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avebury

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2. Imagine a massive march on Washington DC

Reply to Snake Plissken (Original post)

Fri Oct 5, 2018, 05:55 PM

Oct 2018

where hundreds of thousands of people all take to their knees during the national anthem with a gigantic flag hung upside down as a sign of distress in this country.

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The entire country should be taking a knee during the national anthem [View all] Snake Plissken Oct 2018 OP

Agree violetpastille Oct 2018 #1

Imagine a massive march on Washington DC avebury Oct 2018 #2

Disagree. That is a specific action for a specific protest. WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2018 #3

I guess you're right, since Kavanaugh are those who funded him are such champions of civil rights Snake Plissken Oct 2018 #4

Not quite sure what this has to do with Kavanaugh's beliefs? WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2018 #5

That doesn't even make any sense Snake Plissken Oct 2018 #6

No, not at all. WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2018 #8

You're saying, no, not at all Snake Plissken Oct 2018 #10

MLK and Gandhi weren't in the same country MountCleaners Oct 2018 #11

what buries the message is allowing all the messages to be isolated and scattered Snake Plissken Oct 2018 #12

Under what umbrella do you want to unite all these "isolated" and "scattered" messages? WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2018 #13

Seriously, you're attitude is how exactly how we end up with people like Trump Snake Plissken Oct 2018 #14

These aren't rules or etiquette, nor are they meaningless. This is what building coalitions looks WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2018 #15

I stand corrected, they're not meaningless, Snake Plissken Oct 2018 #17

Look, I get it, it's difficult to build solidarity. If there were easy answers that brought sure WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2018 #18

Why dont you stop jumping in every thread Solomon Oct 2018 #7

You give me too much credit. WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2018 #9

I've stood for the anthem every time I have been present when it was played during my entire life. Sqee Oct 2018 #16

Our government is now being run by a fucking news network. Initech Oct 2018 #19

It's being run by a handful of billionaires who control the content of a news network and blogs Snake Plissken Oct 2018 #20

Oh they're playing him like a fiddle. Initech Oct 2018 #21