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boycott the NFL
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Maybe the dreamers will buy season tickets. :idunno:
Interplanner
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'That's the thing about revolutions; when they finally come, they don't look they are' --Orwell
'The pacifist has no concern about dictatorships of the Left, only about those of the Right.' --Orwell
'The pacifist has no concern about dictatorships of the Left, only about those of the Right.' --Orwell
Interplanner
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The thread that is actually political that no one wants to think about.
Be careful America about 2-level, dichotomized thinking! If the NFL and Brady are bludgeoning what you know is virtuous about our country and law and justice, then it is bludgeoning them. You just didn't know it would look like this when such bludgeoning was cuddling with football.
How could an institution that is obese on statistics be so mistaken about statistics about criminal justice reality?
Be careful America about 2-level, dichotomized thinking! If the NFL and Brady are bludgeoning what you know is virtuous about our country and law and justice, then it is bludgeoning them. You just didn't know it would look like this when such bludgeoning was cuddling with football.
How could an institution that is obese on statistics be so mistaken about statistics about criminal justice reality?
Interplanner
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Do we have the guts of the Democrat WA governor 10 years ago who refused to let MuMu speak at Evergreen State College convocation while he was serving time for killing a policeman?
He overruled Evergreen. Will you overrule the NFL?
He overruled Evergreen. Will you overrule the NFL?
You sound like a crazy conspiracist. They play football.
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Interplanner
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The paradox of the women's marches, yapping at Trump, is that they don't say anything about what is happening to women in 'immigrant' Europe:
http://theologyonline.com/showthread.php?128286-Euro-news-roundup-watching-the-lights-go-out-again
They don't say anything like Ayaan, either:
https://www.prageru.com/videos/why-dont-feminists-fight-muslim-women
http://theologyonline.com/showthread.php?128286-Euro-news-roundup-watching-the-lights-go-out-again
They don't say anything like Ayaan, either:
https://www.prageru.com/videos/why-dont-feminists-fight-muslim-women
Interplanner
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Have you missed the last 2 years? The Kapernick controversy?
Of course not. I also haven't missed that the NFL's handling of the matter was bumbling, and also that the President's weighing in on the matter publicly spurred them on to scramble and accelerate their bumbling. They've bumbled it, and they're bumblers in some regards. Social matters like this are not their bread-and-butter, they're about football, about getting a good "product" out on the field, and they're doing a spectacular job at what they do best, the reason they all earn paychecks in the first place---it's not to "tackle" social issues, none of them are good at that.
Interplanner
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Their "product" is to demoralize America, to shame it. It's in all the state universities.
Their product is football. It's a great game. If you don't like watching professional football that's fine. It will survive without you. But when you try to demonize the sport and read some anti-American agenda into a corporation that really only cares about capitalistic profit and providing an interesting enough spectacle to drive their bottom line you just end up sounding like someone with entirely too much free time.
lain:Maybe baseball is your game. A great game too. And you can catch a good nap in the middle of it.
Nobody boycotts the Super Bowl.
I love the game. My dad pitched for the Navy before being signed by the Orioles. But you can get a really restive nap some days.
annabenedetti
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Former NFL player lays waste to the league’s hypocrisy on the American flag with one perfect photo
Former NFL quarterback Sage Rosenfels on Wednesday laid waste to the league’s new policy mandating that players either stand for the national anthem before games or wait inside their locker rooms until the anthem is finished.
Writing on Twitter, the former player attacked the new NFL initiative by saying that “forced patriotism is the opposite of freedom.”
He also said that, while he had the utmost respect for the men and women in America’s military, “peaceful protests are extremely important for us to remain a free country.”
Rosenfels then dropped the hammer on the NFL itself by quoting the official U.S. flag code that was established in the 1940s.
“The flag should never be used as wearing apparel, bedding, or drapery,” the code reads in part. “The flag should never be used for advertising purposes in any way whatsoever.”
He then posted a photo of an official player jersey being sold by the NFL that incorporates the flag into a player’s number — which is a direct violation of the U.S. flag code.
Writing on Twitter, the former player attacked the new NFL initiative by saying that “forced patriotism is the opposite of freedom.”
He also said that, while he had the utmost respect for the men and women in America’s military, “peaceful protests are extremely important for us to remain a free country.”
Rosenfels then dropped the hammer on the NFL itself by quoting the official U.S. flag code that was established in the 1940s.
“The flag should never be used as wearing apparel, bedding, or drapery,” the code reads in part. “The flag should never be used for advertising purposes in any way whatsoever.”
He then posted a photo of an official player jersey being sold by the NFL that incorporates the flag into a player’s number — which is a direct violation of the U.S. flag code.
annabenedetti
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New York Jets owner to pay fines for NFL player protests
New York Jets chairman and part-owner Christopher Johnson won't punish Jets players for protesting the national anthem, despite the organization being fined for it, and has offered to pay any fines himself, reports Newsday.
Why it matters: Johnson's announcement deliberately undermines the NFL's new rule requiring players to stand for the national anthem — a rule league owners unanimously voted to approve. If players choose to take a knee, the organization will be fined. Johnson, brother of U.S. ambassador to the U.K. Woody Johnson, is the first member of any NFL organization to publicly oppose the rule.
Why it matters: Johnson's announcement deliberately undermines the NFL's new rule requiring players to stand for the national anthem — a rule league owners unanimously voted to approve. If players choose to take a knee, the organization will be fined. Johnson, brother of U.S. ambassador to the U.K. Woody Johnson, is the first member of any NFL organization to publicly oppose the rule.
Foxfire
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Would/wouldn't it be a good thing for POTUS to set an example of "STANDING UP FOR AMERICA"?