/y9z0Bm1Evy
— David Hookstead (@dhookstead) June 1, 2022
A 21 minute Twitter break might be one of the WORST displays of honoring victims I’ve seen in quite some time. I mean. Wow. This took no effort. Social media team got a full protest in on their 30 minute lunch break. https://t.co/eRgPpETW8M
— Trey Crosby III Guru (@TCIIIESQ) June 1, 2022
This how yah look rn @dallasmavs https://t.co/5Xs2qoURLZ pic.twitter.com/f7oB3bAHij
— Ramon 🇵🇷⚡️ (@RamonIsHim) May 31, 2022
The social media admin put their phone down while they drove to the grocery store and called it activism. https://t.co/7N5EcNb0pD
— Road Rage Kerfuffle (@Ferd_Turgeson) May 31, 2022
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