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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: Kim Davis Is Not a Patriot
Time Magazine ^ | September 7, 2015 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Posted on 09/07/2015 8:15:18 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

The gathering of Davis’ supporters and their anti-American signs are no different from the “Death to America” rallies we see in some foreign countries.

The martyr business in America is booming. It’s a growth industry, like yoga pants, prisons and celebrity nip-slip sites. Caterers, cake-makers, pizza shops, hobby stores and others are publicly throwing themselves on the righteous sword of spiritual indignation—but only when there are media cameras nearby to record their stirring sacrifice.

On Sunday, around 300 supporters gathered outside the jail where Kim Davis, the Kentucky clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, is being held. They waved signs like “Kim Davis for President” and “We Ought to Obey God Rather Than Men.” The crowd in itself is not newsworthy—you can get 300 people to support pretty much anything (in England’s 2001 census, almost 400,000 people stated their religious preference as Jedi). What makes this situation especially significant is that also offering their support to Davis were presidential candidates Mike Huckabee, Gov. Bobby Jindal, Gov. Scott Walker, Sen. Rand Paul and Sen. Ted Cruz....

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Editorial; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: achillwind; christianpersecution; failedactor; homofascism; homosexualagenda; kareemabduljabbar; kimdavis; liberalagenda; waronmarriage; waronreligion
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1 posted on 09/07/2015 8:15:18 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I always look to has-been NBA players for insight into what should be considered patriotic behavior.


2 posted on 09/07/2015 8:16:42 PM PDT by Steely Tom (Vote GOP: A Slower Handbasket)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Cassius, say it ain’t true!


3 posted on 09/07/2015 8:17:07 PM PDT by PROCON (GOD will NOT be mocked!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

FUKAJ


4 posted on 09/07/2015 8:18:00 PM PDT by z taxman
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Who?


5 posted on 09/07/2015 8:18:16 PM PDT by doc1019 (I may not have a PHD but I do have a DD-214)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Kareem, Lew, or whoever you are, ... go ahead and hurry up and collect your 72 virgins you damned fool.


6 posted on 09/07/2015 8:18:18 PM PDT by boycott
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To: PROCON

He used to be Lew Alcindor if memory serves me right.


7 posted on 09/07/2015 8:19:05 PM PDT by BipolarBob ( That is objective fact; as a Vulcan, I am incapable of hyperbole.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Screw you, Lew.


8 posted on 09/07/2015 8:19:35 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

What exactly did he say.


9 posted on 09/07/2015 8:20:15 PM PDT by BigEdLB (We need to target the 'Ministry of Virtue' on Iranian bombing runs. It is not vituous)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Listen up Jabbar.... When we want to get lectured by a stupid ass muslim convert we’ll let ya’ know. Don’t hold your breath.


10 posted on 09/07/2015 8:20:46 PM PDT by Bullish (Face it, insanity is just not presidential.)
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To: doc1019

Yeah, somebody is feeling like we have forgotten all about him.

Well, we have.


11 posted on 09/07/2015 8:20:46 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (FR NEEDS YOU NOW!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

As a Muslim, I think he would have more interesting comments and thought about what’s going on in Europe rather than gay marriage in Kentucky.

Whatever...


12 posted on 09/07/2015 8:20:54 PM PDT by Vic S
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To: BipolarBob

Good point, I was thinking of Muhammad Ali.


13 posted on 09/07/2015 8:20:55 PM PDT by PROCON (GOD will NOT be mocked!)
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To: z taxman

I used to be a fan. I should have known you can’t trust any muslim.


14 posted on 09/07/2015 8:21:32 PM PDT by South40 (Trump on Kim Davis: I hate to see her being sent to jail but the law is the law)
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To: doc1019

He’s the one Pam Grier wouldn’t marry because she refused to submit to Islam.


15 posted on 09/07/2015 8:21:37 PM PDT by headstamp 2
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Yep, he is still an idiot.

L


16 posted on 09/07/2015 8:22:37 PM PDT by Lurker (Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Incoherent logic. Makes no sense at all.


17 posted on 09/07/2015 8:22:45 PM PDT by The Ghost of FReepers Past (Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light..... Isaiah 5:20)
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To: PROCON

>>Cassius, say it ain’t true!<<

Lew?


18 posted on 09/07/2015 8:23:24 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (Trump is the missile. Cruz is the payload. (Tagline stolen from Kid Shelleen with no attribution!))
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is not a human being.
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19 posted on 09/07/2015 8:23:47 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

He could’ve been Obama’s son if he weren’t so old.


20 posted on 09/07/2015 8:23:59 PM PDT by MUDDOG
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