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matt819

(10,749 posts)
32. What's it like to be this stupid?
Mon Sep 25, 2017, 03:02 PM
Sep 2017

These particular millionaires are not crying that they are oppressed. Hell, I'm sure they're absolutely thrilled at their good fortune to be earning millions. One of them, the guy who started this whole thing, can't even get a job, and he just gave $1 million to the cause.

These particular millionaires, you dumbass, are calling attention to other who really are oppressed and, you know, dead. They want you to think, for just a minute, about the hundreds of African-Americans who are killed by police every year without any penalties. Heck, I'm sure they'd be pleased if you added in others who were shot and/or killed by police, like the autistic person a couple of years back or the deaf person just a few days ago or the LGBTQ woman with mental health issues last week. They want you to pay attention for just a minute to reality, and not the world presented to you by Fox News. Sadly, however, they know you won't give a fuck because you are white and they are not. Because you are white and the victims are not. Because you are white and the police are white.

Of course, there's probably more to your pathetic tale of leaving your job after 30 years. Retirement, maybe? Termination? Just fucking tired of making minimum wage and want to blame someone, preferably someone who's black?

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White privilege is a hard thing to let go of. Eliot Rosewater Sep 2017 #1
Bye Felicia... n/t billh58 Sep 2017 #2
Hopefully his replacement won't be a racist. LonePirate Sep 2017 #3
Oh great. More spelling-challenged dumbasses who think it's still about the flag. HughBeaumont Sep 2017 #4
And The Military, Hugh ProfessorGAC Sep 2017 #24
believe people have the right to protest; I just don't believe that's the proper venue for it." uppityperson Sep 2017 #5
They are football players.... CatMor Sep 2017 #21
you are an idiot, mr. nikischer. spanone Sep 2017 #6
Says the guy who was probably ready to retire anyway. eom fleur-de-lisa Sep 2017 #7
Fuck him, his loss, not ours, not the fans', not the franchise's. DinahMoeHum Sep 2017 #8
willfully obtuse. the players are protesting on behalf of others. why is this so hard to understand. KG Sep 2017 #9
They are not protesting for him personally, or at least he thinks. Weekend Warrior Sep 2017 #14
White privilege on full display. nt. Weekend Warrior Sep 2017 #10
👋🏻 Floyd R. Turbo Sep 2017 #11
But nobody protested the anthem. Iggo Sep 2017 #12
Dear Dumbass Dipshit, the flag is about MUCH more than your jingoistic perspective. Stinky The Clown Sep 2017 #13
I fully support his right to render himself ineligible for unemployment compensation Orrex Sep 2017 #15
I'll bet Nikischer was planning to retire anyway. He'll get free drinks oasis Sep 2017 #16
Bingo! Doofus is looking for 15 minutes of fame ChubbyStar Sep 2017 #17
It's not even the flag they're so pissed off about Blue_Tires Sep 2017 #18
Coupled with their resentment of the fact that these black athletes... ADX Sep 2017 #20
buh bye liar. They are not "crying that they are oppressed." they are protesting for those who were TeamPooka Sep 2017 #19
He will feel better now at the next tiki torch workinclasszero Sep 2017 #22
that song is NOT ABOUT our veterans who fight and die for us maxsolomon Sep 2017 #23
Looks like his primary job is a New York State Court Officer. procon Sep 2017 #25
I have not, since I was a child, liked the "national anthem" logosoco Sep 2017 #26
He really doesn't get it Phoenix61 Sep 2017 #27
I do have to agree with him on one point angrychair Sep 2017 #28
If everyone who thinks Donnie Short Fingers in the Oval Office maxrandb Sep 2017 #29
Like anyone gives a shit Thrill Sep 2017 #30
Obviously not a critical thinker...unless the intentions are to set up a gofundme account Freethinker65 Sep 2017 #31
What's it like to be this stupid? matt819 Sep 2017 #32
+1000 smirkymonkey Sep 2017 #33
Idiot shenmue Sep 2017 #34
Good. Let him starve. jcmaine72 Sep 2017 #35
Did you see what shirt he was wering? NWmountainman Sep 2017 #36
Time to get out of the way onethatcares Sep 2017 #37
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