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milestogo

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53. I'm afraid you projected quite a bit onto my statement.
Wed Sep 27, 2017, 08:49 PM
Sep 2017

As someone who has been involved in a fair number of protests concerning a fair number of issues, my experience has been that people often don't understand what protests are about. Its a chance to open a dialogue.

That's all I said, and you piled all your baggage onto it.

Yeah, like MyOwnPeace Sep 2017 #1
Love Cheetohs... but Donny (orange) Tiny Hands ruined em for me. InAbLuEsTaTe Sep 2017 #11
I still love then and with each bite, I release a bit of frustration! Borchkins Sep 2017 #21
They have sucessfully reframed the issue ... again HopeAgain Sep 2017 #2
Exactly! We HAVE to get critical thinking into highschools Amimnoch Sep 2017 #30
good graphic SalviaBlue Sep 2017 #45
It was a course I took at university. Amimnoch Sep 2017 #48
I could not agree more! SalviaBlue Sep 2017 #51
Too bad this graphic wasn't around last night ProudLib72 Sep 2017 #57
Absolutely iluvtennis Sep 2017 #70
As Donald disses freedom of speech, press, religion, due process, equality, HE DISRESPECTS THE FLAG Madam45for2923 Sep 2017 #3
Ding, ding ding!!! We hava winna!!! InAbLuEsTaTe Sep 2017 #6
As he colludes w/our adversaries 2 affect American elections, he's traitor & HE DISRESPECTS D FLAG Madam45for2923 Sep 2017 #12
If you have to explain why you are protesting, you are doing a poor job of it MichMan Sep 2017 #4
I think because it was done during the national anthem SHRED Sep 2017 #5
CK said it best, right out of the gate... InAbLuEsTaTe Sep 2017 #8
Or some people choose not to understand and change the Laurian Sep 2017 #9
I think this is it SHRED Sep 2017 #10
The GOP are dangerously adept luvtheGWN Sep 2017 #22
It's the same method of distortion they used against BLM King_Klonopin Sep 2017 #72
You always have to explain why you are protesting. milestogo Sep 2017 #18
Kaepernick has explained repeatedly why he is protesting EffieBlack Sep 2017 #42
"You always have to explain why you are protesting." LenaBaby61 Sep 2017 #52
I'm afraid you projected quite a bit onto my statement. milestogo Sep 2017 #53
You call .... LenaBaby61 Sep 2017 #55
WHY ARE YOU PUTTING WORDS INTO MY MOUTH? milestogo Sep 2017 #56
You're the genius ... LenaBaby61 Sep 2017 #59
I said nothing of the sort. milestogo Sep 2017 #60
"You are hostile and irrational." LenaBaby61 Sep 2017 #64
If you have an entrenched white supremacist power structure in place... Orsino Sep 2017 #20
No, it means you're not explaining it enough. Iggo Sep 2017 #24
Kaepernick and many others have said this over aand over EffieBlack Sep 2017 #43
They? Iggo Sep 2017 #47
Yes. They EffieBlack Sep 2017 #68
Everyone, including the white supremacist Orange Anus-mouth, billh58 Sep 2017 #26
If you have to hijack a protest in an effort to distract & silence the voices, CrispyQ Sep 2017 #27
A million times THIS. Iggo Sep 2017 #28
Thank you for that graphic! Saved. K&R. nt. druidity33 Sep 2017 #49
To a poster that called me "hostile and irrational ...." LenaBaby61 Sep 2017 #66
trump hijacked Kaepernick's entire protest for some cheap jingoism....that's just who he is spanone Sep 2017 #7
You should read this op-ed. Bleacher Creature Sep 2017 #13
There was a good Twitter thread about it, too... Saviolo Sep 2017 #19
Thanks! Nuance and detail both seem to be lacking these days. Nt Bleacher Creature Sep 2017 #29
Colin choose the National Anthem as it was the only way to get the media attention 4139 Sep 2017 #14
I can see that SHRED Sep 2017 #15
The right wing fake news propaganda organs are busy 24/7 workinclasszero Sep 2017 #16
Clearly there are people in this country that think that the flag and the anthem TNNurse Sep 2017 #17
Nor do they believe in the 1st Amendment right of free speech. DK504 Sep 2017 #23
This Annoys Me Too RobinA Sep 2017 #62
Colin started out by just sitting quietly IronLionZion Sep 2017 #25
once again, i find the media's right-wing frame to be the problem. unblock Sep 2017 #31
Well said SHRED Sep 2017 #32
+1 FLPanhandle Sep 2017 #33
+1 (NT) The Wizard Sep 2017 #35
Their willful ignorance The Wizard Sep 2017 #34
"we still have millions in this country who can't, or refuse to think" Hayduke Bomgarte Sep 2017 #36
IMO protest is analogous to advertising MichMan Sep 2017 #37
When the protest first started JonLP24 Sep 2017 #38
Only it's not EffieBlack Sep 2017 #46
Either one is about getting your message out MichMan Sep 2017 #50
What protest did Rosa Parks have? EffieBlack Sep 2017 #69
It is far more disrespectful Soxfan58 Sep 2017 #39
You inspired me to tweet this SHRED Sep 2017 #41
It is extremely easy for the Repugs to reframe Enoki33 Sep 2017 #40
Willfully ignorant. nt SalviaBlue Sep 2017 #44
I expect nothing else from the PGIC. He is a less than slime. At least it has its uses. Ferrets are Cool Sep 2017 #54
Simply put, Republicans lie, and they are racist. Crash2Parties Sep 2017 #58
You are not alone in expressing this point of view. Nitram Sep 2017 #61
Trump disrespects the military, not Kap. Marcuse Sep 2017 #63
Swear to god, I just saw a posting -- Hell Hath No Fury Sep 2017 #65
I guess to some folks who don't HAVE to worry about DWB.... LenaBaby61 Sep 2017 #67
Ikr? That's like saying protest marchers "disrespect transportation." n/t Beartracks Sep 2017 #71
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