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View Poll Results: Should football players and university professors be easy to fire for their views?
Football players and university professors can be fired for their views. 142 43.03%
Neither can be fired for their views 188 56.97%
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Old 09-27-2017, 06:27 AM
 
Location: 500 miles from home
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LIFETIME BOYCOTT here ,

The NFL is corporate crap these days

lots of other sports to follow
Thanks for sharing.

 
Old 09-27-2017, 06:28 AM
 
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Originally Posted by desertdetroiter View Post
Once again, another idiot spills his guts on social media when he's in a high profile position.

When will they learn? Of course, he deleted the post instead of standing on it and backtracked after his post attracted scrutiny...these cowards always do.

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They always have friends of many colors AFTER they get caught! What a fraud.

Cecil No. 2 fire chief out of post following slur against Tomlin | Washington County News | Observer-Reporter

Here is the thing. I do not know what the ratio is but I can almost guarantee that the vast majority of people with such thoughts KNOW NOT TO MAKE THEM PUBLIC, if they value their careers. There is simply too much empirical evidence that making such statements on social media, TV, radio, etc.....will have repercussions.

People, manly whites, think racism has declined more than it really has because THEY DON'T HEAR racist people as much as they used to. Well.....that is because they know they cannot express their views publicly, unless they feel they cannot lose anything socially or professionally. However, that does not prevent them from having racist views or voting in such a way partly inspired by race or not considering a job candidate because their name sounds like they are black.

People think blacks are over blowing the issue of racism based upon them not seeing racism among whites. Well....how can you see it when it is censored? You do not see overt displays of racism on this forum either......because the post will be deleted and the poster given an infraction or banned. Now because we don't see racism being expressed, due to censor, people don't think it really exists or is a problem.
 
Old 09-27-2017, 06:29 AM
 
Location: Pennsylvania
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This guy is a poster child for the Alt Right. He fits the mold perfectly.




Glad they stepped up and did the right thing by getting rid of him. Tomlin is far from what he called him, Tomlin is a gentleman and is well respected by everyone. Being from Pittsburgh originally, I am glad to see the city acted so fast in getting rid of this throwback to 1950 mentality,
Agree with you on this one, Tomlin's a good guy and a good coach.
 
Old 09-27-2017, 06:32 AM
 
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Since when haven't people been obsessed about race?

I never had to worry about race until the first time I was called the "N" word, at the age of 11.
Well, it traumatized you to the point where you became obsessed about it and see it everywhere.

I knew a guy who actually believed the government was out to get him and was actively surveiling him. Some real life event may have made him paranoid as well.
 
Old 09-27-2017, 06:32 AM
 
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Good story except it isn't true.

"Sorry folks, that’s just not true. Jerry Jones never made that statement or anything even close to that. In fact, this whole story was made up by a man named Richie Newberry, who started spreading the lie on Facebook. "

Did Jerry Jones Order The Dallas Cowboys Players To Stand During The National Anthem? NO!!! « 98.7 KLUV

There's another one on FB that the NFL rulebook says players will stand during the national anthem. That one is false, too.
 
Old 09-27-2017, 06:34 AM
 
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Originally Posted by Troyfan View Post
Good story except it isn't true.

"Sorry folks, that’s just not true. Jerry Jones never made that statement or anything even close to that. In fact, this whole story was made up by a man named Richie Newberry, who started spreading the lie on Facebook. "

Did Jerry Jones Order The Dallas Cowboys Players To Stand During The National Anthem? NO!!! « 98.7 KLUV

There's another one on FB that the NFL rulebook says players will stand during the national anthem. That one is false, too.
Have any Dallas players taken a knee during the anthem?
 
Old 09-27-2017, 06:34 AM
 
Location: Houston
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Jerry Jones is a hypocrite. The NFL is an anti American, leftist, PC league. However, their league, their rules. It is a private enterprise, and they can do what they want. For the first time in over fifty years I stopped watching. That's my right, and I am now OK with anything they do as I am NO LONGER A CUSTOMER.
I'm pretty sure they'll get over YOU not being a customer.
 
Old 09-27-2017, 06:35 AM
 
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He's likely referring to the boos and (sometimes racist) chants from the crowd that are directed at the players who kneel.
 
Old 09-27-2017, 06:38 AM
 
Location: Born & Raised DC > Carolinas > Seattle > Denver
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Originally Posted by Indentured Servant View Post
People think blacks are over blowing the issue of racism based upon them not seeing racism among whites. Well....how can you see it when it is censored? You do not see overt displays of racism on this forum either......because the post will be deleted and the poster given an infraction or banned. Now because we don't see racism being expressed, due to censor, people don't think it really exists or is a problem.
So much this.
 
Old 09-27-2017, 06:38 AM
 
Location: In the reddest part of the bluest state
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Back when Dennis Miller was funny he used to have a joke about Wheel of Fortune being the "Thunderdome for Chicklet heads in this society". I think now he would give Facebook that title.
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