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jaxind

(1,074 posts)
Tue Oct 10, 2017, 03:55 PM Oct 2017

If it had been about disrespect for our flag, our vets, our anthem, or our country...

If it had been about disrespect for our flag, our vets, our anthem, or our country, the players would have turned their backs while the national anthem was being played!

Instead, they chose to kneel...to make their point about systemic racism...it has nothing to do with the other above mentioned items even though tRUMP and Fox News wants to misconstrue the whole thing to make the players look bad!

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If it had been about disrespect for our flag, our vets, our anthem, or our country... (Original Post) jaxind Oct 2017 OP
But tRump has seized the narrative. sweetroxie Oct 2017 #1
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