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MousePlayingDaffodil

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1. With respect . . .

Reply to HAB911 (Original post)

Thu Aug 10, 2017, 02:27 PM

Aug 2017

. . . equating Kaepernick's situation to that of a "slave" -- Kaepernick made $11.9 million in guaranteed money in 2016 -- is stupid, if not offensive.

Throwing around rhetoric of this type makes a sensible discussion of this issue difficult.

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With respect . . . MousePlayingDaffodil Aug 2017 #1

Ok, well-paid slave, then matt819 Aug 2017 #2

+++++++++++ HAB911 Aug 2017 #3

Google just fired an employee for expressing himself in a manner Calista241 Aug 2017 #4

Possibly matt819 Aug 2017 #7

fuck football. If he had physically attacked someone he would be treated better JI7 Aug 2017 #5

had physically attacked someone HAB911 Aug 2017 #6