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In reply to the discussion: St. Louis Rams Players Enter Field With "Hands Up, Don't Shoot" Pose [View all]lovemydog
(11,833 posts)46. The American revolution, abolition of slavery, end of child labor laws,
women's suffrage, the French revolution, anti-colonization movements, ending apartheid, the right to form unions, pretty much anything anywhere that led to greater democracy.
I'm responding to your question: "I can think of no social issue in history that has ever been resolved by breaking windows or setting anything ablaze, can you?"
The organizers and large majority of protesters protest peacefully. Black unarmed people getting killed by police, with no consequences. It has happened dozens of times in the past few years, hundreds and thousands of times throughout our history. It has got to stop. Black lives matter.
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St. Louis Rams Players Enter Field With "Hands Up, Don't Shoot" Pose [View all]
WilliamPitt
Nov 2014
OP
Yep. Nobody sits through a commercial break to see more footage of a candlelight vigil
arcane1
Nov 2014
#9
I am already hearing outrage over this action today. "How dare they mix politics with sports!"
uppityperson
Nov 2014
#38
Um, you're ignoring the fact that the soldiers in the North Vietnamese Army
KingCharlemagne
Dec 2014
#44
Education and recruitment has never been the sole prong or avenue for change.
morningfog
Dec 2014
#79
It would be better publicity for the players and the cause if the NFL did decide to punish them..
Fumesucker
Nov 2014
#40
Too bad all five of those players are black.:-( Where were their white teammates??
kath
Nov 2014
#34
It's great that those five guys did it, but would have been nice if some whites had joined in.
kath
Dec 2014
#62
Stedman Bailey, Tavon Austin, Jared Cook, Chris Givens, and Kenny Britt. Good job guys!
Dont call me Shirley
Dec 2014
#41
How about the people who want justice for Mike Brown? Do they get to demand that?
davsand
Dec 2014
#47
Thank you for posting this. Of related interest is the Rams' Facebook fan page which
KingCharlemagne
Dec 2014
#48