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WhiskeyGrinder

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79. You misunderstand me. I quoted you back to yourself and then commented to remind you that a protest

Sun Sep 24, 2017, 09:46 AM

Sep 2017

can be most effective when seemingly disparate things are combined. Especially when it comes to professional sports, when the audience finds it very easy to forget that the athletes are fully formed human beings with complex internal lives, just as we are.

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White America, Its Time to Take a Knee [View all] babylonsister Sep 2017 OP

K&R Solly Mack Sep 2017 #1

Yes indeed! CanSocDem Sep 2017 #2

Yes malaise Sep 2017 #3

Yep! jimlup Sep 2017 #4

My heart goes out Scarsdale Sep 2017 #5

I Suspect ouija Sep 2017 #7

I don't think the Bears' front office has the guts to hire him. GoCubsGo Sep 2017 #14

Dude wrote this three days ago? StrictlyRockers Sep 2017 #6

To the year, yes wellst0nev0ter Sep 2017 #100

Bravo! smirkymonkey Sep 2017 #8

I'd Do It ProfessorGAC Sep 2017 #9

I must disagree burnbaby Sep 2017 #10

I agree. I don't like to see sports and politics mixed. Everyone has the right to make an individual Trust Buster Sep 2017 #13

Well, Trump told people to walk out of football games when they see someone take a knee. SunSeeker Sep 2017 #38

I am not as ignorant as Trump and his actions are not something to point to for comparative reasons. Trust Buster Sep 2017 #44

So white people have the same issues and disadvantages in America as black people? Eliot Rosewater Sep 2017 #52

Spare me the sanctimony. I never claimed that white people have the same disadvantages as Trust Buster Sep 2017 #54

Solidarity. It's a thing. You do you and stfu. elehhhhna Sep 2017 #83

I'll speak my mind when I wish. I never have succumbed to bullying. Trust Buster Sep 2017 #89

I am sorry for that comment . It was rude. elehhhhna Sep 2017 #91

So the Right Wing can use football games as platforms but we can't? SunSeeker Sep 2017 #60

I never said such a thing. Sports is a place to get away from division. I don't want anyone using Trust Buster Sep 2017 #73

Unfortunately, racism permeates our society. There's no getting away from it. SunSeeker Sep 2017 #81

You know who can't get away from the issue? Alpeduez21 Sep 2017 #85

Childish projection. Trust Buster Sep 2017 #90

I don't think of racial inequality as "politics". And our president is implying racism is a-OK. flibbitygiblets Sep 2017 #49

The OP painted "white people" with a broad brush. Just as unfair as if the same broad brush was Trust Buster Sep 2017 #53

I disagree completely. The OP said "Ive watched lots of white Americans lose their minds" flibbitygiblets Sep 2017 #66

If I thought I had any privilege well burnbaby Sep 2017 #72

My point exactly. Sports is a place to get away from division IMO. Trust Buster Sep 2017 #74

Politics and sports are mixed whenever the national anthem is played Mariana Sep 2017 #64

Excellent point, Mariana! Thank you. flibbitygiblets Sep 2017 #68

I agree. I have been a Browns season ticket holder for ten years. In that time, i volunteer Trust Buster Sep 2017 #75

That's quite a priviledge you have Alpeduez21 Sep 2017 #16

thank you gopiscrap Sep 2017 #22

yes they burnbaby Sep 2017 #24

Preach. WhiskeyGrinder Sep 2017 #29

+1 uponit7771 Sep 2017 #56

Wow, and here I like watching football for the love of the game. Trust Buster Sep 2017 #76

You can STILL watch Alpeduez21 Sep 2017 #87

"I don't put the two together." WhiskeyGrinder Sep 2017 #28

neither do I burnbaby Sep 2017 #71

You misunderstand me. I quoted you back to yourself and then commented to remind you that a protest WhiskeyGrinder Sep 2017 #79

brady??? USALiberal Sep 2017 #41

plays for the patriots burnbaby Sep 2017 #50

The guy who the chiefs kicked the shit out of? That brady? n/t USALiberal Sep 2017 #59

