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US Olympic and Paralympic Committee will allow kneeling during anthem at trials
NY Post ^ | 4/1/2021 | Jackie Salo

Posted on 04/01/2021 4:11:43 PM PDT by antidemoncrat

Team USA hopefuls at the Olympic trials will be allowed to raise their fists and kneel during the national anthem, officials have announced.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: kneelingforanthem; olympics
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I'm sure that those athletes that do that will refuse to take any money for their training and daily support from the country they hate so much.
1 posted on 04/01/2021 4:11:43 PM PDT by antidemoncrat
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To: antidemoncrat

You kneel... you’re gone.


2 posted on 04/01/2021 4:13:06 PM PDT by Ouderkirk (Life is about ass, you're either covering, hauling, laughing, kicking, kissing, or behaving like one)
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3 posted on 04/01/2021 4:15:03 PM PDT by Seruzawa (The political Left is the Garden of Eden of Incompetence - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: antidemoncrat

Perhaps some of the Paralympians will just remain seated.


4 posted on 04/01/2021 4:16:38 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy ("I see you did something -- why you so racist?")
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LOL...


5 posted on 04/01/2021 4:21:45 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: ClearCase_guy

Stand up, Chuck!


6 posted on 04/01/2021 4:23:30 PM PDT by Rastus
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To: antidemoncrat

Hate the flag and anthem? Then refuse to participate in the Olympics. Can’t have it both ways leftards.


7 posted on 04/01/2021 4:27:11 PM PDT by tflabo (Truth or tyranny )
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I’m getting to where I like knowing who the fools are.


8 posted on 04/01/2021 4:29:58 PM PDT by arkfreepdom
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I have stopped watching all professional sports, so I think the Olympics would not be a problem to ignore.
9 posted on 04/01/2021 4:31:08 PM PDT by kickstart ("A gun is a tool. It is only as good or as bad as the man who uses it" . Alan Ladd in 'Shane' )
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Can I kneel and protest LGBTQI events at work?


10 posted on 04/01/2021 4:31:26 PM PDT by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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The paraplegics need to stand for anyone to notice
11 posted on 04/01/2021 4:32:33 PM PDT by NWFree (Socialism is legalized plunder)
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BS They’re not “allowing it”. They are encouraging it.


12 posted on 04/01/2021 4:33:21 PM PDT by pfflier
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I used to get aggravated by that... now I simply don’t give two sh*ts what a gaggle of jocks do before, during and after a sporting event.


13 posted on 04/01/2021 4:35:42 PM PDT by ScottinVA (Enough. Divide the country.. now. )
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Maybe some of the kneelers will recite the Lord’s prayer


14 posted on 04/01/2021 4:39:37 PM PDT by silverleaf (In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act)
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screw em


15 posted on 04/01/2021 4:42:10 PM PDT by DOC44
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The paraplegics need to stand for anyone to notice

Post of the DAY!!

16 posted on 04/01/2021 4:42:12 PM PDT by Cuttnhorse (Nothing dies harder than a lie that people want to believe)
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As long as they allow me not to watch, I don’t care what they do.


17 posted on 04/01/2021 4:43:16 PM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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Anyone know where Tanya Harding’s ex husband is at these days. I hear some Olympic athletes want to be on the ground.


18 posted on 04/01/2021 5:32:03 PM PDT by wgmalabama (Tag line for rent. )
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Toast.

FUUSOC


19 posted on 04/01/2021 5:58:26 PM PDT by castlebrew (Gun Control means hitting where you're aiming!))
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Ah I quit caring about the Olympics decades ago...


20 posted on 04/01/2021 6:34:46 PM PDT by piytar (Do NOT forget Ashli Babbit!)
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