Trump extends olive branch to kneelers

christiefan915 said:
No.
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Then start acting like you believe it, and strike off the shackles of blind partisanship. Free your mind, and your tail will follow.

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Legion said:
Isn't it odd that millions of Americans aren't trying to sneak into other countries illegally? If things are as dire as liberals claim, why don't they become refugees?
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Lol, I suspect that there are a lot of lefties out there who would gain a new appreciation for the country if they were to spend a few months with Muslims in their natural habitat or some of the other nasty places in the world.
 
Evmetro said:
Lol, I suspect that there are a lot of lefties out there who would gain a new appreciation for the country if they were to spend a few months with Muslims in their natural habitat or some of the other nasty places in the world.
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You seem to be conflating hatred of trump with hatred of the country.
 
Darth Omar said:
Exactly lol. They almost have to do it.

Keep in mind at least a few of these athletes know people who are in prison. The families of the prisoners are going to be after the kneelers. They don’t give a crap about making Trump look good or bad—they just want their brother or uncle out of jail.

The kneelers say they care about injustice—Donald Trump just empowered them to actually DO something about it.
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Maybe if he asked for a list of killer cops, that would be 'something'.
 
christiefan915 said:
What you call disrespect is protected symbolic speech. Supposedly what you and others fought for.
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Protesting during the National Anthem for whatever reason is disrespectful, but is indeed protected. Protesting at funerals and cursing at church is protected as well, but is disrespectful. It is dishonest and inaccurate to equate objections of disrespectful behavior to objections of constitutional rights, regardless of if it is in the workplace or where it really is protected.
 
Darth Omar said:
Trump empowered them do actually do something besides kneel!

Do you think they will act?
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It's not as clear an action as you're making it out to be.

What they're protesting is general inequality of treatment for an entire community, which is undeniable. This isn't Amnesty International, where they have a list of specific political prisoners.

Trump is taking a simplistic view of it. It's a nice offer, but it doesn't "solve" the problem.
 
Thing1 said:
It's not as clear an action as you're making it out to be.

What they're protesting is general inequality of treatment for an entire community, which is undeniable. This isn't Amnesty International, where they have a list of specific political prisoners.

Trump is taking a simplistic view of it. It's a nice offer, but it doesn't "solve" the problem.
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What it is that kneelers are actually protesting does not matter until they can find the right time, place, and platform to present their agenda.
 
Evmetro said:
Protesting during the National Anthem for whatever reason is disrespectful, but is indeed protected. Protesting at funerals and cursing at church is protected as well, but is disrespectful. It is dishonest and inaccurate to equate objections of disrespectful behavior to objections of constitutional rights, regardless of if it is in the workplace or where it really is protected.
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I will never understand how people can't abide disrespecting the flag and anthem (according to their feelings) but will vote a man into office who has spent his life disrespecting everyone and everything. Oh but wait, as long as he stands at attention, even though his wife had to remind him to place his hand over his heart, and even though he doesn't know the words and just mumbles incoherently he is doing a fantastic job of faux patriotism and that is really all that matters to some in this country.

Fake it till you make it?
 
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