Good.
Oh no, you have to explain to an 11 year old that a handful of elite athletes care enough about inequality to make a peaceful political statement about it despite the fact that it makes mindless superpatriots angry.
From MLK’s Letter from a Brimingham Jail:
To be clear, for Rapinoe, kneeling IS fighting for it. It IS making it better. How can you make something better if you don’t know what needs to be bettered?
When I stand for the anthem I start mentally checking off the various ballpark foods I want to eat that day.
Awwww, you're so full of shit.
Whoosh
My Country ‘tis of Thee repurposed the melody of God Save the King/Queen, which absolutely predates the Americanized version of the song.
I will not rest until every flag has been raised and... uh... whatever they do with the flag after that.
I watched the video, but I did not stand when the anthem came on. I wonder how many people watching the game on TV were saying “look at that asshole sitting through the anthem” while sitting on their couch or at the bar.
Hey man, sorry I thought this over and I like Iphones. Silly me, I am a little out of it on account of the standing.
buddy, the only roids I am into is good old fashioned steroids. Also Android phones too I guess.
to make up for all the protestors, I have been standing for the past four days. Going without sleep was hard at first but when all these pandas joined me in solidarity I felt like I could go on forever you know
A side question: At what point did “Support the Troops” morph into “Worship the Military?”
Lady at work says to me a few years ago
Wett Butt / John V is an interesting twitter case study. When people found out he was a serial gaslighter/emotional abuser of women he found on & dated from twitter, lots of folks figured he’d go the way of a Hell Homer or other creepy joke guys and delete or take an indefinite hiatus following a 10K word pastebin.…
Can’t
“I’m against protesting, but I don’t know how to show it.”
His appeal to African-American voters in recent weeks: THINGS ARE TERRIBLE! IF YOU WALK DOWN ANY STREET YOU’LL GET SHOT 25 TIMES! VOTE FOR ME BECAUSE IT CAN’T POSSIBLY GET WORSE!