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davidn3600

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78. Anyone can sit or stand as they please

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Tue Sep 20, 2016, 08:54 PM

Sep 2016

First amendment and all.

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White America, It’s Time to Take a Knee [View all] babylonsister Sep 2016 OP

I resent the fact that the author of this article is attempting to shame me for not following tonyt53 Sep 2016 #1

Your white privilege is showing. GeorgeGist Sep 2016 #2

Special kind of person aren't ya. My great son-in-law is black and the father to three grandkids. tonyt53 Sep 2016 #6

You're more offended over manner of protest than murder Bradical79 Sep 2016 #37

You guys just have no idea, do you. I also care jack shit about your opinion. tonyt53 Sep 2016 #54

Agree! Action is what matters Tumbulu Sep 2016 #89

I see no need for the OP author to "get back to you" heaven05 Sep 2016 #48

. foo_bar Sep 2016 #29

Change begins by pissing off the comfortable. Iggo Sep 2016 #3

If they don't care that PEOPLE are being 'murdered' with impunity, they have no souls anyway. nt Stellar Sep 2016 #20

Gotta get 'em woke. Iggo Sep 2016 #21

Yup Bradical79 Sep 2016 #41

Me too classykaren Sep 2016 #91

I agree and disagree anoNY42 Sep 2016 #5

What exactly has been accomplished? Ask John Lewis if that works. tonyt53 Sep 2016 #7

Effects anoNY42 Sep 2016 #9

Words, only words; to borrow from President Obama. Real actions speak louder than words. tonyt53 Sep 2016 #14

Come on now anoNY42 Sep 2016 #17

Uh, yeah, players DO get time off and away during the season for a few hours each day. tonyt53 Sep 2016 #28

Come on now #2 anoNY42 Sep 2016 #53

Uh, "bullying" is what you are attempting. Sort of odd how you call it a buzzword. tonyt53 Sep 2016 #105

I was doing nothing of the sort anoNY42 Sep 2016 #107

You're getting upset about protest awoke_in_2003 Sep 2016 #68

ROFL gollygee Sep 2016 #79

FFS malaise Sep 2016 #10

Protest IS action and its louder than anything I've heard thus far. arthritisR_US Sep 2016 #11

It sounds like you would prefer they protest from the back of the bus. jtuck004 Sep 2016 #24

It would appear the shame you infer does not actually appear in the article LanternWaste Sep 2016 #32

"Change isn't brought about by putting on a show. It is brought about by actions" LiberalLovinLug Sep 2016 #44

Oh, what a novel idea! Good thing you thought of that! Voting. kcr Sep 2016 #66

CK and those with him awoke_in_2003 Sep 2016 #67

Protesting is what has brought a great deal of the change that has happened in our country gollygee Sep 2016 #80

/facepalm nt JTFrog Sep 2016 #111

I like it when football players play football... milestogo Sep 2016 #4

Not Wanting Unarmed People To Be Shot Is Politics? ProfessorGAC Sep 2016 #13

Does Kaepernick ever protest when he's not in front of an audience gathered to watch football? milestogo Sep 2016 #27

What impact would that have? nt Codeine Sep 2016 #34

That would show him to be a real activist milestogo Sep 2016 #38

What? Bradical79 Sep 2016 #45

Yeah, that's what I said. milestogo Sep 2016 #86

Wow. You do realize a protest without an audience Codeine Sep 2016 #51

Why would he want to protest in an ineffective way? gollygee Sep 2016 #81

No point in protesting like most activists do? milestogo Sep 2016 #82

You said the problem was that he had an audience gollygee Sep 2016 #83

The audience is there to watch football. milestogo Sep 2016 #85

And watch football they did. Lancero Sep 2016 #90

"Shut up and sing." alarimer Sep 2016 #108

Lol. Does Kaep ever even play? cwydro Sep 2016 #16

These particular football players are in fact, playing football. LanternWaste Sep 2016 #35

Missive? milestogo Sep 2016 #39

Maybe it was a dis-missive? Orrex Sep 2016 #96

this is not about politics, this is about their lives. what you are saying is you want entertainment La Lioness Priyanka Sep 2016 #104

... milestogo Sep 2016 #114

Lol. Such drama. La Lioness Priyanka Sep 2016 #115

He's free to kneel. I'm free to stand. nt B2G Sep 2016 #8

^^This!!^^ WillowTree Sep 2016 #12

More than 2/3 of pro football players are Black, I hope they all take a knee. nt Stellar Sep 2016 #15

