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It's spreading. Liberals are kneeling at home.

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You've certainly noticed by now that despite all the leftist anti American talking points  the left wing here on GD has managed to spew ; not a single peep out of any of them in regards to identifying the specific "injustice" that's somehow responsible for all of the NFL players'  bullshit they so vehemently support.

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"Giving me the vapors?"

What? Are you like in your 80's or did your great-grandmother raise you?

That phrase is old as a death (as I hope to be).

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All you people who support the kneeling - convince us of their case.  Exactly what is the big injustice that they are protesting and what does the American Flag and the National Anthem have to do with it?  What do they want done about it?  You now have our attention, plead your case.

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If black footballers gave one flying fuck about the plight of blacks, they would be decrying the thousands upon thousands upon thousands of blacks murdering other blacks. But they don't give one flying fuck, it's just a bunch of spoiled assholes who think they are ''doing something'' by kneeling during the Anthem. How much more of a lazy, useless, worthless thing can they do besides suck in oxygen?

Break a leg douches.

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Off the Wall-Mike what do you make of Trump’s comments about those who refuse to stand during the national anthem?  https://t.co/tnPsqPFUsw pic.twitter.com/ineNHhYV1k

The Real Mike Rowe  (@mikeroweworks) September 25, 2017

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Why the fuck should people who watch football have to put up with bullshit from the people they are paying for entertainment?

Especially when they are doing so based on some supremely contrived bullshit that is nothing more than an actual assault on the people paying for it?

Fuck that noise.

"Grow up, snowflakes!"

No, stop trying to destroy the fucking country, assholes.

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All you people who support the kneeling - convince us of their case.  Exactly what is the big injustice that they are protesting and what does the American Flag and the National Anthem have to do with it?  What do they want done about it?  You now have our attention, plead your case.

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This thread is like flypaper for the progressive liberals and outright leftists who frequent this board.

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No, and I have posted this before. But most people were not taught what Freedom of Speech actually means......

Freedom of speech does not apply to a private compamy.

Where I work, I deal with the public daily.

I am not allowed to talk about politics, gun, sports, religion, favorite teams, or most anything else. If I do and a customer complains, I can lose my job.

The NFL is not the Government. They are employed by the NFL. On company time, the NFL can tell them what to do, and how to act.

Tell them to pound Sand, and stand up.

Protest on you own time.

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Politics is downstream of culture.

There's a credible argument to be made that the reason we're in this mess in the first goddamn place is because there was no aggressive response in the culture wars.

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I have never seen a bigger bunch of grown men aka "real men that actually like full contact sports" act like a bunch of sniveling snowflakes.

"We don't want politics in our sports."

GTFO, politics is in everything!

If Trump announced a rally/speech during the Super Bowl halftime stage, the same "get politics out of sports" types here would be screaming MAGA

Even my biggest MAGA friends are bewildered why so many on social media (and here) are clutching their pearls/passing out on their fainting couches simply because of some easily ignorable nonsense.

"Oh my, we must boycott the NFL, this is just tooo much...giving me the vapors!"

And please, stop with the sanctimonious "I was OUTRAGED, I was in the stands and THREE people near me were sitting down during the anthem!  I'm a vet and that angers me!"

Excuse me? Have any of you actually hung out on a typical Marine Corps base when it's time for Colors? (and yes, I was an 03)

Half the unit is staying inside the entrances of buildings because they DON'T want to be caught outside/having to stand through it. Then you have the other groups outside that start to hear the beginning of colors and make a dead sprint to any nearby doorway so NOT to be caught outside. This isn't the shitbirds, this is EVERYONE.

This happened daily on many Marine infantry battalion bases I was stationed on or visited. I saw on Camp Horno, Mateo, Margarita/1st Recon, 29 Palms, Oki, etc..  And yes, this was 2005-2010, not some garrison peacetime. The only time you rarely saw it was on mainside or near 52/infantry school simply because you used to have terrorizing figures like SGT MAJ Vines patrolling.

I don't want to hear any recent vets become all sanctimonious because we all did our best to avoid it too. This is just the daily....not even the dreaded Friday medley.  

I still can't figure why there is so many threads about it. Why are you all so damn upset? If it bothers you so much, simply start watching the game at the kickoff? Do you avoid movies because the upcoming previews piss you off?

