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magicnpoetry

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26. Michael Jordan And Tiger Woods

Tue Aug 30, 2016, 07:50 PM

Aug 2016

It seem to me high profile are often criticized for not using their platforms to illuminate social injustice. When someone actually does, the response shows why there was hesitation to begin with. I find the freedom lovers the most ironic on this. They want freedom that can be gotten by guns in hypothetical tyranny, but they don't want you to use your First Amendment rights for what they were designed for, protest speech...

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"You don't like what Kaepernick has to say? Then prove him wrong, BE the nation he can respect." [View all] kpete Aug 2016 OP

Yep, love me some Jim Wright. malthaussen Aug 2016 #1

There you have it. CanSocDem Aug 2016 #2

A great nation that took an abandoned interracial child and raised him to be a multimillionaire Taitertots Aug 2016 #3

By Standing During A Song? ProfessorGAC Aug 2016 #7

it's the god bless america heaven05 Aug 2016 #10

Then We Agree ProfessorGAC Aug 2016 #19

he can do what he wants Skittles Aug 2016 #22

Nobody Said Otherwise ProfessorGAC Aug 2016 #29

Pssst.. give me the Raiders Quarter back.. yuiyoshida Aug 2016 #31

"Veterans for Kaepernick hashtag blows up as QB receives support" Stellar Aug 2016 #32

people can think what they want Skittles Aug 2016 #39

Why would 'some people' think that. I'm confused. Stellar Aug 2016 #41

Because he's a multimillionaire whining about how oppressed people like him are. NuclearDem Aug 2016 #49

Even Black multimillionaires like Colin get picked-on by the police too, that's how he knows. Stellar Aug 2016 #52

He's a black man who is tired of racial injustice. KMOD Aug 2016 #59

Your premise is ill informed. He is not whining about how oppressed people like him are. Glassunion Sep 2016 #69

I even respect heaven05 Aug 2016 #8

You think millions of people wish you were dead? Taitertots Aug 2016 #16

of course heaven05 Aug 2016 #20

Way out of line, and very rude. KMOD Aug 2016 #60

It's an reasonable/accurate response to their post Taitertots Sep 2016 #64

Doubling down, huh. KMOD Sep 2016 #65

That's an interesting and mostly factual post that is a complete non-sequitur Taitertots Sep 2016 #66

Do you have any fear when you or a loved one are pulled over KMOD Sep 2016 #67

It's both odd and ironic that when calling him an idiot, you confuse "evidence" with "proof." LanternWaste Aug 2016 #9

Thank you! LittleDuckie Aug 2016 #18

uh oh.... was that just common sense I read????!!!!! nt clarice Aug 2016 #21

doesn't football cause brain damage ? JI7 Aug 2016 #23

"A great nation that took an abandoned interracial child and raised him pangaia Aug 2016 #37

You think he is an exception. He is not. Taitertots Aug 2016 #42

Well, we will just have to dsagree. pangaia Aug 2016 #45

This argument is racist and disrespectful to adoptive families. LeftyMom Aug 2016 #46

No it isn't. N/t Taitertots Aug 2016 #47

No, it's not. NuclearDem Aug 2016 #50

Black lives are worthy of respect. KMOD Aug 2016 #58

I agree.... N/T Taitertots Sep 2016 #63

Kaepernick knows perfectly well he is the exception. backscatter712 Sep 2016 #70

Very well said! Stonepounder Aug 2016 #4

I have a feeling Kaepernick will be sitting during the National Anthem for a new team soon. jalan48 Aug 2016 #5

Thank You. Mr. Wright! ProfessorGAC Aug 2016 #6

It is right here in this thread. pangaia Aug 2016 #27

You Said It! ProfessorGAC Aug 2016 #30

I was away for about 12 days, in Norway sailing. pangaia Aug 2016 #35

Even with all it problems,,,, Cryptoad Aug 2016 #11

Kaepernick can do what he wants but it's a distraction to his team & an unnecessary lack of respect. Sunlei Aug 2016 #12

If he had made a spectical of it, then you might be approaching a point. Glassunion Aug 2016 #14

It wasn't a spectacle the first three times he did it ripcord Aug 2016 #48

Lack of respect for...what? pangaia Aug 2016 #36

The real travesty Nuclear Unicorn Aug 2016 #13

I am fundamentally opposed to very little...I loathe fundamentalism in ALL its guises, but Moostache Aug 2016 #15

Excellent. My hat is off to you. n/t CanSocDem Aug 2016 #17

I have turned a corner on CK as well. Will be an open supporter now. nt JanMichael Aug 2016 #24

Don't forget the Vet's that are coming to support him! Stellar Aug 2016 #33

Wish I could rec this 1000 times. Duval Aug 2016 #25

Michael Jordan And Tiger Woods magicnpoetry Aug 2016 #26

Honestly, I don't care Travis_0004 Aug 2016 #28

No empathy at all... Stellar Aug 2016 #40

I want him cut because there arw better options Travis_0004 Aug 2016 #43

So, this is just about football (the game) with you and not about this thread...Or is it. Stellar Aug 2016 #44

hear, hear! Stellar Aug 2016 #34

Meh... TipTok Aug 2016 #38

There's no winning with them, anyway. NuclearDem Aug 2016 #51

Wanting equal justice and treatment in the eyes of the law is not being KMOD Aug 2016 #61

If Colin want to be shown respect then he should show respect to his first (birth) mother. (eom) StevieM Aug 2016 #53

You mean the mother that gave him away at six week old even though his grandparents wanted him, Stellar Aug 2016 #54

She succumbed to the relentless efforts of the adoption industry. And she has been pained by it StevieM Aug 2016 #55

link... Stellar Aug 2016 #56

I honestly don't know what you are talking about... TipTok Aug 2016 #57

Excellent question and I am glad that you asked it. StevieM Aug 2016 #62

are you a fishmonger? TheSarcastinator Sep 2016 #68