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Miami Dolphins' Robert Quinn complains his national anthem protests being swept 'under the rug'
washington times ^ | Dec. 29, 2018 | Jessica Chasmar

Posted on 12/29/2018 6:54:47 AM PST by Eddie01

Miami Dolphins defensive end Robert Quinn lashed out at the media for not paying enough attention to his national anthem protests, which he said are supposed to shine a light on racial problems in America.

“Y’all ignore it,” he said during a press conference Thursday, The Miami Herald reported. “Because when I gave my first message on trying to bring unity, y’all swept it under the rug.”

Mr. Quinn has been raising a fist during the national anthem since he joined the Dolphins in the offseason. The Miami Herald suggested that kneeling during the anthem in protest is “radioactive to many fans” and thus receives more coverage than players who simply raise a fist. For instance, Dolphins wide receiver Kenny Stills, who chooses to kneel during the anthem, is still routinely asked about his activism.

“Man, I don’t have nothing to do with Kenny,” Mr. Quinn told The Herald. “That ain’t got nothing to do with me. All I’m saying is, my production went up because I’m just playing football and America’s got a lot of problems to fix within itself. Tell America to look itself in the mirror and the people who built it.”

Mr. Quinn explained in April that he protests against “the way America was built” and “the way people talk.”

“The president said to build a wall to keep Mexicans out,” he said at the time, The Herald reported. “This country was built off of — they killed Indians, built off the backs of the blacks. So yet, they tell us to keep quiet. So at the end of the day, let’s confront the situation and let’s bring humanity and friendship and let’s get rid of all the ignorance. Let’s face it head-on, let’s look at each other as humans.”

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Education; Sports
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To: Redleg Duke
Nothing says twinkle toed fairy like powder baby blue leotards.

Will never understand how the team has not protested THAT !

21 posted on 12/29/2018 7:45:59 AM PST by knarf (I say things that are true; I have no proof .... but they're true.)
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To: himno hero
Cotton and Tobacco occurred in what 4 states? 5?

No, cotton and tobacco were and are planted and picked in many states....northern as well as southern. Slaves were kept to handle industrial scale cotton and tobacco in most, if not all, of the Southern states.

22 posted on 12/29/2018 7:51:48 AM PST by jimtorr
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To: Eddie01

The irony is rich...as it always is with Leftists...this fool is protesting in FAVOR of the Democrat plantation.


24 posted on 12/29/2018 7:57:24 AM PST by Scott from the Left Coast (You may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you...)
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To: Eddie01
Hitler liked both approaches so much, he modeled his brown shirts and the slaughter of the Jews after both.

It's been a long time since I've read "Mein Kampf" but I believe Hitler was more "inspired" by the way the Brits treated the Boers in South Africa than the way Democrats treated minorities in America.

That's where the term "concentration camps" began.
25 posted on 12/29/2018 8:18:34 AM PST by RedMonqey ("Those who turn their arms in for plowshares will be doing the plowing for those who didn't.")
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To: jimtorr

Who built the railways and the other transportation infrastructure?
Was Texas (or anywhere west of there) producing cotton/tob?

How many states of the 57 produced cotton or tobacco?


26 posted on 12/29/2018 8:21:13 AM PST by himno hero (had'nff)
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To: himno hero


"Cotton and Tobacco occurred in what 4 states? 5?”

Every state in rebellion(11) produced both as did non-rebelling states as Delaware, Maryland and Kentucky
27 posted on 12/29/2018 8:32:15 AM PST by RedMonqey ("Those who turn their arms in for plowshares will be doing the plowing for those who didn't.")
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To: Eddie01
Indians?

It’s Native Americans. Why, this guy is worse than Hitler.

28 posted on 12/29/2018 8:35:57 AM PST by BookmanTheJanitor
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To: Agatsu77

The White House was.

https://www.whitehousehistory.org/questions/did-slaves-build-the-white-house


29 posted on 12/29/2018 8:36:30 AM PST by marajade (Skywalker)
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To: Eddie01

The poor wittle attention ho. Nobody is paying attention to his goatsmellin’ ass. He needs to shout “look at me” a little louder. Maybe if he pulls one of Lebron James’ used jock straps down over his head...


30 posted on 12/29/2018 8:48:52 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (#NotARussianBot)
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To: Redleg Duke
He sounds like one is just another NFL illiterate bastard! , to Americans, who love their country.

"The United States had become a place where entertainers and professional athletes like this ignoratant POS are mistaken for people of importance.

To Sail Beyond the Sunset Quotes Showing 1-1

“But there seems to have been an actual decline in rational thinking. The United States had become a place where entertainers and professional athletes were mistaken for people of importance. They were idolized and treated as leaders; their opinions were sought on everything and they took themselves just as seriously — after all, if an athlete is paid a million or more a year, he knows he is important … so his opinions of foreign affairs and domestic policies must be important, too, even though he proves himself to be both ignorant and sub literate every time he opens his mouth. (Most of his fans were just as ignorant and unlettered; the disease was spreading.)”

Robert A. Heinlein, To Sail Beyond the Sunset

https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/347280-to-sail-beyond-the-sunset

#NotAFan

#NotACent4U

#BoycottU

31 posted on 12/29/2018 8:51:25 AM PST by Grampa Dave (Liberals/Democrats/GOPe's 2019 Strategy, plan, mantra= 'No Borders, No Walls, No USA at All!')
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To: Eddie01
“Y’all ignore it,” he said during a press conference...

Maybe you aren't as important as you think you are.

32 posted on 12/29/2018 9:06:44 AM PST by fungoking (Tis a pleasure to live in the 0zarks)
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To: RedMonqey

Have you seen Death of a Nation?

https://www.dineshdsouza.com/

This is where I draw my references.


33 posted on 12/29/2018 9:37:38 AM PST by Eddie01
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To: Eddie01

What racial problems? Do you mean the ones created by blacks?


34 posted on 12/29/2018 9:40:40 AM PST by Altura Ct.
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Just like we are ignoring the nfl......why isn’t there a national curling league? Cause no one watches or is interested....nfl swirling down the toilet......


35 posted on 12/29/2018 9:42:19 AM PST by TnTnTn
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To: Eddie01

It’s all about MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!


36 posted on 12/29/2018 10:17:24 AM PST by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: Eddie01

The same people who are supposed to cover him are also the one swith billion dollar contracts with the NFL. Depending on the exact terms of the contract those networks may be the ones entirely on the hook for the losses - the amount paid to the NFL may be unchangeable while the money coming in depends on viewership. More protests = fewer viewers = less money. Thus only good news on the NFL will be permitted by the networks and NFL.


37 posted on 12/29/2018 10:34:31 AM PST by KarlInOhio (Leave the job, leave the clearance. It should be the same rule for the Swamp as for everyone else.)
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To: Eddie01

Call a Whaaaambulance you big whiner.


38 posted on 12/29/2018 10:39:37 AM PST by Boomer (Leftists destroy everything they touch)
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To: Eddie01

This guy is dumber than a rock!

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39 posted on 12/29/2018 10:41:00 AM PST by Mears (Diversity is our strength! (Barf))
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To: Eddie01

Dude for sure isn’t The Mighty Quinn.


40 posted on 12/29/2018 10:47:11 AM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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