Seriously. There’s no reason to play the anthem at any sporting event that isn’t international. The Olympics or World Cup? That’s fine but not for a domestic sporting event. Honestly, that wretched song shouldn’t even be the national anthem.

In my best Stephon voice:

Fools. Trump will get a photo op with them, publish it as proof that the browns love him and they’ll feel used afterward.

I think that’s a valid question to ask not only him, but his frat’s leadership

I would have voted to prevent the continuation of lawful lynchings in our country. I wonder if Kap will vote in the midterms.

THIS I can get behind!!!

This happened over here in Scotland in the run up to the Indy Ref in 2014 and support for and against the idea was very much split ideologically, with the Left wanting it because their support traditionally coming from the younger generations while the Right wanting to keep the current rules to shore up their vote…

It’s upsetting how this paints the picture that there are so many more george zimmerman-types out here.

Can you imagine the mindset to be that scared of the world all the time?

Thank you. I think that guns should be outlawed. Period.

He looks like a good kid. Like, a legit, not-just-for-the-camera, nice kid.

Goddamn. People that scared should not be allowed to own guns.

I’m over all that white guilt.

For me (and it seems the original commentary), it’s not about word belonging to anyone. It’s about how it’s used in American vernacular.

This whole thing of using the unemployment rate after the Great Recession as the biggest indicator of health is really ridiculous. Wage growth remains poor-to-stagnant. More people are working, because they see no one is doing anything about creating good jobs for folks who haven’t gone to college, or even properly…

I cannot stand that old trope that Black folk are locked into supporting one party. That’s such an insult. We are not a monolith and can think for ourselves. These blanket statements take away the agency of each and every Black person who doesn’t vote Republican. I mean the idea that the only people who aren’t sheep…

BIG CAVEAT: Black unemployment had bigger year-over-year decreases in the THREE years in a row BEFORE 2017. Trump caught the tail end of HISTORIC improvements under Obama, and the improvement SLOWED under Trump. Obama was CIC during 4 of the TOP 5 years in US history for year-over-year black unemployment rate…

Actually, Bob Johnson has not shown an interest in anything collectively black. The African American audience made BET and he rode that wave to its max. I would have ridden it as well. I take exception to the way he treated the folks that made him. People of color has many times saved an icon and that icon just…

I live in one of the most rich, liberal parts of the country, and taxes here are NUTS. Having spent plenty of time in low-tax areas full of various hayseeds, rubes, shitkickers, yokels, and just plain assholes, I consider it a bargain, honestly.