America is taking a knee today Mr. President. (photo heavy) I don't think he knows how big this got.

[icymist]

I also don't think he cares. At all.

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[LAS14]

1. k & r

[Sneederbunk]

2. They stuck it in Dotard's ear.

[leftstreet]

3. DURec

Thanks for putting this together

[Rorey]

4. Thank yoou

These demonstrations of what it really means to be an American have brought me almost to tears today.

I'd love to be a fly on the wall wherever 45 is when he figures out that so many disagree with him. I'd love to ask him, "How's that boycott the NFL thing going for you?"

[iluvtennis]

23. ++++ Agree. Thanks for the posts. Today was so heartwarming with NFL players, Volleyball, WNBA, etc

[mcar]

5. Excellent photos!

[BigmanPigman]

6. I want to "give him the knee" but his junk is so miniscule

the effort would be lost in all the blubber around it.

[niyad]

41. and you might hurt yourself in the process.

[mountain grammy]

7. The president of the United States

called American citizens exercising their Constitutional rights sons of bitches and his confederate flag waving mob of followers cheered.

[ginnyinWI]

10. but now his trumpies have to make a choice:

Do they stick with him and his authoritarian edicts, or do they side with their team's right to protest? I hope they know that this is about protesting injustice, not the flag!

[meow2u3]

35. They'll choose to stick with him and his authoritarian edicts. Believe me!

Authoritarian Trumpanzees are dumber than a box of rocks. They'll follow Racket Man off a 500-foot cliff, jumping to their deaths, before they'll admit they'd been conned by a career criminal who never was held accountable for his crimes against humanity.

[trueblue2007]

8. Right on !!!

[Squinch]

9. I'm not a football fan so maybe this has already happened, but I wish I saw some more

white players kneeling in solidarity. There were very few in those photos.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

16. My thought exactly. If it's only

or mostly black players it will be misinterpreted as some attempt at "black power".

[fierywoman]

27. But then there was the white 97 year old WWII vet ... it's a start.

[caraher]

20. Yes

I haven't looked at many photos but they're pretty scarce in the ones I've seen.

Meanwhile I'm seeing lots of RW/"centrist" types I know on FB getting outraged and declaring themselves "done" with this team or that team, or the whole NFL, often accompanied by militaristic glurge. Who'd have thought Trump's ineptitude could wreck the NFL?

[MrPurple]

38. He destroyed the USFL when he pushed them to move to a fall schedule, he destroys everything

[Maraya1969]

25. For some reason the other members of the teams showed solidarity by putting their

hands on the kneeling players and locking arms.

Maybe they are not ready to actually take a knee yet. I hope as time continues they get over their fear and stand with their fellow Americans.

[Aristus]

26. It's not their fathers, brothers, and sons who are being shot to death by black cops.

Some people never learn empathy until something similar happens to them...

[EffieBlack]

28. I was just thinking the same thing

Earlier several white players stood in solidarity with their black teammates, but Trumpists claimed it was a counter-protest. The black players are risking everything - their white teammates need to unambiguously show their support.

[drmeow]

34. I was thinking the same thing

It was nice to see some white players kneeling and the the WWII vet was awesome but I wish more were doing it.

[FloridaBlues]

11. Just what America needs now fans booing professional players

Maybe the fans booing would feel differently if dotart called one of them a SOB.
Why even start this crap dotart at a campaign rally for a man named Strange.

[heaven05]

13. well, 66million+

ameriKKKans want to have a potus who has disrespected POC and encouraged violence against POC, by police and citizenry. They can boo all they please. An american has a right to protest, peacefully, injustice in any manner available and at anytime. The dullards who booed are silly, hateful people who have disrespected the flag, country and decent people by voting for and siding with a racist, sexist very stupid individual who calls himself potus....I wear a button whenever I'm out now, "he's not my president", given to me by a friend. I mean it, this POS is not my president in any respect.....have gotten some stares and I stare right back...fuck them , the Philli Penguins and NASCAR owners, they are part of the 66million+. The flag is a piece of colored cloth that represents a country...the deaths through outright murder of men, women and children of color represents injustice....which do I choose to understand as the important point here...flag or lives killed by racist pigs? Knees down in protest of murder and injustice or 66million+ idiots booing? No contest. I fly my flag upside down now in protest of the disrespect this country has shown to vets and decent people that care in having to put up with this asinine racist bullshit...this country is in distress....BIGTIME.

[fantase56]

12. and then there are days I'm proud of America.......

[lpbk2713]

14. Kudos to the WW-II vet.

Gotta love it.

[calimary]

15. LOVE these!

[cwydro]

17. Unfortunately, this makes his base more defiant.

And he knows that.

[handmade34]

18. helps to understand the

National Anthem and history (which so many don't, especially DT)

https://vimeo.com/166881889

[kstewart33]

19. Great collection that nicely summarizes the day.

Thx!

[JustAnotherGen]

21. Ahhh-men

[dalton99a]

22. He doesn't care - he drops a flaming bag of shit and runs

[uponit7771]

42. THIS !!!!

[Leghorn21]

24. Many thanks for great compilation, icy!! nt

[tblue37]

29. Quite moving. K&R. nt

[Alice11111]

30. Thank you for the thread. Loved the Statue of Liberty.

[Lifelong Protester]

31. Even I "took a knee" today.

Home. Alone. In my living room

IN SOLIDARITY!

[JNelson6563]

32. I stand, actually kneel with them!

I am proud to be an American because of greatness like this.

[arthritisR_US]

33. Those are all great. The 97 yr old vet was

powerful because he fought for all those continuing to fight for equality. He shows how impotent 45's tweets and words are.

[Upthevibe]

36. "Taking a knee" is the most American thing to do! n/t

[arthritisR_US]

37. I would have to agree.✊️👍

[raven mad]

39. We both did.

Well over 60 in age, but managed!

[JNelson6563]

40. This is what America looks like.

America the beautiful.