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marieo1

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31. minngal

Fri May 25, 2018, 12:38 PM

May 2018

I am proud of the NFL players that kneel!! No one else is even trying to stop the abuse of blacks, children, women, gays and the list goes on and on. At least these NFL players are calling attention to a situation in our country that needs to change. What does our flag stand for anyway? I believe it stands for equality, justice, safety of everyone regardless of color, race, gender, etc. - it stands for everyone in our country being safe, not just a select few. A simple way to stop the kneeling is for everyone of us to get on board and protest the injustices. I'm sure if the police brutality, mass shootings, abuse of blacks, women, children, etc stopped so would the kneeling. More power to the respected NFL players.

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To the kneeling haters...thought about this? [View all] Heartstrings May 2018 OP

Dodging the draft disrespects the flag? WTF? WhiskeyGrinder May 2018 #1

Pretty sure that's a jab at Trump oberliner May 2018 #2

Spanky Bonespurs I believe RainCaster May 2018 #3

dodging the draft when you support the war rurallib May 2018 #44

On target as always! ProudLib72 May 2018 #4

Is there a difference between kneeling haters and people who think mythology May 2018 #5

With You On Nearly Every Point 100% ProfessorGAC May 2018 #30

trump Disses America and is selling it down Cha May 2018 #6

the sink holes await him and his. sheshe2 May 2018 #8

Trying to be so patient Cha May 2018 #10

Yeah... sheshe2 May 2018 #12

No, one could not Cha May 2018 #13

Brilliant. Amaryllis May 2018 #7

Boom! sheshe2 May 2018 #9

i have issues about draft dodging. nam was fucked up. pansypoo53219 May 2018 #11

True Haggis for Breakfast May 2018 #15

In wartime, it's not that easy. BobTheSubgenius May 2018 #20

I think it is perfectly fine to dodge the draft even if it is not because of "conscience" ExciteBike66 May 2018 #29

Depends on why one dodged. Grokenstein May 2018 #18

i had an uncle who dodged. Kurt V. May 2018 #37

Non-citizens do not have to honor the flag. keithbvadu2 May 2018 #14

OMG, jazzcat23 May 2018 #19

On SNAP !! Haggis for Breakfast May 2018 #16

About the top sign: BadgerMom May 2018 #17

Respect the Kneel. Guilded Lilly May 2018 #21

I am suspicious about the number of Jehovah's Witnesses - seems on the high side robbedvoter May 2018 #22

Yeah, they got that wrong. 8.4 million JW globally. Only 1.2 million JW in the United States. progressoid May 2018 #23

Love this! NCTraveler May 2018 #24

As a spectator I would kneel with them. LakeArenal May 2018 #25

New Slogan: DFW May 2018 #26

Mic drop!! InAbLuEsTaTe May 2018 #27

Love it, except the part about the draft ExciteBike66 May 2018 #28

It's a dig at Trump oberliner May 2018 #39

minngal marieo1 May 2018 #31

All Jehovah's Witnesses and Amish must leave the country now. Sneederbunk May 2018 #32

It will take longer for the Amish to leave by bugy Oppaloopa May 2018 #34

K & R SunSeeker May 2018 #33

Religious liberty always wins Crash2Parties May 2018 #35

Seems appropriate to remember that the hater in the Whitehouse Enoki33 May 2018 #36

Dodging the draft during the Vietnam War was NOT disrespecting the flag. Nitram May 2018 #38

It's a dig at Trump oberliner May 2018 #40

A misguided dig. A very poorly written meme. An insult to anti-war protestors. Nitram May 2018 #41

Trump's dodging of the draft wasn't an anti-war protest oberliner May 2018 #42

Totally. LakeArenal May 2018 #43

It doesn't say Trump. It says "draft dodger." But never mind. You clearly didn't live through the Nitram May 2018 #47

Trump is the one saying kneeling disrespects the flag oberliner May 2018 #48

+1 Peaceful Protester May 2018 #45

I'm white. I'll go kneel with DUers at any event. sharedvalues May 2018 #46

The flaw in your argument... brooklynite May 2018 #49