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InAbLuEsTaTe

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8. Because these people don't know their ass from a hole in the ground...

Reply to Takket (Reply #4)

Sun Oct 1, 2017, 01:40 PM

Oct 2017

and btw, there's not a DAMN thing wrong with athletes kneeling during the national anthem, as it's words only apply to a select privileged group of U.S. citizens.

Maybe when our country is truly the "land of the free" for ALL, the players will all stand. Til then... #TakeAKnee

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Idiot Baltimore Raven Fans Manage To Disrespect Players AND The Anthem [View all] stopbush Oct 2017 OP

Actually, you are supposed to be reverent at the end of the anthem and not even clap appleannie1943 Oct 2017 #1

In Chicago we cheer through the entire anthem. tritsofme Oct 2017 #2

Well, thats just an example of the CONCEIT many Americans hold that rules and even laws stopbush Oct 2017 #7

It is an absolutely stirring experience, Jim Cornelison is the best in the business tritsofme Oct 2017 #10

Robert Merrill, he aint. Better than the typical pop act, but horribly stopbush Oct 2017 #11

Robert Merrill...they don't make them like that anymore! tritsofme Oct 2017 #12

NFL Football Fans Do Not Understand. MineralMan Oct 2017 #3

Couldn't agree more... though now it serves to bring attention to the disparity in the treatment InAbLuEsTaTe Oct 2017 #9

if they kneeled BEFORE the anthem, then stood FOR the anthem, why were the fans upset? Takket Oct 2017 #4

Like I said, theyre idiots. stopbush Oct 2017 #6

Because these people don't know their ass from a hole in the ground... InAbLuEsTaTe Oct 2017 #8

Sigh another day in Trump's America. Initech Oct 2017 #5

Ignorance and Malice NotASurfer Oct 2017 #13