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2016-09-05 Home Front: Culture Wars

Megan Rapinoe (USWNT) Latest Asshat To Kneel During Nat'l Anthem

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Posted by Raj 2016-09-05 12:47|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 I feel so awful for all these poor professional athletes being forced to take icky white people's (they invented slavery, you know) money to play children's games.

In the spirit of racial reconciliation, I think yucky white people should stop paying money for tickets and merchandise, and giving business to the advertisers.

Then those poor athletes won't be forced to take our blood money (which we got from the slaves or something) anymore.

Let the healing begin.

Posted by charger 2016-09-05 13:29|| 2016-09-05 13:29|| Front Page Top

#2 If any of these kids would offer a plan, what to do, how to fix the problems they are protesting, I'd be willing to listen/read.

Other than cries of racism and chants about police, I haven't heard or read anything that purports to address how to effect the change being asked for. I'm not even really sure what this protest protests.

There was a time when allowing young men or any race to appear in public looking like thugs was proscribed behaviour. Parents, neighbors, teachers, peers all exerted core cultural values that exhorted self-respect and responsibility for one owns actions. Even if you were poor there was no excuse for being dirty or slovenly. Being polite was a demonstration of respect for others, and yet more importantly, a demonstration of self-respect.

Now, if the kids in my yard would please leave...
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Posted by OregonGuy 2016-09-05 14:05|| http://oregonguythinks.blogspot.com/ 2016-09-05 14:05|| Front Page Top

Kneel here you bastids.

Posted by Besoeker 2016-09-05 14:32|| 2016-09-05 14:32|| Front Page Top

#4 Understood, tw, 'twas in jest (and part of the song, FWIW) - my apologies.

Posted by Raj 2016-09-05 14:45|| 2016-09-05 14:45|| Front Page Top

#5 I understood it that way, Raj, truly -- and incidentally fixed the HTML so that it didn't get a 404. (it didn't like CLASS="") But the standard is for all, and must be seen to be, because in these fraught times it could cause problems for Fred.

Posted by trailing wife 2016-09-05 15:25|| 2016-09-05 15:25|| Front Page Top

#6 They're doing this for BLM, maybe people should start using BLM posters for toilets. Or targets. They can do what they want and we can express our own displeasure in our way.

Posted by Silentbrick 2016-09-05 19:58|| 2016-09-05 19:58|| Front Page Top

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