The Thread Where People Argue About Kneeling in the NFL (merged)

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LSU-SIU said:
They wear tights out in public more than I do for sure, and the are very successful at grabbing footballs out the ass checks of other grown men. Imagine how many guys asses Tom Brady has felt up over his career, he really likes to get up in there.
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You're REALLY hung up on the tights thing.

Projection. Lol.
 
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“In the course of one year, I’ve been stopped seven times by law enforcement officers,” Scott said Wednesday on the Senate floor. “Not four, not five, not six, but seven times in one year as an elected official.”

“I have felt the anger, the frustration, the sadness and the humiliation that comes with feeling like you’re being targeted for nothing more than being just yourself,” Scott said.

Last night, CNN posted a story about Scott’s speech on their Facebook page. Here is the top comment, directed at Scott:

Perhaps stop breaking the law, idiot. There are millions of black people on the road that have probably never been pulled over a day in their life. Grow up Senator. Your pride seems bruised.

The comment had 951 Likes as of this writing.

For too many Americans, the police are right no matter what, and blacks who criticize them are either lying or somehow deserve abuse.

There’s a word for this.

The importance of Scott’s speech is not that he’s saying anything others haven’t. It’s that he’s a black Republican admired by many conservatives who’s saying it. He’s saying it to people who don’t necessarily want to hear it.

He’s saying it to people who don’t believe it or don’t want to believe it.

Scott didn’t have to say anything. What possibly political advantage does he gain in advertising to the world that not only does racial profiling exist, but he’s been the frequent victim of it?

None — unless your mission is simply to change people’s minds.
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http://rare.us/rare-news/race-in-am...eech-about-being-black-in-america-was-heroic/
 
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I inadvertently took a knee this morning...gave out as I was getting out of bed. Maybe these players just have bad knees like me
 
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hog88 said:
I bet he hasn't been pulled over once since he became a senator.
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Dude, it's literally the first part of the story...

Tim Scott spoke out against racial profiling.

In 2002.

“Racial profiling is real,” the black Republican told his fellow members of the Charleston, S.C, city council a decade and a half ago. “It’s not the rule, but it is a consistent and pervasive problem in this country,” he said.

Scott said at the time that he was constantly pulled over because he “was in the wrong neighborhood at the wrong time driving the wrong kind of car.”

He was 36 then.

He’s now 50 and a United States Senator.


And it’s still happening.

“In the course of one year, I’ve been stopped seven times by law enforcement officers,” Scott said Wednesday on the Senate floor. “Not four, not five, not six, but seven times in one year as an elected official.”
 
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DinkinFlicka said:
You're REALLY hung up on the tights thing.

Projection. Lol.
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I have no reason to watch grown men running around with other grown men in little boy uniforms -- if little boys are your thing, go for it. The whole thing is kind of strange. imo You have these grown men that are so serious and think they are important but all they look like is a bunch of clowns with a helmet.
 
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LSU-SIU said:
I have no reason to watch grown men running around with other grown men in little boy uniforms -- if little boys are your thing, go for it. The whole thing is kind of strange. imo You have these grown men that are so serious and think they are important but all they look like is a bunch of clowns with a helmet.
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But youll watch college boys in the exact same scenerio? Weird
 
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volfannbama said:
But youll watch college boys in the exact same scenerio? Weird
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Not as strange. imo When I see all of these grown men, somehow its on another scale, but even college to me has been getting stranger, I still see them as kids in school. Some people like the circus, I think that is creepy as hell. lol To each his own.

I have a feeling Bozo isn't going to tell all the white people how stupid they are during the middle of the show, even he isn't quite that dense.
 
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LSU-SIU said:
Not as strange. imo When I see all of these grown men, somehow its on another scale, but even college to me has been getting stranger, I still see them as kids in school. Some people like the circus, I think that is creepy as hell. lol To each his own.
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Uhm Okie dokie
 
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hog88 said:
In the article you posted he says he has been pulled over within the past year. Ask some cops how often they pull people over with congressional tags.
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Damn, that article nailed you 100%

For too many Americans, the police are right no matter what, and blacks who criticize them are either lying or somehow deserve abuse.
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Brees, good luck with all that crap. LOL All this standing, kneeling, standing, hugging, and coddling probably isn't going to help. :popcorn:

"They’ll kneel, stand, put their right leg in and right leg out and then do the Hokie-Pokie." - comment in article


Saints QB Brees Says Team Will Kneel, Then Stand For*Anthem
http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2017/09/29/saints-qb-brees-team-kneel-stand-anthem/
 
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utvols88 said:
If the point of the tactic is to talk about the tactic and not the actual reason, then they don't deserve to be heard. You're smarter than that Huff.
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Who said the point of the tactic was to talk about the tactic? You might be obsessed with the tactic, but a big part of America is talking about the message. Even a Republican senator has voiced support for the message. Go hide your head in the sand and pretend like everyone is outraged and nobody is listening. You're not smarter than that.
 
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hog88 said:
Sorry Huff, I just don't believe a car with congressional tags has been pulled over 6-7 times in a year.
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You said "I bet he hasn't been pulled over once since he became a senator". He said 7 times in one year as an "elected official". You're conflating different statements.

You also have to assume he always drives a car with congressional tags and that a car with congressional tags never gets pulled over.

Bro, the article nailed you, and you even read it before you said the **** it predicted you would say.
 
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n_huffhines said:
Who said the point of the tactic was to talk about the tactic? You might be obsessed with the tactic, but a big part of America is talking about the message. Even a Republican senator has voiced support for the message. Go hide your head in the sand and pretend like everyone is outraged and nobody is listening. You're not smarter than that.
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Nobody is really talking about a "message" as there is already about half a dozen messages and if they allow this to continue, you'll have another couple more messages by the end of the weekend. The only thing now is to see how they attempt to get out of the box, and ultimately what is the price ($$) will have to be paid by the nfl, owners, and players.

The players and a "message" are irrelevant.
 
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hog88 said:
I bet he hasn't been pulled over once since he became a senator.
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Notice he said speeding got him pulled over some of the time, but he never said how many were for speeding - leaving wiggle room but implying the cops were really the guilty party.
 
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AM64 said:
Notice he said speeding got him pulled over some of the time, but he never said how many were for speeding - leaving wiggle room but implying the cops were really the guilty party.
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So he's deceiving, but not outright lying...this is hilarious.
 
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