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icymist

(15,888 posts)
Wed Sep 27, 2017, 05:09 AM Sep 2017

So taking a knee is disrespecting the flag? But, these aren't?

Kid Rock cuts a hole in it and wears it as a puncho

Sarah Palin just wants to snuggle in it:

Ted Nugent has it made into a shirt and then salutes a mirror:

I think the Dotard wants to have sex with it:

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So taking a knee is disrespecting the flag? But, these aren't? (Original Post) icymist Sep 2017 OP
People who have gotten butthurt Jamaal510 Sep 2017 #1
Bingo! Trump is laying down a smoke screen to hide behind. Arkansas Granny Sep 2017 #2
Old Glory, in person! [Time to lighten up.] Petrushka Sep 2017 #3
You forgot customerserviceguy Sep 2017 #4
Please please please......... raven mad Sep 2017 #5

Jamaal510

(10,893 posts)
1. People who have gotten butthurt
Wed Sep 27, 2017, 05:14 AM
Sep 2017

are acting more outraged at the players for protesting the anthem than they've been at the Charlottesville rioters who carried the Confederate Flag around. In addition to their selective outrage, they haven't even cared to stop and think about why these predominantly Black athletes are protesting. They lack critical thinking skills, so they believe whatever 45 tells them, and they let him distract them from other things like the Russia investigation and Puerto Rico.

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