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Mc Mike

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59. I'm still with you, 100%. I'm not a sports fan, and don't know the guy's bio.
Fri Sep 9, 2016, 06:27 PM
Sep 2016

To me, he was just a famous guy I didn't know, and he took a high profile "stand" that he got undeserved heat for. I didn't bother looking up where he was coming from, higher or lower income, urban, rural, suburban, what college, what team, what major, etc. I don't know his sports records. I supported his stand online, and gave it a couple of recs here.

You can graduate college and not be very politically aware. But it's axiomatic that there is no strata of society among Black Americans where people are backing tRUmp, holding their head up high, and being out in the open about it, hanging around a big segregated crowd and fitting in. 0 -7 % support for tRump means a supporter is an anomaly, everywhere you go. Only a few apprentices, business people, and religious business people support him, and they don't have enough clout to put any Color in the tRump audiences. Nobody but a shill wants a pic or video of themselves with tRump, so he can't get people of color to sit behind him at events. (Me sit behind tRump? Sorry, I think I left the gas on at home.) It was interesting when the tRump FL campaign head Karen Giorno let the tRump African American outreach head Sean Jackson get kicked out of the rally by security, because he's Black. The incident seems like something that would make a person sit up and take notice, if it's somebody who's concerned about politics and Race issues.

The conflation of the 2 candidates is a false equivalency. Sec Clinton's not dishonest about anything that she's been investigated about, and she's been investigated a whole big bunch. tRump leaves a constant trail of criminal slime indictments everywhere he goes, a ton of them are outstanding and unresolved, new ones are popping up. His campaign slogan should be "I'm Not In Jail Yet!"

And he has a huge record of constant lies, an easily documentable record. So he's super dishonest both ways. Maybe Mr. K doesn't know a lot politically, he's not following the political news like some people don't follow sports. Maybe he just sees the tons of high-profile police misconduct cases, and missed that part where tRump said he was "going to let Chicago top cops off the leash to clean up the neighborhoods chop chop," because suspects (civilians) have too many rights.


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Bright... Not relevant.. busterbrown Sep 2016 #3
I feel the same Hayduke Bomgarte Sep 2016 #2
POS? busterbrown Sep 2016 #4
POS= piece of sh*t Hayduke Bomgarte Sep 2016 #28
overpaid backup QB in decline said what? nt geek tragedy Sep 2016 #5
He is overpaid because he had .. busterbrown Sep 2016 #6
It wasn't injuries it was lack of progress mythology Sep 2016 #14
physically he's fine, defenses have learned to adjust to his skills and weaknesses, he doesn't geek tragedy Sep 2016 #21
He said both candidates were equally objectionable. Calista241 Sep 2016 #7
CONFLATING HILLARY WITH DONALD TRUMP? busterbrown Sep 2016 #8
And that shows me that you are o.k. busterbrown Sep 2016 #52
I said no such thing. That was my interpretation of Kaepernick's comments. Calista241 Sep 2016 #67
He hates both davidn3600 Sep 2016 #9
Again....Conflating Hillary with Trump.. busterbrown Sep 2016 #10
I agree... sarae Sep 2016 #33
I know we're supposed to defend the rights of others as our own, but his are down the priority list UTUSN Sep 2016 #11
He still should get his freedom of speech, and there's nothing wrong with Mc Mike Sep 2016 #12
I completely agree with you.. busterbrown Sep 2016 #15
You have a better Occam's razor explanation, bb. It beats my convoluted one. Mc Mike Sep 2016 #26
He's just uninformed. His heart is in the right place but his political awareness is low. brush Sep 2016 #32
in the full quote, he took a swipe at Trump too. Exilednight Sep 2016 #36
I’ll say it again.. busterbrown Sep 2016 #53
Say it until you're blue in the face. Exilednight Sep 2016 #56
Exactly why I won’t shut my mouth.. busterbrown Sep 2016 #57
Personally, I don't really care if people conflate them. There's a bigger Exilednight Sep 2016 #68
I'm still with you, 100%. I'm not a sports fan, and don't know the guy's bio. Mc Mike Sep 2016 #59
no he didn't. i dont agree with his politics regarding clinton, and i think they are ill informed La Lioness Priyanka Sep 2016 #13
Totally agree. Furthermore ... Auggie Sep 2016 #17
This is just a way to discredit him so we don't have to deal La Lioness Priyanka Sep 2016 #20
How the heck can you say that when busterbrown Sep 2016 #54
Colin Kaepernick, like many, is fed up with racial inequality KMOD Sep 2016 #16
Huh?? busterbrown Sep 2016 #18
No he hasn't. KMOD Sep 2016 #19
Do you have any idea busterbrown Sep 2016 #23
I am an NFL fan. KMOD Sep 2016 #25
"off hand comments made clearly out of frustration" melman Sep 2016 #34
Who are you to determine his message? pintobean Sep 2016 #37
Oh look, it's melman and pintobean KMOD Sep 2016 #38
lol melman Sep 2016 #39
Because nothing else really matters. KMOD Sep 2016 #42
So that means melman Sep 2016 #44
. KMOD Sep 2016 #49
No. This is Democratic Underground, not BLM Underground. pintobean Sep 2016 #46
Black Lives Matter is a big issue in this election. KMOD Sep 2016 #48
You're supporting Kaepernick when he trashed our candidate pintobean Sep 2016 #60
It went viral at right winger and alt left groups KMOD Sep 2016 #61
Lol. That's total bs pintobean Sep 2016 #62
He didn't even say black lives matter pintobean Sep 2016 #41
OK, KMOD Sep 2016 #50
i could care less about your numbers.. busterbrown Sep 2016 #51
Well, if you want to get Hillary elected, KMOD Sep 2016 #64
Someone? This is just not someone. busterbrown Sep 2016 #65
This thread is about his comments pintobean Sep 2016 #58
Yes, this is just one of a few threads about his comments. KMOD Sep 2016 #63
Thank you! bravenak Sep 2016 #45
He's a football player Warpy Sep 2016 #22
Completely agree.. busterbrown Sep 2016 #24
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In literally the next sentence he said Trump is an unapologetic racist. LeftyMom Sep 2016 #27
Then right after that he busterbrown Sep 2016 #29
No, Racism is keeping Trump in the race. LeftyMom Sep 2016 #31
There are many supporting Trump.. busterbrown Sep 2016 #35
Whatev... I never liked Kaepernick anyway... Blue_Tires Sep 2016 #30
Sounds like he has had a few too many bumps in the head. milestogo Sep 2016 #40
Now he lost me MFM008 Sep 2016 #43
I said this before that it seems every opinion he has comes straight from social media. cwydro Sep 2016 #55
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