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33. Surprising how no black cadets or middies were in on the "game".

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Fri Dec 20, 2019, 03:57 PM

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US service academies say hand gestures at Army-Navy game were a game and not racist [View all] Poiuyt Dec 2019 OP

Jesus Christ😳 Whatever🙄 dewsgirl Dec 2019 #1

Nothing to see here. Move along. Va Lefty Dec 2019 #2

It's a real game. In real life it's likely most would be innocent, Hortensis Dec 2019 #57

A Game To See... jayfish Dec 2019 #3

Sure, an alt right game for racists... Thomas Hurt Dec 2019 #4

Got that right!! InAbLuEsTaTe Dec 2019 #21

When the story first broke, a DU member relayed how he plays the circle game with his young kids. Blue_true Dec 2019 #43

Who exactly are they playing this "game" with Cosmocat Dec 2019 #46

People have lateral vision, and a sense of nearby motion. Blue_true Dec 2019 #49

ah man Cosmocat Dec 2019 #58

We have to agree to disagree. Believe me, no one hates racists more that I do. But Blue_true Dec 2019 #65

Right behind one of the few black cadets there exboyfil Dec 2019 #5

Right? 2naSalit Dec 2019 #11

Tell it! walkingman Dec 2019 #53

I am sure the orange king intervened in this. redstatebluegirl Dec 2019 #6

Stephen Miller... hlthe2b Dec 2019 #14

Bullshit. C_U_L8R Dec 2019 #7

Pull the other one! FiveGoodMen Dec 2019 #8

Well, the hand in the pic is ABOVE the waist, so what's their fantasy excuse now? BamaRefugee Dec 2019 #9

they found the excuse online and it has spread to supremacists everywhere Hermit-The-Prog Dec 2019 #19

Even more to the point ... everyone is facing the same direction Cosmocat Dec 2019 #47

This is the bullshit outcome we were all predicting. blugbox Dec 2019 #10

DU behavioral experts chiming in... Loki Liesmith Dec 2019 #12

. XRubicon Dec 2019 #17

Yep, if DU doesn't concur, it can't be true Marengo Dec 2019 #30

It's a horn XRubicon Dec 2019 #32

Why weren't black cadets or middies playing along? marble falls Dec 2019 #34

At least one midshipman did it. It's in one of the videos. cwydro Dec 2019 #38

I'm sure the racists appreciate RandiFan1290 Dec 2019 #59

Yes, just a game they play with mass murders and racists, nothing to see here... XRubicon Dec 2019 #13

Yeah, right. greatauntoftriplets Dec 2019 #15

We used to play this game and called it "bagging". That is not what I see here. Midnight Writer Dec 2019 #16

Total BS - they got caught and now they're trying to weasel out of it FakeNoose Dec 2019 #18

Hahahahahahahahahaha! Wawannabe Dec 2019 #26

Yeah, and I'm going to start a game called the "fuck you" game, where you use your middle finger. somaticexperiencing Dec 2019 #20

More convenient to take the out than deal with the issue. Sad. nt crickets Dec 2019 #22

Oh, bull caca! nt tblue37 Dec 2019 #23

Riiiiiiiiiiigggghhhhht... Wawannabe Dec 2019 #24

I thought this would warrant a look at his background? bluestarone Dec 2019 #25

Of course, wink, wink, nod, nod... MineralMan Dec 2019 #27

Had the only two black cadets pictured sported the black power sign, well... RestoreAmerica2020 Dec 2019 #28

So I guess Trump also plays the circle game. Kingofalldems Dec 2019 #29

I expected nothing else. old guy Dec 2019 #31

Surprising how no black cadets or middies were in on the "game". marble falls Dec 2019 #33

So are the service academies dumb/duped or dishonorable/lying? RockRaven Dec 2019 #35

This is exactly what I figured would happen. cwydro Dec 2019 #36

I call B.S. WestLosAngelesGal Dec 2019 #37

This was a common game played in high school 10 years ago and cachukis Dec 2019 #39

I just rolled my eyes so hard they came out my ears. Efilroft Sul Dec 2019 #40

No surprised. The service academies have a real white power problem Stinky The Clown Dec 2019 #41

Sounds logical RhodeIslandOne Dec 2019 #42

T H I S Cosmocat Dec 2019 #48

This message was self-deleted by its author ChubbyStar Dec 2019 #50

What bullshit! Tertullian Dec 2019 #44

pick your battles wisely Demonaut Dec 2019 #45

If the game was "spot the racists" then I won. nt TeamPooka Dec 2019 #51

I gave the game up after grade school. Sneederbunk Dec 2019 #52

In my day, Army folks called such excuses "Bull Shit." TomSlick Dec 2019 #54

Nice try for the spin. Just admit Liberal In Texas Dec 2019 #55

How stupid do they think we are?! This BS KPN Dec 2019 #56

Even if, as they say, it was the circle game, dware Dec 2019 #60

BULL ....... FUCKING ......... SHIT KentuckyWoman Dec 2019 #61

Yeah right. There is a game being played here. Having nothing to do with circles Takket Dec 2019 #62

My response to the cadets who participated mfcorey1 Dec 2019 #63

That's some pretty weak sauce. Captain Stern Dec 2019 #64

I can fix that....they were AT a game and they ARE racists. spanone Dec 2019 #66

What if it was the other infantile game, bunny ears behind another person. mahina Dec 2019 #67