Who gives a shit what goes on before??? By being a bunch of "OMG, time to boycott" you sound like a bunch of triggered old ladies clutching their knitting balls. Fuck the non-football bullshit, I came to watch modern day gladiatiors trying to kill each other. If a bunch of players kneeling hurts your sensitive feelings, go watch figure skating or something. I seriously cannot believe this place and the level of butthurt.  

One last thing. Like I said earlier, my MAGA friends can't wrap their heads around why so many conservatives are literally pissing themselves over this situation (as you can see here with the 30 various threads that give up to the minute drama queen updates: "OMG Buffy, did you see that? The dolphins are now kneeling too. Better tell everyone ASAP!!" It's like you're all going out of your way to be offended just like your typical SJW pansy liberal.

My diehard MAGA friends can only assume that the usual culprits are fanning the flames: Hannity and Limbaugh. None of us watch Hannity or listen to Rush but by the amount of just pure rage/emotions over something so trivial, I can only assume Hannity/Rush are making this a BIG deal and really laying down the rhetoric (and I'm assuming they're doing the "Boycott NFL because of the thugs" since that seems to be the usual parroting/talking point here).

Everyone take a deep breath and chill out. Football is still awesome and this is the best sport in the US, hands down. We know this "protest" is just current flavor of the month and will be as relevant as Livestrong bracelets in the coming months. Meanwhile when you all realize you made a mountain out of a mole hill, you'll sit back and realize how much NFL you missed and really regret it.

This forum was the absolute last place I figured on seeing such pearl clutching over something so nonsensical. These "protestors" are like children acting up, the more you give them attention, the more they're going to push. If Trump could keep his mouth fucking shut we wouldn't have all the extra "now we need to double down!" needless drama this weekend. All he did was flame the flames and gives these kneeling fucks even MORE ammo,

In case we haven't forgot....

WOW, great idea huh? Let's stop focusing on nonsense, huh, Trump????

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This thread is like flypaper for the progressive liberals and outright leftists who frequent this board.

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will probably offend some but i don't give a shit -

im not butthurt because i was never a fan of the NFL. its an idiotic game where you watch teams consisting of (mostly) low IQ, white-people-and-police-hating, wife beating, drunk driving, drug dealing thugs whose sole redeeming quality is their physique throw a ball around while wearing tights. yeah, some players are great guys but I'd wager for every 1 great guy there are 4-9 thug types. and before you accuse me of being an angry white guy i should note im an old latino with skin so dark it rivals some of the players. 

instead of wasting my time depending on multi millionaires for entertainment I've instead elected to spend the last few decades of sundays, mondays, and thursdays on more productive ventures like work, home improvement, spending time with my children, working on cars, camping, hunting, hiking, fishing, smoking, drinking, or just about anything else under the sun. 

there is a culture war in this country to be fought and won. if you aren't willing to throw down every once in a while to keep the leftists from the gates then you aren't deserving of the rights you so selfishly enjoy while letting an entire army of anti-america, anti-constitution socialist sympathizing zealots take over our institutions and culture. for decades leftists have suppressed conservative voices in business, fired conservative employees, cancelled conservative television and demanded that every american in the nation conform to their principles. if we dont draw a line somewhere soon there won't be any place left to draw one.

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i agree to some extent, but the thing I like about this whole sitting/kneeling thing is it seems to be pissing off your average joe bum, its getting them sick of the lefts shit.    

So I say let it all burn, its nice to see your average american finally getting fed up with the shit

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OP makes some good points. It's a game. If you give them attention, they will keep doing it. I watched two NFL games all the way through yesterday, and once the Anthem was over, the announcers never even mentioned the protests.

Y'all are acting like children, making a fuss over nothing.

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I'm enjoying the show.

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You received no response because no one on this site has called the NFL Player/SJW justification an injustice
But you know this

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If black footballers gave one flying fuck about the plight of blacks, they would be decrying the thousands upon thousands upon thousands of blacks murdering other blacks. But they don't give one flying fuck, it's just a bunch of spoiled assholes who think they are ''doing something'' by kneeling during the Anthem. How much more of a lazy, useless, worthless thing can they do besides suck in oxygen?

Break a leg douches.

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I'm making fun of all these "boycott" types that I imagine looking like some Lindsay Graham Southern Belle type.

Re-read the middle section about my time in the Marines and you can pretty much figure out my age bracket.