Not that I remember burnbaby Sep 2017 #70

They lost again, you sure this Brady person is who you are talking about? nt USALiberal Oct 2017 #109

yes but burnbaby Oct 2017 #110

Well said! Freedomofspeech Sep 2017 #11

K&R! gademocrat7 Sep 2017 #12

K&R for visibility. nt tblue37 Sep 2017 #15

K&R HAB911 Sep 2017 #17

K&R... spanone Sep 2017 #18

Yes!!! lillypaddle Sep 2017 #19

Colin Kapernick is a hero. Zoonart Sep 2017 #20

The republicans need to look up the phrase "beating a dead horse". Initech Sep 2017 #35

Kap couldn't be bothered to voted NobodyHere Sep 2017 #47

You're missing the point. ecstatic Sep 2017 #63

YES!! handmade34 Sep 2017 #21

If only kaepernick murdered dogs in a dogfighting ring or beat his wife... Lucky Luciano Sep 2017 #23

I find the morons who fly "Blue Lives Matter" flags insufferable. Moostache Sep 2017 #25

Here is the simplest explanation ever... babylonsister Sep 2017 #26

THANK YOU!!! Moostache Sep 2017 #27

You won't catch them. Collision ins. will pay for it, I guess. nt Honeycombe8 Sep 2017 #42

Yup, but the deductible is hell to pay. oasis Sep 2017 #62

There is zero to little deductible for collision. nt Honeycombe8 Sep 2017 #88

+1 dalton99a Sep 2017 #36

++ heaven05 Sep 2017 #30

The more things change... yallerdawg Sep 2017 #31

Yep. mountain grammy Sep 2017 #61

I have. And will. raven mad Sep 2017 #32

This White Lady DEPLORES standing for the 'anthem' and is humbled by the courage of these young men joanbarnes Sep 2017 #33

Republicans should, anyway. sandensea Sep 2017 #34

I'm standing NobodyHere Sep 2017 #37

How is the kneeling a protest? treestar Sep 2017 #39

Yes. n/t BlancheSplanchnik Sep 2017 #40

Yep!!!!! onecent Sep 2017 #43

I will do it in spirit, since I will be home with my cat & I am too old Motley13 Sep 2017 #45

K&R mcar Sep 2017 #46

Power of Propaganda rainin Sep 2017 #48

Oh, hell yes... thegoose Sep 2017 #51

It's just a distraction from Russia RainCaster Sep 2017 #55

RACIST white America, *please* Skittles Sep 2017 #57

#notallwhitepeople, eh Skittles? WhiskeyGrinder Sep 2017 #80

I understand Skittles Sep 2017 #92

If it's not about you, it's not about you. WhiskeyGrinder Sep 2017 #93

stereotyping is stereotyping regardless of color Skittles Sep 2017 #94

Did you read the article? WhiskeyGrinder Sep 2017 #95

YES I read the article Skittles Sep 2017 #96

So why so defensive about "not all white people"? WhiskeyGrinder Sep 2017 #97

because not all white people are racist Skittles Sep 2017 #98

What in the article makes you feel the need to point that out? WhiskeyGrinder Sep 2017 #99

THE TITLE Skittles Sep 2017 #105

I encourage you to think about why it makes you feel defensive. WhiskeyGrinder Sep 2017 #106

Yes... Stuart G Sep 2017 #58

We should all protest. L. Coyote Sep 2017 #65

kneeling seems to make police angrier, harsher with their 'discretion' torture of anyone they 'see' Sunlei Sep 2017 #67

This message was self-deleted by its author Wolf Frankula Sep 2017 #69

can we take a knee to trumps crotch? samnsara Sep 2017 #77

Agreed Gothmog Sep 2017 #78

K&R InAbLuEsTaTe Sep 2017 #82

Stop playing the national anthem before sporting events. Problem solved. HughBeaumont Sep 2017 #84

Francis Scott Key was a pro-slavery lawyer flibbitygiblets Sep 2017 #86

DURec leftstreet Sep 2017 #101

K&R ismnotwasm Sep 2017 #102

It sure is. democratisphere Sep 2017 #103

I have been standing up my entire life, & raised kids & grandkids to do the same. We too, have been Alice11111 Sep 2017 #104

This white woman agrees. Squinch Sep 2017 #107

I do not kneel. Wolf Frankula Sep 2017 #108