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The NFL has its first white national anthem protester
New York Post ^ | August 22, 2017 | Mark W. Sanchez

Posted on 08/22/2017 12:46:31 PM PDT by detective

Seahawks defensive end Michael Bennett said last week that it would take a white player to kneel for the national anthem “to really get things changed.” Seth DeValve is testing that belief.

The second-year Browns tight end knelt for “The Star-Spangled Banner” during Monday’s game in Cleveland against the Giants, part of a circle of more than a dozen players who bowed their heads in silent protest.

They were flanked by several more teammates who stood and put their hands on the kneelers’ shoulders.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: Ohio; US: Washington
KEYWORDS: culturewars; nationalanthem; nfl; protest
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To: vpintheak

“PAB!”

PAB?


41 posted on 08/22/2017 1:23:10 PM PDT by detective
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To: Dr. Ursus

It would be very interesting to see them play each other. My money would be on Bama.


42 posted on 08/22/2017 1:23:36 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: detective

Sad. So many blacks are incapable of understanding how lucky they are that their ancestors got sold into slavery. If not they would be living in Togo. Lol! See how they’d like it.


43 posted on 08/22/2017 1:34:59 PM PDT by Seruzawa (FABOL - F*** A Bunch Of Liberals)
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To: teeman8r

For being such a “hateful, racist” country, there sure are a lot of black people from Africa and brown people from Latin America who want to cut into the line to get IN, not out. I don’t see much movement by Americans here of whatever background in the opposite direction, although you may wish to lead the pack.


44 posted on 08/22/2017 1:36:52 PM PDT by laconic (thes)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

“The Browns’ owner is Jimmy Haslam. He is CEO of Pilot and Flying J. I think Patriotic truckers need to show him how they feel about this.”

They should drive in and take a knee while flipping the joint the finger. Then drive off to a better truck stop.


45 posted on 08/22/2017 1:40:23 PM PDT by CodeToad (Victorious warriors WIN first, then go to war! Go TRUMP!!!)
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To: Norseman

i never said i went along with it...

your angry pitched fervor screams your intolerance.

they were praying. another right of theirs... you go ahead and espouse the hatred that brings this great country down.

you may think you make america great, but you don’t.

you want to fight to make everyone conform to your ideals... i will die for your right to be free.


46 posted on 08/22/2017 1:40:31 PM PDT by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world.)
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To: Seruzawa

not sure I’d say “lucky”... being whipped and brutalized doesnt sound very “lucky” to me...


47 posted on 08/22/2017 1:41:14 PM PDT by wyowolf (Be ware when the preachers take over the Republican party...)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Oh my goodness, hundreds of people should copy your post and send it to the player or players (choose one or more) who are participating in this bogus protest. I would say tell Goodell and coaches supporting this crap that nobody has freedom of speech on the job, but they probably know that. Like most in a position of authority in this country, they are afraid of what blacks will do if they get pissed off.


48 posted on 08/22/2017 1:42:41 PM PDT by Pining_4_TX (For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. ~ Hosea 8:7)
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To: detective

i never said that i admire them... you are quick to put words into my mouth and then condemn me for something i did not say... you are the worst of those this country was formed to be free of... oppressors and dictators.

football is a fun diversion... again. lighten up.

love the fact that those who pray are not dragged out and shot in those football stadiums, because you are close to advocating that.


49 posted on 08/22/2017 1:43:38 PM PDT by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world.)
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To: detective

“I was born a poor black child.”


50 posted on 08/22/2017 1:45:46 PM PDT by windsorknot
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To: detective

It’s gonna change alright.


51 posted on 08/22/2017 1:45:55 PM PDT by eyedigress ((Old storm chaser from the west))
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To: laconic

because anyone who disagrees with you does not belong here.

your interpretation of the constitution is far from what our founders intended. by forcing people to love the country as you do, is tearing this country apart... not the people living free.

your thinking is more dangerous and anti american than their thinking. think about that as you plan to make everyone do what you want them to do...


52 posted on 08/22/2017 1:46:12 PM PDT by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world.)
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To: detective

Effemall


53 posted on 08/22/2017 1:49:57 PM PDT by Old Yeller (Auto-correct has become my worst enema.)
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To: detective

The team owners ought to put each kneeling player’s name on the scoreboard, and read them off. Let a contingent of Marines escort the players to the 50 yard line, and let them tell the whole stadium what they want.


54 posted on 08/22/2017 1:51:03 PM PDT by FLCowboy, (Happy days are here again......)
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To: detective

The NFL won’t care until butts in the seats get up and leave when a player or players does this.

If fans do that, and do it en masse, then the league, networks, affiliates, and advertisera will all get the message.


55 posted on 08/22/2017 1:51:37 PM PDT by mewzilla (Was Obama surveilling John Roberts? Might explain a lot.)
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To: detective

Screw these animals and their ridiculous sport. Guess this is what comes from having concussions as an expected event in a “sport”. Brain dead idiots. Hope they are happy with each other.


56 posted on 08/22/2017 1:55:08 PM PDT by ZULU (DITCH MITCH!!! DUMP RYAN!! DROP DEAD MCCAIN!! KIM FATTY the THIRD = Kim Jung Un)
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To: detective

Bye-bye NFL. Haven’t been able to see a game in quite some time and was willing to give them a shot with what’s-his-face not getting signed but...forget it. Don’t miss it.


57 posted on 08/22/2017 1:58:21 PM PDT by jughandle (Big words anger me, keep talking.)
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To: detective

Lucky for the blacks now living in the USA.


58 posted on 08/22/2017 2:01:10 PM PDT by Seruzawa (FABOL - F*** A Bunch Of Liberals)
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To: detective

The team owners ought to put each kneeling player’s name on the scoreboard, and read them off. Let a contingent of Marines escort the players to the 50 yard line, and let them tell the whole stadium what they want.


59 posted on 08/22/2017 2:03:01 PM PDT by FLCowboy, (Happy days are here again......)
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To: detective

Punk A _ _ B _ _ _ h!


60 posted on 08/22/2017 2:07:23 PM PDT by vpintheak (Freedom is not equality; and equality is not freedom!)
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