I've never liked the enforced militarism before games. jalan48 Sep 2016 #18

considering all that "patriotic pageant" sh*t arithia Sep 2016 #25

This bothers me a lot too. alarimer Sep 2016 #109

It's time they take a knee to the groin. Baitball Blogger Sep 2016 #19

LOL. Iggo Sep 2016 #22

I need a take a knee for me volunteer... ileus Sep 2016 #23

Everyone keeps saying that my voice as a black American Coolest Ranger Sep 2016 #26

But I’m finding none of these things. AlbertCat Sep 2016 #30

just watched the two Crutcher videos hfojvt Sep 2016 #31

if only there was some public way that I could say "I hate this country" AlbertCat Sep 2016 #36

what did he say directly? hfojvt Sep 2016 #71

"Raising your hands and unarmed" = "instant death sentence"?? HughBeaumont Sep 2016 #42

Well I am not going to apologize for either being old or white hfojvt Sep 2016 #72

He didn't have his hands raised at the time of being shot because he had just been tased. HughBeaumont Sep 2016 #74

K&R atreides1 Sep 2016 #77

"comply or die" Orrex Sep 2016 #97

I seriously hate seeing that thin blue line here at DU. JTFrog Sep 2016 #112

you seem to have a lot of detail hfojvt Sep 2016 #120

You can't be serious. Let's pretend that he was, as you're suggesting, ecstatic Sep 2016 #87

You said it far better than I could a la izquierda Sep 2016 #94

according to the cop's account hfojvt Sep 2016 #118

OR, instead of viewing him as a criminal, she could consider the possibility ecstatic Sep 2016 #121

No thanks. NaturalHigh Sep 2016 #33

No, it's time to start prosecuting cops for murder. Vinca Sep 2016 #40

Nope Egnever Sep 2016 #43

Love the white privilege. It's showing, along with your slip. Renaissance Man Sep 2016 #47

More bullshit Egnever Sep 2016 #50

State-sanctioned murder is a wart? Renaissance Man Sep 2016 #57

State sanctioned murder is such hyperbole. It makes the rest of your post pointless to read. Egnever Sep 2016 #59

Actually, it's not hyperbole. Renaissance Man Sep 2016 #60

^^That Orrex Sep 2016 #98

How you've survived here this long Wednesdays Sep 2016 #76

as usual heaven05 Sep 2016 #46

+ 1000000 loyalsister Sep 2016 #75

How about DustyJoe Sep 2016 #49

This is ironic. Renaissance Man Sep 2016 #56

revealing it is DustyJoe Sep 2016 #58

Is President Obama a dictator? Renaissance Man Sep 2016 #61

Suspected terrorist bombers get better treatment... liberalmuse Sep 2016 #52

^this is the one post that makes the most sense^ no judgements made, just astute observation NT DustyJoe Sep 2016 #62

"innocent black men" Orrex Sep 2016 #99

So far this thread has been entirely predictable. LeftyMom Sep 2016 #55

I must have all the "right people" on ignore. johnp3907 Sep 2016 #63

+1000. If anything, the author is being too polite. JustinL Sep 2016 #64

The difference between a "moment" and a "movement" bighart Sep 2016 #65

If you think it's so easy to not stand for the national anthem in post 9/11 America kcr Sep 2016 #69

What changes do you expect simply not standing bighart Sep 2016 #73

I said the same thing early on in this thread. They don't get it. They have no idea. tonyt53 Sep 2016 #101

K&R awoke_in_2003 Sep 2016 #70

Anyone can sit or stand as they please davidn3600 Sep 2016 #78

If white Americans start 'taking a knee' melman Sep 2016 #84

Nothing wrong with taking a knee, humility is sometimes the better way. Rex Sep 2016 #88

No (nt) jack_krass Sep 2016 #92

Perhaps Joe Biden should take a lead on this, Nye Bevan Sep 2016 #93

Or maybe Hillary? Dr. Strange Sep 2016 #102

I'm sure Bernie's fans too would be inspired by him taking a knee, Nye Bevan Sep 2016 #103

Probably. Dr. Strange Sep 2016 #106

The amount of White Privilage in this thread is horrifying. Odin2005 Sep 2016 #95

And yet zero posts in this thread have been hidden by a jury. Nye Bevan Sep 2016 #100

The "Brogressives" have taken over. Odin2005 Sep 2016 #116

2012 JTFrog Sep 2016 #113

This past year has been terrifically eye-opening Blasphemer Sep 2016 #122

Kneeling in silence is not a disrespectful gesture . . . markpkessinger Sep 2016 #110

This white American agrees. LWolf Sep 2016 #117

I cannot help but notice that the only people upset by this are WHITES tenderfoot Sep 2016 #119