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Trump country responds to national anthem protests
Washington Examiner ^ | Oct. 6, 2017 | Daniel Allott

Posted on 10/11/2017 2:41:40 PM PDT by leaymane

When Matt Walker played baseball for the Fayetteville SwampDogs, a collegiate summer team in the Coastal Plain League, his manager offered him and his teammates a lot of advice on how to conduct themselves on the field. Walker and his young teammates, who were trying to land a spot on a major league roster, typically played before crowds of 2,000 to 3,000 people, often in military towns. Fayetteville, in the North Carolina Sandhills, is located only 20 minutes from Fort Bragg, the largest military installation in the world. A majority of the fans, Walker said, were either in the military or related to someone who was. When it came to the national anthem, the manager’s instructions were simple: “Don’t slack, don’t sing or do something stupid, or we’ll have to let you go.”

Walker thinks former San Francisco 49ers player Colin Kaepernick’s initial demonstration, in which he sat on the bench during the national anthem, had nothing to do with protesting police violence. Rather, it was about being “pissed that he lost the starting [quarterback] job.” Walker, who now lives south of Fayetteville in Robeson County, N.C., believes Kaepernick probably realized he was being disrespectful, “and that’s why he covered his rear end [by] starting the whole protest.” Either way, Walker said, “If you can’t stand for the flag, which protects our rights, how can you demand to have a right to freedom of speech?” The protests of the national anthem that began last season with Kaepernick and continued this year have roiled the NFL, as difficult questions about race and patriotism have intruded into an area of life that’s usually immune from politics. Last weekend, President Trump called on NFL team owners to fire the “sons of bitches” who protest the anthem, adding rhetorical fuel to the fire.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Iowa; US: Michigan; US: North Carolina
KEYWORDS: colinkaepernick; nationalanthem; nfl
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1 posted on 10/11/2017 2:41:41 PM PDT by leaymane
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To: leaymane
Walker thinks former San Francisco 49ers player Colin Kaepernick’s initial demonstration, in which he sat on the bench during the national anthem, had nothing to do with protesting police violence. Rather, it was about being “pissed that he lost the starting [quarterback] job.

Never thought about it at the time but that make perfect sense and goes to his character. He always was a punk ass bitch!

2 posted on 10/11/2017 2:56:20 PM PDT by Autonomous User (During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.)
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To: leaymane
Whatever the cause, the jig is up.

It's now the NFL vs. U.S. A. football fans and supporters!!!

My money is betting on U.S.A.

3 posted on 10/11/2017 2:57:57 PM PDT by zerosix (Native Sunflower)
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To: Autonomous User

It’s exactly the reason he sat. I thought so at the time. All of the liberal 49ers fans on the various sports forums want to argue it wasn’t, but they’re wrong. And now he’s going to be the catalyst for taking down their precious sport.


4 posted on 10/11/2017 3:01:20 PM PDT by CatOwner
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To: leaymane
Either way, Walker said, “If you can’t stand for the flag, which protects our rights, how can you demand to have a right to freedom of speech?”

Pearls of wisdom coach, pearls of wisdom.

5 posted on 10/11/2017 3:03:17 PM PDT by Sergio (An object at rest cannot be stopped! - The Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs at Midnight)
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To: CatOwner

This is why he isn’t talking. He is a fraud. The whole thing was started by a fraud.


6 posted on 10/11/2017 3:03:27 PM PDT by Autonomous User (During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.)
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To: leaymane

By showing disrespect he supports the 20 or so assaults many of which ended in deaths of non whites by black gangs like Christopher Lane in Duncan Oklahoma inspired by Obama’s lies during the Zimmerman trial. And the later cold blooded asassinations of police officers all over the country that went on afterward.


7 posted on 10/11/2017 3:06:37 PM PDT by mosesdapoet (Mosesdapoet aka L.J.Keslin)
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To: leaymane

The NFL is so........slimy.


8 posted on 10/11/2017 3:08:08 PM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: zerosix

>>My money is betting on U.S.A.<<

The NFL is hemorrhaging millions!!! It might no go under but very real money is being lost.

I don’t care what the NFL does this year — the owners showed their true colors (pun semi intended).

It is amazing how much time I got back with Sunday all-day and Monday nights (wasn’t much of a TNF fan).

