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Skittles

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94. stereotyping is stereotyping regardless of color

Reply to WhiskeyGrinder (Reply #93)

Sun Sep 24, 2017, 02:43 PM

Sep 2017

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I guess I just take extreme exception to being lumped in with fucking Trump supporters

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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