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hippywife

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82. I didn't watch and...

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Mon Feb 14, 2022, 11:09 AM

Feb 2022

I don't like Eminem (old fogey alert), but what are they gonna do about it? It's not like they pay halftime entertainers.

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NFL pissed-Eminem took knee for Kaepernick [View all] LetMyPeopleVote Feb 2022 OP

I barely even noticed it. Xolodno Feb 2022 #1

Same here, I loved the halftime show. BlackSkimmer Feb 2022 #75

Dang I missed it!! Mary in S. Carolina Feb 2022 #2

Ever so subtle but profound malaise Feb 2022 #80

Here ya go! ancianita Feb 2022 #115

Wow - this was great! Mary in S. Carolina Feb 2022 #121

In yo face mothafuckers! Blue Owl Feb 2022 #3

This makes me smile LetMyPeopleVote Feb 2022 #4

Yes!!! So much yes!!! vercetti2021 Feb 2022 #5

Awesome JustAnotherGen Feb 2022 #8

oh I love this.... bahboo Feb 2022 #18

They're probably too dumb to remember he campaigned for Biden/Harris IronLionZion Feb 2022 #39

Not an Eminem fan, but I'm glad he did it Master_Monstruwacan Feb 2022 #114

Good JustAnotherGen Feb 2022 #6

✊ Deuxcents Feb 2022 #7

The SB Halftime show was probably the last thing left in his career that he hadn't done. Ace Rothstein Feb 2022 #9

I would not be surprised if Em took this job just to kneel as a statement SmittyWerben Feb 2022 #26

You very well may be right. Ace Rothstein Feb 2022 #37

I'm just gonna put this here cannabis_flower Feb 2022 #61

I am old. Delphinus Feb 2022 #62

Here's my favorite, though I love a lot of his stuff. ancianita Feb 2022 #116

I missed it MN2theMax Feb 2022 #10

I thought it was part of the act in moving to the next performer. badhair77 Feb 2022 #11

Which is what everyone watching thought. oldsoftie Feb 2022 #63

How disrespectful... lame54 Feb 2022 #12

He could have Traildogbob Feb 2022 #14

Would have loved to see him use his 1st Amendment rights of free speech KS Toronado Feb 2022 #48

True that! Traildogbob Feb 2022 #55

Good point Evolve Dammit Feb 2022 #77

+10 nt reACTIONary Feb 2022 #20

Good for him! Article from Sports Illustrated's The Spun: highplainsdem Feb 2022 #13

Ain't that a shame. Cha Feb 2022 #15

They don't really care. Loki Liesmith Feb 2022 #16

Correct Cosmocat Feb 2022 #22

Right? CrackityJones75 Feb 2022 #58

my first thought too stopdiggin Feb 2022 #17

"And you thought - maybe".... Exactally... And if the NFL "warned" him not to do it... mitch96 Feb 2022 #30

little suspicious on that point too. stopdiggin Feb 2022 #41

I think the whole thing is made up. oldsoftie Feb 2022 #64

NFL CYA LetMyPeopleVote Feb 2022 #19

Or - could be that they never said any such thing stopdiggin Feb 2022 #49

NFL isn't "pissed" Cosmocat Feb 2022 #21

I'm with Kaep lambchopp59 Feb 2022 #23

I don't think he cares xmas74 Feb 2022 #24

Tough shit, NFL. GoCubsGo Feb 2022 #25

So how will the NFL penalize Eminem? DBoon Feb 2022 #27

They've done the best thing by getting into this discussion Deuxcents Feb 2022 #28

No TheProle Feb 2022 #33

Not a damn thing. ancianita Feb 2022 #117

Fake news. TheProle Feb 2022 #29

That's not correct, they knew he was doing it..... USALiberal Feb 2022 #31

Taking a new is bad. Getting felonies and beating your partner however. . . AZLD4Candidate Feb 2022 #32

Here's Eminem's #BidenHarris ad, just to complete the meltdown: LetMyPeopleVote Feb 2022 #34

That's a good ad Unwind Your Mind Feb 2022 #45

good and beautiful lookyhereyou Feb 2022 #72

K & R Great Ad. Budi Feb 2022 #100

Gen X leighbythesea2 Feb 2022 #35

Fuck em Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2022 #36

That makes me happy. Fuck um. Ferrets are Cool Feb 2022 #38

Spreading misinformation Sympthsical Feb 2022 #40

Do you ever tire of being WRONG? LetMyPeopleVote Feb 2022 #42

Maybe check a news source before twitter? Sympthsical Feb 2022 #46

You trust the NYT? That is amusing LetMyPeopleVote Feb 2022 #52

LOL, that subject change, tho Sympthsical Feb 2022 #53

Lol! Lighten the hell up! Nt USALiberal Feb 2022 #66

No. calling out misinformatin stopdiggin Feb 2022 #69

ESPN? Dr. Strange Feb 2022 #79

Exactly! NYT is NOT to be Cha Feb 2022 #103

I think I trust the NYTimes over some rando on Twitter. BlackSkimmer Feb 2022 #73

