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NAACP calling for boycott of NFL, Atlanta Falcons
Fox 5, Atlanta ^ | AUG 18 2017 | Aungelique Proctor

Posted on 08/18/2017 6:27:40 PM PDT by Lonely Bull

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To: Lonely Bull

NAACP riding the coattails of conservatives that have already put a hurtin’ on the NFL.

Are all the helmeted folks of color on the field gonna participate?


81 posted on 08/18/2017 8:19:42 PM PDT by moovova
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To: Lonely Bull

There was already a boycott of sorts last year. Fans were disgusted at Kaepernicks (and others) antics and for the first time in a long time...the NFL was actually hit in the pocketbook. Ratings went down.

We had to go out there and remind them who their core audience is and that this is not acceptable.

The NFL can survive with these radical fringe groups pathetic boycotts. But the NFL cannot survive without a chunk of disposable income from patriotic white males. Colin Kaepernick


82 posted on 08/18/2017 8:43:12 PM PDT by longsufferingjetsfan
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To: Lonely Bull
I have not watched the NFL for two years including the Super Bowl. My yard looks great and the back deck has a new coat of paint (OK, it 8 months old.)

I do not care about entertainers' personal opinions. Keep it to yourself. You are there to entertain, not educate.

Oh, and watching a game is insufferably slow with all the penalties and review stuff. I'm glad I'm free.

83 posted on 08/18/2017 9:23:27 PM PDT by super7man (Madam Defarge, knitting, knitting, always knitting)
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To: Lonely Bull

With 130,000 on a waiting list for Green Bay Packers tickets, I suspect they’ll survive the boycott OK. But,if the NFL caves to this, it’s time all of us boycott the NFL.


84 posted on 08/18/2017 9:30:39 PM PDT by Hamilcar_Barca (#NeverHillary)
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To: super7man
I have not watched the NFL for two years including the Super Bowl... Oh, and watching a game is insufferably slow with all the penalties and review stuff. I'm glad I'm free.

I have weaned my self from all sports, with the exception of an occasional college football game. And some of those I watch recorded and fast-forward through all the crap. (Do that with the few things I watch like Lou Dobbs and Hannity, too).

85 posted on 08/18/2017 9:36:26 PM PDT by GGpaX4DumpedTea ((I am a Tea Party descendant...steeped in the Constitutional Republic given to us by the Founders))
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To: nevergore
"I’ve stopped shopping at Target, now Walmart after the CEO stabbed Trump in the back. slashed purchases from Amazon, and on and on and on. Not going to stop living because liberals own a lot of businesses."

I do not shop Target or WalMart. Haven't for several years. Some years ago, we were in a very tight money situation, and we started to shop very conservatively, especially for food. We found an outlet store in Amish country that has really great, top line food stuffs, for a pittance. We shop there every couple weeks.

We have gardens, and grow our own produce, especially tomatoes, peppers, onions, garlic, potatoes, herbs etc, even horseradish. And we have a neighbor how has a great garden and what we don't grow we buy from him. If we don't grow it and he doesn't have it, we find it in Amish country.

We learned to be frugal, and we still are, to our advantage. Goes right to the bottom line.

86 posted on 08/18/2017 9:57:06 PM PDT by GGpaX4DumpedTea ((I am a Tea Party descendant...steeped in the Constitutional Republic given to us by the Founders))
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To: dp0622

Target, Apple, Microsoft....off
my list...I shop at an independent
grocery store. I dislike anything
“Apple, don’t and never did, shop
at Target, and absolutely hate
Walmart...also never ordered
anything off Amazon...


87 posted on 08/18/2017 10:36:31 PM PDT by Lean-Right (Eat More Moose)
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To: A_Former_Democrat

I completely agree with you. I do go to walmart though...if i could find a better substitute i would go there....also...read good historical books....the insights you get are way better than listening to modern talking heads...except a very few..


88 posted on 08/18/2017 10:41:13 PM PDT by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and diamonds, and harder to find)
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To: PGR88

There is now going to be a lot of pressure on black players to strike.


89 posted on 08/18/2017 10:44:47 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Lonely Bull

The NAACP attempting to hijack the boycott started last year by patriotic Americans. The news media will of course give them credit for this years downturn in viewership and income.


90 posted on 08/19/2017 1:09:21 AM PDT by Figment
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To: Lonely Bull

The NAACP should also demand that the Black players on the team resign.....


91 posted on 08/19/2017 4:06:46 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: Lonely Bull

Considering the ethnic make of the NFL who is going to lose with a boycott of the NFL. Lets go for it.


92 posted on 08/19/2017 4:52:53 AM PDT by okie 54
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To: Maudeen

Oh sure. U of Missouri pulled it a few years ago, and ruined the team as well as the university (students stopped enrolling and alumni stopped sending donations)


93 posted on 08/19/2017 4:55:09 AM PDT by shalom aleichem
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To: Lonely Bull

——Kaepernick-—

is a Democrat plant in the NFL. His mission is to disrupt and destroy.

He must be destroyed, snuffed.


94 posted on 08/19/2017 4:56:20 AM PDT by bert (K.E.; N.P.; GOPc;WASP .... The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column)
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To: BwanaNdege

correct


95 posted on 08/19/2017 4:56:26 AM PDT by shalom aleichem
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To: Lonely Bull
"There will be no football in the state of Georgia if Colin Kaepernick is not on a training camp roster and given an opportunity to pursue his career," said Gerald Griggs from Atlanta NAACP.

Yeah I'm betting that there will be football.

96 posted on 08/19/2017 5:06:18 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: Lonely Bull

This is a very slick more by the naacp. They now have a “heads they win tails we lose” set up. If we don’t watch they say we are with CommieNick; if we do watch they fund raise off our “hate.” My response to them is GFY!


97 posted on 08/19/2017 5:28:15 AM PDT by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism is truth. Liberalism is lies.)
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To: lightman
Well, isn't that special. Bet you couldn't read that in any other voice than the Church Lady...

The NAACP is boycotting the very organization who makes more black millionaires than any other organization that is not a sports franchise. Leaves me scratching my head.

98 posted on 08/19/2017 5:51:41 AM PDT by Cyclone59 (Common sense can solve a lot of issues when applied properly)
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To: Rummyfan

So half the fan base will boycott because he is not signed. The other half will boycott if he is signed.


Ironic isn’t it? If the left’s hatred wasn’t so serious, this would be laughable!


99 posted on 08/19/2017 8:02:48 AM PDT by New Jersey Realist (Be Nice To Your Kids. They Will Pick Out Your Nursing Home)
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To: ladyjane

I hope we can do that.
The NFL and most “Professional” sports these days are poison.


100 posted on 08/20/2017 1:33:05 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal (Americans are modern day Amorites ripe for destruction)
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