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elehhhhna

(32,076 posts) Sat May 26, 2018, 09:02 PM May 2018

Football players should kneel on the field and blame cte EDIT: not elehhhnas best idea.

Last edited Sat May 26, 2018, 10:02 PM - Edit history (1)

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Boom. 2 birds one stone.

**** EDIT to add: was spitballing how to do a fuck you and take a knee anyway and stay protected as an employee.

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Football players should kneel on the field and blame cte EDIT: not elehhhnas best idea. (Original Post) elehhhhna May 2018 OP

No, they should not. Red Mountain May 2018 #1

Okay I didn't think that through carefully. You are correct and that would undermine the whole point elehhhhna May 2018 #3

Which is to say.... Red Mountain May 2018 #2

Red Mountain

(1,731 posts)

1. No, they should not.

Reply to elehhhhna (Original post)

Sat May 26, 2018, 09:12 PM

May 2018

They are not suffering from diminished mental capacity.

elehhhhna

(32,076 posts)

3. Okay I didn't think that through carefully. You are correct and that would undermine the whole point

Reply to Red Mountain (Reply #1)

Sat May 26, 2018, 09:57 PM

May 2018

It's the sort of thing a Republican would do.

Alt question: If the NFL players were ~70% white dudes, would cte be an emergency for the nfl?

Red Mountain

(1,731 posts)

2. Which is to say....

Reply to elehhhhna (Original post)

Sat May 26, 2018, 09:20 PM

May 2018

It's not diminished mental capacity that causes these protests.

Quite the opposite.

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