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Even cheerleaders (at Howard University) are kneeling during national anthem
CNN ^ | September 20, 2016 | Alex Leininger

Posted on 09/21/2016 7:16:37 AM PDT by Zakeet

Athletes across the country have been sitting or kneeling during the national anthem in recent weeks to protest police brutality and racism. But a football game in Washington, D.C. may mark the first time a squad of cheerleaders has taken a knee during the song.

Cheerleaders at Howard University joined a national protest on Saturday afternoon by kneeling during the anthem at the AT&T Nation's Football Classic at RFK Stadium.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: cheerleaders; howarduniversity; nationalanthem; protest
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To: thesligoduffyflynns
Yes it must stop I agree but how? I do not know. I do not have the answer.

The power of the pen. A concerted effort by many, to write editorials to each newspaper and to send letters to school administrators, possibly even petitions. There are enough people on this site to alter the course but some good writers are needed. I can wordsmith the daylights out of something and have written to many editors, congressmen, senators, and a governor or two. But lots more need to involve themselves.

21 posted on 09/21/2016 7:36:55 AM PDT by rjsimmon (The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
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To: rjsimmon

The general warmunist response to this is just to scoff, as if “everybody knew” that skepticism was so yesterday. People with patience to carry out dialogues are also needed.


22 posted on 09/21/2016 7:38:59 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

......kneeling is a more overtly worshipful gesture ......

That comment is so spot on someone with a powerful microphone like
Rush or Trump should point this out.

A lot of fun could be had with these kids who mean well but obviously don’t understand the basics


23 posted on 09/21/2016 7:39:15 AM PDT by jcon40
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To: rjsimmon

... and one common problem today is that we want INSTANT ANSWERS. The ancient painstaking quest for wisdom, distilled ten times over as it were, seems so passe with the deceitful convenience of “Googling up the answer.”


24 posted on 09/21/2016 7:40:22 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: stars & stripes forever; All
We have no one to blame but ourselves for allowing liberals to take over our institutions of learning.

Really? And what, exactly, were we supposed to do about that short of violence?
25 posted on 09/21/2016 7:43:37 AM PDT by notdownwidems (Washington DC has become the enemy of free people everywhere)
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To: boycott

Apparently they did segregate themselves; I don’t see any “American-Americans” in that photo.


26 posted on 09/21/2016 7:44:07 AM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: rjsimmon

I agree with your post but it is also about two other things namely motivation & mobilization.

The M&M is a tough one


27 posted on 09/21/2016 7:44:15 AM PDT by thesligoduffyflynns (TRUMP 2016)
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To: thesligoduffyflynns

Time to boycott football events. Honest.


28 posted on 09/21/2016 7:46:56 AM PDT by freepertoo
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To: Zakeet

This began years ago when they started singing the national anthem in those improvised manners. It was a way of dishonoring the song and the country. They would never do the same to foreign anthems, e.g. the Canadian.


29 posted on 09/21/2016 7:51:42 AM PDT by djpg
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To: Zakeet

But the protests have to be good because (liberal) blacks can only do good. The fact is they are selfish, spoiled, ignorant, brainwashed, racist traitors.


30 posted on 09/21/2016 7:51:58 AM PDT by Williams (Deplorable Me)
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To: rickomatic

Hell—Most of them wouldn’t have made it out of high school, let alone be in college, were it not for lowered standards.


31 posted on 09/21/2016 7:54:49 AM PDT by Arm_Bears (Rope. Tree. Politician/Journalist. Some assembly required.)
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To: Zakeet

ship them all back to outer botswana!


32 posted on 09/21/2016 7:56:11 AM PDT by 2nd Amendment (Proud member of the 48% . . giver not a taker)
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To: notdownwidems

[And what, exactly, were we supposed to do about that short of violence?]

Stop the funding and vote out the board members. Historically conservatives do not run for school boards. Liberals are hired as teachers, who then poison the minds of young people.

The silent church and silent parenting are to blame too.

This is the fruit of our non-labor.


33 posted on 09/21/2016 7:57:19 AM PDT by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. Psalm 33:12)
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To: Zakeet
Obama is radicalizing the African-American youth of our country just as if they were in a madrasa.

-PJ

34 posted on 09/21/2016 8:01:30 AM PDT by Political Junkie Too (If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
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To: rjsimmon

This is becoming a movememt and will only grow from here. I would expect this to spread to the fans in some cases. Although most pro sports fans are patriotic. College not so much.


35 posted on 09/21/2016 8:12:03 AM PDT by Wilderness Conservative (Nature is the ultimate conservative.)
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To: jcon40

Cheer leaders kneeling? Hmmm... Hey girls while youre down there... Oh nevermind.


36 posted on 09/21/2016 8:13:53 AM PDT by Wilderness Conservative (Nature is the ultimate conservative.)
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To: freepertoo

boycott football is cool with me....

someone has to put a stop this nonsense (imho)


37 posted on 09/21/2016 8:17:18 AM PDT by thesligoduffyflynns (TRUMP 2016)
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To: Wilderness Conservative

“Cheer leaders kneeling? Hmmm... Hey girls while youre down there... Oh nevermind.”

Probably why the NFL players take a knee, too; they’re used to it.


38 posted on 09/21/2016 8:37:54 AM PDT by CodeToad
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To: stars & stripes forever
Historically conservatives do not run for school boards.

Around here, they have done it, only to be targeted by lavishly funded liberals and character-smeared out of wanting anything to do with "public" institutions.

39 posted on 09/21/2016 9:30:15 AM PDT by thulldud
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To: thulldud; stars & stripes forever; notdownwidems
I say that most people don't even know the proper role of the school board, which is to represent the taxpayers.

Where I live most people vote for school board members that are teachers, basically voting for the fox to guard the hen house.

I say the most important thing any of us can do to take back the school system is to educate your friends and neighbors about the proper role of the school board.

40 posted on 09/21/2016 9:44:34 AM PDT by bankwalker (Does a fish know that it's wet?)
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