Yeah it has stayed in the news cycle way longer than i thought it would.
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Trump takes shots at Kaepernick, Get that son of a bitch off the field
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Yeah it has stayed in the news cycle way longer than i thought it would.
gamerMan
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You are right. When he first kneeled down, it was a small act. Look at how big it turned out. If he had never knelt, we would have never been having this conversation about the President of the United States. This small act could change the direction of America.
This is why people crying about blocking traffic or a few idiots taking advantage of a peaceful protest to hide their looting fall on deaf ears to me. It was never how you protest, but the very act of protesting the status quo in ANY visible way that triggers these people. They just want to be able to conveniently ignore it in any way possible.
What the heck is ted reachin' for?!
Maybe he got a notification for some newly updated Twitter porn?
PhantomZone
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In Australia our anthem only plays on days of significance (anzac day, Australia). Otherwise its a "finals" only occasion.
Psychotext
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It's going to be fascinating to see how many others take a knee in today's games. Fair play to that baseball player too. That took a lot of guts.
I would do it just to piss off Trump.
rokkerkory
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I think Kaep is a really average QB maybe slightly better than average but give it up to him as a human being. Props and keep it up.
So NFL vs Trump, will be interesting.
Keep digging that hole Donny boy, youre gonna want to lay in it after tonight.
BriareosGAF
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No kidding. Insert usual Chomsky bit from Manufacturing Consent about sports events, tribalist/nationalist proxies, etc.
A Serious Man
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Good luck with that Trump
Spartancarver
Member
Ahahaha so now he wants a double-sided NFL boycott? Their numbers are already down
What a dumb fucking thundercunt
old manatee
Banned
Haha even by Trump standards this is an insane Twitter meltdown.
Brock Reiher
Banned
Yes, the NFL is failing because there aren't enough concussions and one guy who doesn't play anymore is anti American.
Nothing makes a racist melt down faster than someone black standing up for themselves. Nothing.
That makes no sense even from Trump's POV. Trump wants the players to be good little boys, stand for the anthem, and not complain when a cop decides to use one for target practice.
Seganomics
Member
Oh we do! Looking into the stands at most of the stadiums so far this season, it's you guys that don't care at the mo.
I always thought Republicans hated Russia and loved the NFL. Strange how that turned out.
The NFL match in London kicks off in two hours time, with both the American and British anthems being played. It'll be interesting to see how that goes.
There hasn't been an NFL game there yet.
Stand for God Save the Queen.
Kneel for The Star Spangled Banner.
A sitting president attacking a sport and sports athletes...never thought we would see the day.
Will being president ever mean anything again or is this the end of the peoples respect for the office? And I thought Kelly was suppose to stop this shit and organize the White House.
Will being president ever mean anything again or is this the end of the peoples respect for the office? And I thought Kelly was suppose to stop this shit and organize the White House.
FlutterPuffs
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Plinko
Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
I'm going to take a guess and say the Patriots and Broncos are those teams.
Cowboys are the third
theignoramus
Member
Joe Walsh is an idiot, but I believe him to be an unfiltered window into the mind of about half the country:
Entitled Blacks. Ungrateful Blacks. Spoiled Black millionaires.
Nothing galvanises these people like a Black person who doesnt bend to their will.
Entitled Blacks. Ungrateful Blacks. Spoiled Black millionaires.
Nothing galvanises these people like a Black person who doesnt bend to their will.
VenomousCoffee
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Wow, I can't believe I forgot Trump was saying he wants to see more headsets and hits in defenseless players like 'the good old days.'
really shows there true color being racists.
Master Yoshi
Member
What our President cares about, everybody.
At least he's highlighting the issue, but not the way he intends.
TheGameshark
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hahaha most Ted Cruz thing he could do in that moment.
What the heck is ted reachin' for?!
"Ungrateful", "Entitled" and "Spoiled"
Pretty sure he was looking in the mirror when those words came to his mind. What a piece of shit.
He's a piece of shit, but at least he's an honest piece of shit. I prefer this to the dog whistles, because we ALL know what these fuckers are really saying.
TheGameshark
Member
Yeah I think that has definitely been a part of it. Guy has a massive ego of self importance. To him it's the players at fault for not visiting him, not trump himself.
Bits N Pieces
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I'm not a huge fan of American football but tune into games from time to time, Baltimore v Jacksonville is the London game today. Do we expect any player to take the knee in this game?
He's the asshole kid that's having a birthday party that no one wants to go to.
The kid's an asshole to begin with and no one wants to be around them because of that, so they act like even more of an asshole and reinforce everyone's desire to not want to be around them.
Mark Andrew
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Im assuming most networks zoom in on the flag during the anthem, Trump finds a stadium where week-over-week attendance is down and claims victory, and its never brought up again. I hope Im wrong, but this is usually how his temper tantrums go.