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Blue_Tires

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33. Brilliant find...

Reply to ehrnst (Original post)

Fri May 25, 2018, 12:13 PM

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Football team penalized for 12 months for refusing to give patriotic salute [View all] ehrnst May 2018 OP

Well, there WERE some fine people on both sides in Germany in the 1930s... ExciteBike66 May 2018 #1

Anyone who can't see where we're heading is blind Va Lefty May 2018 #2

The details include news of punishment for other resistors. dixiegrrrrl May 2018 #15

Under His eye.... (nt) ehrnst May 2018 #30

A third of the US apparently sees where we're heading and wants it that way. FiveGoodMen May 2018 #25

Yeah, Germany tried to warn at Cha May 2018 #3

Here We Go... dlk May 2018 #4

thanks for posting dembotoz May 2018 #5

I thought this was going to be about a high school team in USA, which proves OP's point ... Bernardo de La Paz May 2018 #6

Yeah me too. 47of74 May 2018 #12

Coming soon to a sports venue near you.... erronis May 2018 #20

No kidding. It no longer seems far-fetched. calimary May 2018 #24

Facism at its worst!!! Left-over May 2018 #7

Run rampant.... magicarpet May 2018 #11

NFL. The brainless running the brain injured for the entertainment of the witless and mindless. Augiedog May 2018 #8

Well they needed to punish foreigners and define who is a "real German" also IronLionZion May 2018 #9

Feel good nationalism at every bend and turn. magicarpet May 2018 #10

+1 - I echo your sentiments. There is no humor in current events, but we need some levity. erronis May 2018 #21

right has to fight heaven05 May 2018 #13

Yup. KPN May 2018 #19

K&R BlueJac May 2018 #14

Shameful analogy IMO. Trust Buster May 2018 #16

History doesn't repeat, but it does rhyme... Wounded Bear May 2018 #17

Yep.... paleotn May 2018 #18

Haha. I would just add "without even knowing it" for clarity's sake. KPN May 2018 #22

For some, probably.... paleotn May 2018 #23

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe May 2018 #26

Beautiful analogy JustAnotherGen May 2018 #27

Ain't It The Truth Me. May 2018 #28

That's the territory we are in now, folks. nt Nay May 2018 #29

K & R Ferrets are Cool May 2018 #31

K & R SunSeeker May 2018 #32

Brilliant find... Blue_Tires May 2018 #33

Please send this to rachel@msnbc.com triron May 2018 #34

Snopes just published about this ramblin_dave May 2018 #35

Sounds like it was about the salute. dixiegrrrrl May 2018 #36

Ironic, funny thing about that... Henry Krinkle May 2018 #37

Those who seem like boorish clowns are the unhinged psychopaths who become totalitarians blake2012 May 2018 #38