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Yup. 40+ million people don't take offense to people kneeling to our flag and National anthem because Black people are just this monolithic group of people.
Does that mean the majority of White people are racist since we're using asinine generalizations based on what we see in the media?
I'm so tired of Trump and his fake *** patriot fanbase propping up veterans as an excuse to whine like hypocritical babies about an athlete peacefully protesting.
Out of all of the sporting events I've played in or spectated, this was never an issue. No one said a word when these "patriots" took a pee break, got food, beer, talking on the cell, etc., but a black athlete kneels and now it's a problem to "disrespect" the flag.
A white guy ambused and killed two cops over his fake national anthem outrage last year (of course, that got buried on C-D real quick).
And the icing on the cake is the support for and criticism by the ultimate draft dodger, Captain Bonespurs.
All the owner statements are basically the same blurb, just rearranged a bit.
I was particularly interested in whether or not Kraft would tow that line or not, given that he probably has the closest personal relationship to Trump of any of the NFL owners.
Back at the beginning of the Iraq War, College Sports teams started doing this in protest. I think it started with some Men's College Basketball teams.
My daughter played College Ice Hockey then. At one game all the Canadian players turned their backs to the American flag when the anthem was being played. When these players did this, the American players started turning their backs too. Quite a large number of the people in the stands sat down.
It made all the local media news probably because it was the first time a women's sports team had done so. Should these student/athletes have been kicked out of school? Deport the Canadians? What punishment for the fans/family members in the stands?
Peaceful protests are nothing new and are going to continue in one form or another. Are we still a free country?
Trump never said,' take those sobs off the field'. Trump said it would be great to hear the owner say, 'take those sobs off the field.
Trump declared there were good people on both sides of the confed statue issue.
Trump did not say there were good people in the hate groups on both sides, that showed up intent on violence. Trump's mistake in being politically correct came back to bite him.
Trump has the insight to realize it is not the hate group on one side, but the hate group's on both sides that must be condemned.
It was a nazi rally as much as it was an antifa/blm rally. Another misleading headline that it was a nazi rally.
All were responsible for the death that occurred. As to which group murdered a non violent protester was happenstance and like the associates of a robbbery gone wrong, where a murder takes place, all involed, even the driver of the get away car, is charged with murder. A well established legal precedent.
The basis of the op is the kind of dishinest propaganda that is unwelcome in our society as it may be used aginst anyone for political purposes. No one will vote for a politcal agenda so unethical as the current hijacked democrat party and their media propaganda machine, upset that a coronation fell victim to an election.
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I don't like Trump, but I agree with Old Gringo (who seems to me to hate Trump, or close to it) in that our system is set up so that congress CAN really keep any POTUS from doing any, or at least not more than very little, lasting damage to the country.
A Black football player who exercises his right to free speech (no matter how offensive his actions may be) is labeled a "son of a b---h" that should be "dragged off the field", but yet Nazis marching through the streets of an American city are called "good people on both sides"?
What do Colin Kapernick, Jemele Hill, and Stephen Curry have in common? They are all Black people who spoke out against racism and got attacked by Trump for doing so. And still people insist that Trump is not a racist
You cannot see the wind......you can only see evidence of the effect of winds blowing. Racism and racist today are akin to the wind. Racist don't come out to be seen, by making overt statements, rather, you have to spot racism through deduction and induction. If A = B.....and B = C....then deduction says that A = C.
For example. If a person believes that most people are poor because they are personally flawed in someway, relative to those who are more successful and they also believe that the history of racism is not responsible for current racial socioeconomic inequality, then deductively they are saying blacks are more inherently flawed than whites given that black poverty is twice that of whites.
Racism is seeking to cloak itself. You will not see Donald Trump using the racial epithets......but incidents like the one you pointed out are akin to leafs moving.
A Black football player who exercises his right to free speech (no matter how offensive his actions may be) is labeled a "son of a b---h" that should be "dragged off the field", but yet Nazis marching through the streets of an American city are called "good people on both sides"?
What do Colin Kapernick, Jemele Hill, and Stephen Curry have in common? They are all Black people who spoke out against racism and got attacked by Trump for doing so. And still people insist that Trump is not a racist
And where did Donny boy bring this subject up? At a rally full of white people in Alabama.
Remove athletes from the field until AFTER the Anthem and issue solved !
Keep these athletes in the locker room so they don't even have to listen to the National anthem as by now sports fans are disgusted by the overpaid drama queens!
Lock them in the locker room and have a respectful National Anthem!
If any BLM or other signs or words are uttered that don't belong on the sports field then remove these players so we can go back to what most people love.
The Love of the game!
Athletes are NOT roll models but what now seems to be overpaid whiners!
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Remove athletes from the field until AFTER the Anthem and issue solved !
