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11 Bravo

(24,333 posts)
Wed May 27, 2020, 05:31 PM May 2020

OK righty, let me make sure I've got this straight. NFL player peacefully taking a knee ...

prior to a football game ... BAD!
Worse than bad, UN-AMERICAN!

White cop taking a knee across the throat of an unarmed and non-resisting black man ... no problem.
Business as usual.

So you tell me, asshole. Which one of us hates America?

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OK righty, let me make sure I've got this straight. NFL player peacefully taking a knee ... (Original Post) 11 Bravo May 2020 OP
And NFL guy was protesting marlakay May 2020 #1
I kinda hate THIS America right now? Brainfodder May 2020 #2
To Trump and the racists, the white guy is always better than the white guy. Doodley May 2020 #3

marlakay

(13,384 posts)
1. And NFL guy was protesting
Wed May 27, 2020, 05:33 PM
May 2020

The violence of cops against blacks.

So I definitely would say he had the right to kneel. If it wasn’t for covid even more would be out in the streets. I am concerned about the protesters getting sick.

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