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In reply to the discussion: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Calls NFL Anthem Protests ‘Dumb And Disrespectful’ [View all]tblue37
(66,035 posts)49. I don't agree. Like all such movements, it starts small, then spreads. One excellent consequence
is how it spotlights the hypocrisy of those who claim their only real problem with protests against police shootings of unarmed black men is that the protesters need to be less rude, obnoxious, and annoying, but instead find some more restrained and decorous means of protesting.
Well, they found a perfectly polite and quiet way to protest, and people can't abide their approach.
The protest is against what is essentially a modern form of lynching by armed agents of the state. Noisy, rambunctious, and inconveniently obstructive protests against such brutality are perfectly justified, but this form is attention getting without being loud, dangerous, or obstructive, so critics should approve of it.
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DonViejo
Oct 2016
OP
Check out the HBO Real Sports on Kaep and history of wartime flag ceremonies at sporting events.
Leopolds Ghost
Oct 2016
#52
I'm mixing up the name of the artist. It was in the HBO Real Sports story on the anthem protest.
Leopolds Ghost
Oct 2016
#55
Didn't see that. I can't recall the incident. I'll delete my posts if you can
mahatmakanejeeves
Oct 2016
#56
No need to delete. I couldn't find, but it's in the Real Sports flag episode.
Leopolds Ghost
Oct 2016
#57
She thinks it's stupid, but she doesn't try to impose her views on all Americans
Democat
Oct 2016
#3
That is exactly how the "leaders" responded to the Civil Rights protests in the 1960s. nt
tblue37
Oct 2016
#42
I don't agree. Like all such movements, it starts small, then spreads. One excellent consequence
tblue37
Oct 2016
#49
I think you're wrong in saying it does nothing. The protests have got the country's attention . . .
brush
Oct 2016
#67
And "God Bless America" is blasphemous to certain religious (and non-religious) groups.
Leopolds Ghost
Oct 2016
#61
"Yahoo’s Katie Couric asked if she believed their actions were “within their rights” to exercise."
MadDAsHell
Oct 2016
#34
The press's job isn't to "educate" people on what they should or shouldn't think though.
MadDAsHell
Oct 2016
#40
I agree with her. She says no they should not be arrested but I personally think the
OregonBlue
Oct 2016
#36
Why even have the national anthem before a sporting event? Does the NYSE stand for the anthem....
xocet
Oct 2016
#44
No, they make people stand to honor cartoon characters and washed-up celebrities.
Leopolds Ghost
Oct 2016
#60
Actually it isn't "within their rights" as the NFL is a private organization...
PoliticAverse
Oct 2016
#51
There's been court rulings on loyalty oaths in workplace. Flag ceremony is often military-sponsored.
Leopolds Ghost
Oct 2016
#59