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DetlefK

(16,423 posts)
Tue Oct 10, 2017, 09:24 AM Oct 2017

Fox News host has a sad that NFL-players kneeling forces her to think about racism.

https://www.rawstory.com/2017/10/too-many-people-have-died-fox-host-attacks-nfl-racism-protests-for-ruining-her-pizza-and-popcorn/

Earhardt replied: “It’s interesting, though, the people that are fighting because the division in our country, are dividing the country! Football will never be the same. I just want to turn on the TV and watch a game, you know? And eat popcorn and pizza.”

“Listen,” she added, “I think, if you have a problem with the country, protest, do whatever you want, do it peacefully. You can take a knee, just don’t do it during the national anthem. Too many people have died for this country.”



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Got that?
NFL-players can still totally protest racism and police-brutality, except:
- not before the game, because somethingsomething patriotism
- not during the game, because some people just want to watch a game
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Fox News host has a sad that NFL-players kneeling forces her to think about racism. (Original Post) DetlefK Oct 2017 OP
The people who don't want to think deeply about the issues of our day have only one option: ExciteBike66 Oct 2017 #1
Gee thanks for your input Ainsley underpants Oct 2017 #2
Earhardt can't live in reality. muntrv Oct 2017 #3
Somebody Died For The Anthem? ProfessorGAC Oct 2017 #4
Probably someone in Fort McHenry in 1812... Baconator Oct 2017 #17
And Yet. . . ProfessorGAC Oct 2017 #18
President is a mad man and these fools fed him rice pudding Watchfoxheadexplodes Oct 2017 #5
I will do it when I fucking WANT. HughBeaumont Oct 2017 #6
Poor Ainsley. She must have been REALLY upset about people waving Confederate and Nazi flags. tanyev Oct 2017 #7
This is the same TV performer who implied Mariana Oct 2017 #8
WTF? "Ainsley?" I didn't even have to click to know what she would be... CurtEastPoint Oct 2017 #9
I think, if you have a problem with the country, protest, do whatever you want, do it peacefully. DK504 Oct 2017 #10
So, those protests make her feel uncomfortable? MineralMan Oct 2017 #11
"LEAVE MY WHITE PRIVILEGE ALONE!!1!" bullwinkle428 Oct 2017 #12
That's the idea. Hoyt Oct 2017 #13
White folks are so helpful! Orrex Oct 2017 #14
It is their destiny... Cracklin Charlie Oct 2017 #15
Geez talk about first world problems treestar Oct 2017 #16

underpants

(182,823 posts)
2. Gee thanks for your input Ainsley
Tue Oct 10, 2017, 09:26 AM
Oct 2017

Take a look at the clock. It's about time for a new blonde to sit between Killme and Douchey

ProfessorGAC

(65,057 posts)
4. Somebody Died For The Anthem?
Tue Oct 10, 2017, 09:27 AM
Oct 2017

Really? When did that happen, Ms. Earhardt? People actually died for the song? How did i miss that?

Watchfoxheadexplodes

(3,496 posts)
5. President is a mad man and these fools fed him rice pudding
Tue Oct 10, 2017, 09:30 AM
Oct 2017

Sickening how they chose all stories chump would like this morning as msnbc and CNN discussed trumps moronic behavior.

HughBeaumont

(24,461 posts)
6. I will do it when I fucking WANT.
Tue Oct 10, 2017, 09:30 AM
Oct 2017

Because if the only reason that some of us stand for that fossilized war-trumping song is so we don't get verbally or physically attacked by angry white people, then that is in no way, shape or form FREEDOM.

Six players protested the National Anthem last season. Since white people made it about them (as they make ANY form of protest about THEM), it's become a big deal and one of the country's (read: rich people's) predominant worries.

I find it funny how conservatives are all about "THE VETERANS" when they continually vote Republican politicians that vote NO on any issue that concerns veteran's benefits.

tanyev

(42,559 posts)
7. Poor Ainsley. She must have been REALLY upset about people waving Confederate and Nazi flags.
Tue Oct 10, 2017, 09:31 AM
Oct 2017

Oh, not so much?

Mariana

(14,857 posts)
8. This is the same TV performer who implied
Tue Oct 10, 2017, 09:36 AM
Oct 2017

that Stephen Paddock shot all those people because he figured they were Christians who go to church on Sundays, and targeted them because of that.

She does know her audience, and what they want to hear, that's for sure.

DK504

(3,847 posts)
10. I think, if you have a problem with the country, protest, do whatever you want, do it peacefully.
Tue Oct 10, 2017, 09:47 AM
Oct 2017

... You can take a knee, just don’t do it during the national anthem. Too many people have died for this country.”

Yeah...about that, too many have died for our free speech to be taken away. Because that is why we fight, for those of back here at home that want to say what ever they want.

MineralMan

(146,317 posts)
11. So, those protests make her feel uncomfortable?
Tue Oct 10, 2017, 09:49 AM
Oct 2017

She can't enjoy her pizza and popcorn? Well, good. The protests are at least making her notice. The next step could be thinking, but thinking is hard. She'd rather zone out and watch the game.

How dare those people make her think?!?

Orrex

(63,213 posts)
14. White folks are so helpful!
Tue Oct 10, 2017, 09:53 AM
Oct 2017

Always eager to tell black people the best ways to protest that won't be minimally inconvenient (or noticed) by white folks.

Cracklin Charlie

(12,904 posts)
15. It is their destiny...
Tue Oct 10, 2017, 10:07 AM
Oct 2017

To tell brown people what to do, and how to do it.

Idiots. Mind your own business.

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