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Soccer Star Carli Lloyd Reveals Why She Defiantly Stood During The National Anthem
The Mix ^ | 1/22/2021 | James Conrad

Posted on 01/22/2021 10:04:53 AM PST by MJacks4

Professional athletes kneeling for the national anthem has become commonplace nowadays that those who decide to stand for the patriotic song are met with backlash and forced to explain themselves.

U.S. women’s soccer player Carli Lloyd is learning this the hard way, as she was just forced to defend herself when she decided to stand for the anthem while the rest of her team took a knee.

(Excerpt) Read more at themix.net ...


TOPICS: Politics; Society; Sports
KEYWORDS: anthm; blogpimp; carlilloyd; meganrapinoe; soccer
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All this is really because she is a heterosexual, and married to a man (who has always been a man).


21 posted on 01/22/2021 10:36:23 AM PST by real saxophonist (Yeah, well, you know that's just like, uh... your opinion, man.)
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To: MJacks4

She did nothing wrong. The ones badgering her are the ones who go against what America stands for.


22 posted on 01/22/2021 10:40:36 AM PST by BuffaloJack (Neither safety nor security exists in nature. Everything is dangerous and has risk.)
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To: MJacks4

Being brave is going against what everyone else does when it’s the right thing to do.


23 posted on 01/22/2021 10:41:22 AM PST by DouglasKC
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To: MJacks4

Do they take a knee for the French Anthem?

The refrain for “La Marseillaise”
Grab your weapons, citizens!
Form your battalions!
Let us march! Let us march!
May impure blood
Water our fields!


24 posted on 01/22/2021 10:48:25 AM PST by BuffaloJack (Neither safety nor security exists in nature. Everything is dangerous and has risk.)
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To: MJacks4

Anyone who kneels during the anthem can KMA.


25 posted on 01/22/2021 10:49:28 AM PST by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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To: MJacks4

What’s to explain? They Hate America and I don’t


26 posted on 01/22/2021 11:10:14 AM PST by eyeamok
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To: BenLurkin

Patriots are terrorists, you must have missed the memo.

That narrative has been going strong since the play they produced in Charlottesville and culminated with the “Siege of the Capitol”.


27 posted on 01/22/2021 11:14:47 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents{}Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: MJacks4

If you joined in June 20202, then it’s courtesy to respond or comment.

We are wary of NEW fREEPERS who just post articles..


28 posted on 01/22/2021 11:36:57 AM PST by max americana (FIRED LEFTARD employees at our office every election since 2008 and enjoyed seeing them cry.)
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To: MJacks4

No doubt those kneeling have lots of experience from their street corner deals.


29 posted on 01/22/2021 12:12:53 PM PST by Midwesterner53
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To: Sans-Culotte
It is one thing to kneel during the National Anthem if you’re a professional athlete; but to kneel while you are on a team that represents the USA, while you stand for the anthems of other countries is too ridiculous for words.

For real. I am just gob-smacked at people who do this.

30 posted on 01/22/2021 12:18:41 PM PST by Lysandru
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To: MJacks4

You know things are bad when somebody standing for the National Anthem and the Flag is newsworthy.


31 posted on 01/22/2021 12:28:18 PM PST by hattend
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To: MJacks4

Nobody saw it anyway. Unless it’s the World Cup only parents and girlfriends watch women’s soccer. Until the “men” start replacing them..... they


32 posted on 01/22/2021 12:43:14 PM PST by neodad (USS Vincennes (CG-49) Freedom's Fortress )
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To: MJacks4

She’s doesn’t belong on the team. She’s married. To a man.


33 posted on 01/22/2021 1:49:36 PM PST by Bookshelf
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To: MJacks4

Defiantly stood? I had to make sure I read that right.


34 posted on 01/22/2021 4:08:03 PM PST by IgnorerOfLiberals
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To: MJacks4

You know why I’m standing for my country? Because my country allows someone like YOU to kneel if they want to.


35 posted on 01/22/2021 5:23:19 PM PST by ExpatCanuck ( )
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To: ExpatCanuck

That wasn’t a comment to you MJack, to be clear. It was a general comment on the post.


36 posted on 01/22/2021 5:25:18 PM PST by ExpatCanuck ( )
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To: Lod881019

There won’t be too many ‘actual’ biological female soccer players in the country soon anyway.


37 posted on 01/22/2021 5:27:33 PM PST by ExpatCanuck ( )
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To: ExpatCanuck

Well they are already taking over “women’s” track and field it’s only a matter of time


38 posted on 01/22/2021 5:30:28 PM PST by Lod881019
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To: Lod881019

They’re stupid. They should start separate transgender sports leagues. For both m2f and f2m. If they sustain themselves financially, good for them. If they don’t, then no government handouts. Yeah, real likely, I know /s


39 posted on 01/22/2021 5:38:46 PM PST by ExpatCanuck ( )
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To: MJacks4
Large gatherings like sporting events, concerts, state fairs, etc. give people a chance to assess the public mood, to make personal connections, and to express themselves spontaneously, all within the safety of large-group anonymity.

Preventing these kinds of interactions through enforced isolation is probably the main reason for the Covid clampdowns.

40 posted on 01/23/2021 2:39:27 AM PST by ClarityGuy
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