ROFL. NYTIMES!!! That bastien of truth 😅 also has a Twitter acct Budi Feb 2022 #101

Oh, and glad to see this post is just fine..... Nixie Feb 2022 #71

thanks. stopdiggin Feb 2022 #43

I think there's a vested interest in the account Sympthsical Feb 2022 #47

Isn't that Twitter not on the BS bandwagon? Nixie Feb 2022 #68

"NFL denies objections to Eminem" equals "Putin denies plans to invade Ukraine" bullwinkle428 Feb 2022 #78

So what would you need to change your mind Hav Feb 2022 #81

The fact that they knew he was going to do it doesn't mean they didn't tell him not to... George II Feb 2022 #85

Source for this? Sympthsical Feb 2022 #87

Source for what? This is what I said: George II Feb 2022 #88

There is no source for the original claim Sympthsical Feb 2022 #89

There are a number of reports on the original claim. Of course if the NFL denies it... George II Feb 2022 #97

LOL about Twitter not being a source. One Congressperson Nixie Feb 2022 #90

Verified direct statements by a person aren't anonymous Sympthsical Feb 2022 #91

Aren't there opinions in those "direct statements"? Nixie Feb 2022 #92

Wow, I haven't seen that GIF since it was used in a signature! Suddenly my feet are hurting.... George II Feb 2022 #104

Yes, it is quite a crutch and catchall. Posting little dancing gifs and old old internet cartoons Nixie Feb 2022 #110

Deleted - system double posted George II Feb 2022 #105

You seriously follow this twitter acct to accuse such a thing? Budi Feb 2022 #98

DUer Celerity made a detailed post about them rictofen Feb 2022 #118

It's on ignore for a good reason. Budi Feb 2022 #120

Had I known... TheRealNorth Feb 2022 #44

Ummm entainers BOW when they are done.... Smackdown2019 Feb 2022 #50

I'm sure the NFL would have preferred he didn't, but I doubt they tried to tell him he couldn't, RockRaven Feb 2022 #51

Thank you Eminem! Initech Feb 2022 #54

Any Trump supporters still a fan of Eminem Cuthbert Allgood Feb 2022 #86

Just like Reagan mistaking "Born in the USA" for a patriotic song SouthBayDem Feb 2022 #119

thak you Eminem Skittles Feb 2022 #56

The Karens are furious I can tell you that much durablend Feb 2022 #57

Better than a knee on the neck; at least to me and other DU folks. twodogsbarking Feb 2022 #59

Not saying Eminem is flawless (lol, far from it) but he's straightforward Withywindle Feb 2022 #60

The NFL denies this amuse bouche Feb 2022 #65

I do.. whathehell Feb 2022 #67

I don't get my news from memes brooklynite Feb 2022 #70

It cracks me up how people believe everything on Twitter. BlackSkimmer Feb 2022 #74

Kick this for Trump's secret buddies. Kingofalldems Feb 2022 #76

I didn't watch and... hippywife Feb 2022 #82

The people he was looking to piss off Jimbo S Feb 2022 #83

Does this not resemble the time Stephen Colbert was booked... BobTheSubgenius Feb 2022 #84

NFL not pissed-Eminem took knee left-of-center2012 Feb 2022 #93

Who thinks and knows Colin Kaepernick is awesome? LetMyPeopleVote Feb 2022 #94

Exactly. Now everyone is forgetting about Kaepernick Nixie Feb 2022 #96

Nope, Hav Feb 2022 #106

Seriously? Who in the NFL would be dumb enough to do that. Can you imagine the Nixie Feb 2022 #111

Ok, so the NFL would never come out and say it Hav Feb 2022 #112

This is an old established debate and it's about Nixie Feb 2022 #113

In addition to the NFL's denial, I have a hard time believing tishaLA Feb 2022 #95

Where is Colin Kaepernick today ? left-of-center2012 Feb 2022 #99

FAKE NEWS robleb Feb 2022 #102

Republican hypocrisy at its finest! LetMyPeopleVote Feb 2022 #107

Pretty sure the NFL is just relieved it wasn't a nipple slip Mr. Ected Feb 2022 #108

Respect! Martin68 Feb 2022 #109

From Bette Midler LetMyPeopleVote Feb 2022 #122