I need to see differences in ATTITUDE before I start even considering watching again.


9 posted on 10/11/2017 3:09:34 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (ALL records destroyed/faked, books rewritten, statues renamed, dates altered and more.../1984)
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Would not have been a “thing” if the media whores hadn’t trumped it up.


10 posted on 10/11/2017 3:11:08 PM PDT by Walrus (Those who work should eat better than those who don')
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To: freedumb2003

Dead to me. The NFL is dead to me, now.

Won’t go to games, won’t watch games, won’t wear team gear...nuthin’


11 posted on 10/11/2017 3:16:50 PM PDT by Walrus (Those who work should eat better than those who don')
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To: leaymane
it was about being “pissed that he lost the starting [quarterback] job

I don't gut that for a minute. If his girlfriend was not who she is then it may have been plausible.

12 posted on 10/11/2017 3:18:10 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: Walrus

Oh My! That is so wrong it is right!


13 posted on 10/11/2017 3:19:05 PM PDT by Autonomous User (During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.)
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To: Walrus

“Dead to me. The NFL is dead to me, now.

Won’t go to games, won’t watch games, won’t wear team gear...nuthin’”


I would bet money that within a few years, this whole thing will be a case study at the Harvard Business School - a case study in how to royally Eff up a business that was making money so fast it might as well have had a printing press. The owners are at fault for allowing this - starting with the first Krap-ernick incident last year. If they had come to the 49’ers owner and said, “Fire that SOB, now!” then none of this would have happened. It has cost the owners hundreds of millions, perhaps billions of dollars - and I’m very happy about that. They, too, forgot what country buttered their bread, so Eff’em!


14 posted on 10/11/2017 3:27:44 PM PDT by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt)
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Hahaha. Winning! MAGA! Leave the discontented, unpatriotic, unappreciative losers behind to stew in their own putrid juices.


15 posted on 10/11/2017 3:32:24 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: leaymane
One theme that runs through this piece is that Trump should NOT have called the players "sons of bitches."

If my recollection is correct, Trump never called anyone a "son of a bitch," though he used the term in a more general sense--perhaps a troublesome employee, always instigating something, always getting into trouble.

Much like the "grab her by the pussy" comment, Trump's words are being twisted to the benefit of the media, which will do anything to take him down. By the way, my take on the "grab her by the pussy," was not a literal confession, but a euphemism for what it's probably like for a very wealthy, successful businessman when it comes to members of the opposite sex.

Regardless, the main story here is not that Trump used "SOB," but that his take on the anthem controversy was in line with the majority of Americans. We never bought into the justification that "police-induced oppression of blacks" was accurate, and we certainly don't care for the disparaging treatment of the Flag or our anthem.

16 posted on 10/11/2017 3:36:44 PM PDT by Lou L (Health "insurance" is NOT the same as health "care")
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To: leaymane
Most of Trump’s supporters said he went too far with his “sons of bitches” remark.

I doubt that. IMO, most Trumps supporters like him BECAUSE he's not a career politician but a regular guy who prefers the blunt truth to politician bullsh!t.

17 posted on 10/11/2017 3:38:02 PM PDT by libertylover (We EXPECT RESPECT for the flag and anthem.)
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By showing disrespect he supports ... the later cold blooded assassinations of police officers all over the country that went on afterward.

Exactly.

18 posted on 10/11/2017 3:42:23 PM PDT by libertylover (We EXPECT RESPECT for the flag and anthem.)
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To: Lou L

“....One theme that runs through this piece is that Trump should NOT have called the players “sons of bitches.”...”

The truth hurts. I’m glad he did because that’s exactly what they are...no good SOBs would have been even better.


19 posted on 10/11/2017 3:43:51 PM PDT by lgjhn23 (It's easy to be liberal when you're dumber than a box of rocks.)
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To: Lou L

Trump is winning this,,,he was always gonna win this. These scum get so caught up in their bubble, they really think football is that important. Saw a guy on CNN last night..he said a 10 to 15% impact would be a disaster for the league...a 40 to 50% impact would be a total melt down of the league....Christine Brennan, a writer for sports illustrated 2 weeks ago was crowing that Donald Trump “met his match” in the NFL..thought to myself “wanna bet”?...


20 posted on 10/11/2017 3:48:01 PM PDT by basalt
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