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They can do free speech on their own time? Really?! That’s this government official’s response to peaceful, silent, non disruptive protests occurring during privately funded sporting events? Holy shit.

“I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.”

Your country is like your family: you can love it, and still be disappointed in it from time and time, and want it to be better.

Fuuuuuck yes. And that hand on the shoulder is something, too. Not as good as a kneel, but it’s a start. I hope this spreads, and spreads, and spreads.

About damn time.

EDIT: Oh, and here’s a Twitter thread for all y’all “hurr durr he’s disrespecting the flag!” folks. If you’re not one of these people, send it to someone that is.

It doesn’t. fucking. matter. where. you. live.

LeBron’s tweet was the most beautiful thing I’ve read today.

It takes a special kind of asshole to make Goodell look like the good guy in comparison...

See, this is one time I think the southern white ladies do it better:

Friday story time! We’re at the Preakness. Like any major day-drinking event, groups that otherwise would not associate with each other (friends of friends of friends etc.), often with remarkable interactions.

If he’s actually your white friend, he won’t ask or say it. He or she will just know

Do you know what kind of world I want to live in, Sarah? I want to live in a world where Sarahs don’t conflate a movement to save lives and to end the brutality of the state with people who reminisce fondly about the terrorism, rape and torture of owning slaves. I want to live in a world where Sarahs don’t equate the…

“Y’all don’t want “allowance,” you want sanction. Nah. You say it, you deal with the fallout.”

The CRUX 

Fucking “allowed.”

This is exactly why I love The Root, and why I come here even though I rarely have anything worth commenting about. Thank you, Michael. I hope I can be as good an ally to the Black community as you are to the trans community, and that I can be half as graceful when my own shortcomings are pointed out to me.

Any other Tool fans out there spot this? 😊

Good thing I’ve been hoarding bottlecaps just in case...

Yep I’m definitely not, like, you know, rooting for North Korea now or anything, but nothing is more 2017 than this. North Korea just taught America a new word in their own language. Think on that.