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Trump’s clash with protesting athletes could be a turning point in pro sports (White players?)
The Globe and Mail ^ | September 25, 2017 | Cathal Kelly

Posted on 09/25/2017 3:55:23 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

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1 posted on 09/25/2017 3:55:24 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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People are being asked to decide between Donald Trump's vision of the world and Dwane Casey's

Horsecrap. We are being asked to choose between a liberal worldview and a conservative one. No brainer for anyone with a working brain.

2 posted on 09/25/2017 4:02:14 PM PDT by dirtboy
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I dont recall Trump ever saying they didnt have the right to protest but what they chose to protest was pretty stupid.


3 posted on 09/25/2017 4:02:23 PM PDT by InvisibleChurch (https://thepurginglutheran.wordpress.com)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

If politics has to be infused into every aspect of
American life then the chances of avoiding a new
civil war are slim and none. And Slim just left
town.

Thank the liberals.


4 posted on 09/25/2017 4:05:54 PM PDT by Sivad (NorCal red turf)
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These poor black players need to be liberated from the oppressive “slavery contracts” by the “Team owners” my god these WHITE OWNERS, OWN THESE BLACK PEOPLE!!!!

It used to be picking cotton balls in a fields, now it is picking up balls on a AstroTurf field!!!

We need to demand that the NFL emancipate these poor Black Slaves so they can charter a private jet on the “underground airlines” and fly to the safety of enlightened Europe or Canada!!!!


5 posted on 09/25/2017 4:06:35 PM PDT by GraceG ("It's better to have all the Right Enemies, than it is to have all the Wrong Friends.")
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Take a poll to see how big of an issue racism is. It’s not as big as the media would have you believe. Far rom it. Nowadays all you hear about is gays, sex, and racism. We are certainly being manipulated. Is this a racist country? I would tell the questioner to get out of my face.


6 posted on 09/25/2017 4:11:29 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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7 posted on 09/25/2017 4:14:54 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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I’ve been growing sick of the thug-like behavior for a long time. This is just the last straw on the camel’s back.


8 posted on 09/25/2017 4:15:27 PM PDT by boycott
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Standing for the national anthem isn’t taking “trump’s side”. Ive lived through some bad presidents and America has done things that I haven’t approved up but Ive never sat down for the National Anthem.


9 posted on 09/25/2017 4:15:46 PM PDT by escapefromboston (manny ortez: mvp)
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If the league can prevent Dallas from affixing a sticker on their helmets in support of the cops that were killed by that BLM freak, they sure as hell can prevent racist anti-American solidarity statements on the sidelines.

And Coach Casey sounds like a fool or a snowflake. Things aren’t at all like how they were in the 60s.


10 posted on 09/25/2017 4:16:49 PM PDT by Two Kids' Dad (((( Washington DC - Swampland of money and unindicted crooks ))))
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I’ve been growing sick of the thug-like behavior for a long time. This is just the last straw on the camel’s back.

Amen.

11 posted on 09/25/2017 4:17:22 PM PDT by dfwgator
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Maybe they should start their own all black league. We don’t need the ‘not for long’ league anymore.


12 posted on 09/25/2017 4:26:39 PM PDT by richardtavor
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When I see these pampered individuals dropping at the presentation of the National Anthem, about the flag still proudly and defiantly during attack, it is impossible to forget the hundreds of thousands who died in past wars defending the flag and the 28,000 who were grievously wounded and the 6,800 who died raising that flag proudly over Iwo Jima, bringing the country closer to victory over oppression and evil.
These spoiled NFL brats make me want to puke.

To Hell with the NFL.


13 posted on 09/25/2017 4:30:08 PM PDT by Sasparilla ( I'm Not Tired of Winning.)
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But there is no debating who has the moral high ground in this particular fight.

You arrogant f**k. There is all kinds of debate about the so called 'moral high ground'. Being black does not give you moral high ground.

14 posted on 09/25/2017 4:31:16 PM PDT by Altura Ct.
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Standing for our National Anthem is NOT a black versus President Trump issue no matter how media driven the issue has become.

"The Star-Spangled Banner" was played before games throughout the course of the War II, and by the time the war was over, the pregame singing of the national anthem had become cemented as a baseball ritual, after which it spread to other sports.

(It was first played in during a 1918 World Series game).
15 posted on 09/25/2017 4:31:21 PM PDT by onyx (JOIN 300 CLUB BY DONATING $34 MONTHLY!)
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Must have missed the outrage of Ann Coulter being denied the right to speak?


16 posted on 09/25/2017 4:33:52 PM PDT by bray (Pray for President Trump)
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To: richardtavor

Start a new NFL. The Negro Football League.


17 posted on 09/25/2017 4:34:19 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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I have a boat load of things that tick me off about this country but there are adult ways of handling things. We have had a former president and presidential candidate who despise people like me. I would never take that out on my country because of two scumbags. I actually care more about blacks killing blacks than these clowns but their narrow minded infantile focus is skewed. I see no righteous cause for any of these fools be it Trayvon Martin,Michael Brown,Freddie Gray etc.


18 posted on 09/25/2017 4:43:30 PM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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They can believe whatever they want and protest all they want the rest of the time. But when the national anthem is played, they can either show respect or they can go to the locker room. And to hell.


19 posted on 09/25/2017 4:45:02 PM PDT by bigbob (People say believe half of what you see son and none of what you hear - M. Gaye)
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People are being asked to decide between Donald Trump's vision of the world and Dwane Casey's.

In a word, bullspit.

20 posted on 09/25/2017 4:50:04 PM PDT by rockrr (Everything is different now...)
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