Can I just watch football without having to think about politics?
Does politics now have to ruin everything I do?
Can I just watch football without having to think about politics?
They didnt even air the national anthem except at the superbowl until people started kneeling for it
It doesn't offend me if players kneel. I assume that the people who are offended can just stop watching and showing up to games, and if the NFL starts losing too much money, they'll do something about the kneeling.
Smarkil posted...
Can I just watch football without having to think about politics?
I agree. Let's just stop playing the national anthem in front of sporting events.
Since the kneeling isn't unpatriotic or about disrespecting the military, no.
Can I just watch football without having to think about politics?
Does politics now have to ruin everything I do?
I find it funny people are referring to racism as "politics".
BlackScythe0 posted...
I find it funny people are referring to racism as "politics".
Very true
well people like to believe Trump magically made half the country racist.
SunWuKung420 posted...
Since the kneeling isn't unpatriotic or about disrespecting the military, no.
Right stance, wrong reasons.
MICHALECOLE posted...
They didnt even air the national anthem except at the superbowl until people started kneeling for it
i'm sure they did, but just didn't televise it. otherwise Kapernick wouldn't be making headlines. when was the last time his team was in the superbowl?
mooreandrew58 posted...
MICHALECOLE posted...
They didnt even air the national anthem except at the superbowl until people started kneeling for it
i'm sure they did, but just didn't televise it. otherwise Kapernick wouldn't be making headlines. when was the last time his team was in the superbowl?
Do you know what the word "air" means in this instance?
Anyway, it's nice that Donny can continue ignoring the actual issues this country faces while he gets his brain-dead base riled up over nothing
Why is the POTUS focusing at all on the NFL and how people position their bodies on their legs for a song? And not at all focused on the millions of American citizens without electricity or potable water?
Doctor Foxx posted...
Why is the POTUS focusing at all on the NFL and how people position their bodies on their legs for a song? And not at all focused on the millions of American citizens without electricity or potable water?
why do people go to WAR??? we should just LOVE each OTHER
#imwithher
Since the kneeling isn't unpatriotic or about disrespecting the military, no.
DirtBasedSoap posted...
Doctor Foxx posted...
Why is the POTUS focusing at all on the NFL and how people position their bodies on their legs for a song? And not at all focused on the millions of American citizens without electricity or potable water?
why do people go to WAR??? we should just LOVE each OTHER
#imwithher
You mock but what he suggests would probably give people a sense of real patriotism. When you come at issues mandating that people love the country then it leads to people despising it. It's why Soviet Russia and North Korea suck so much balls.
wah_wah_wah posted...
DirtBasedSoap posted...
Doctor Foxx posted...
Why is the POTUS focusing at all on the NFL and how people position their bodies on their legs for a song? And not at all focused on the millions of American citizens without electricity or potable water?
why do people go to WAR??? we should just LOVE each OTHER
#imwithher
You mock but what he suggests would probably give people a sense of real patriotism. When you come at issues mandating that people love the country then it leads to people despising it. It's why Soviet Russia and North Korea suck so much balls.
I do feel like pride in the country should be encouraged though. when people are prideful they try harder to make it the best, because they want it to be the best.
mooreandrew58 posted...
wah_wah_wah posted...
DirtBasedSoap posted...
Doctor Foxx posted...
Why is the POTUS focusing at all on the NFL and how people position their bodies on their legs for a song? And not at all focused on the millions of American citizens without electricity or potable water?
why do people go to WAR??? we should just LOVE each OTHER
#imwithher
You mock but what he suggests would probably give people a sense of real patriotism. When you come at issues mandating that people love the country then it leads to people despising it. It's why Soviet Russia and North Korea suck so much balls.
I do feel like pride in the country should be encouraged though. when people are prideful they try harder to make it the best, because they want it to be the best.
I don't think people should be encouraged to feel anything but what they feel. If they feel left out, they are welcome to demonstrate those feelings instead of denying them. At the extreme end of this "friendly encouragement" are prohibitive laws that mandate speech be a certain way. In the end these laws fail because you can't get anyone to feel anything by the use of force. That's just not how humans work.
well I wasn't talking anything forced, just you know as I said encouraged, no incentive/punishment or anything. basically just try to make being patriotic look appealing. you won't win over everyone, but you tried and didn't step on anyones toes in the process
well I wasn't talking anything forced, just you know as I said encouraged, no incentive/punishment or anything. basically just try to make being patriotic look appealing. you won't win over everyone, but you tried and didn't step on anyones toes in the process.
mooreandrew58 posted...
well I wasn't talking anything forced, just you know as I said encouraged, no incentive/punishment or anything. basically just try to make being patriotic look appealing. you won't win over everyone, but you tried and didn't step on anyones toes in the process
Couple this with putting people on watch lists for dissent with this current government and that's not acting with the intent of fostering any kind of national pride. That's some pretty totalitarian nonsense.
I do find it unprofessional to bring protest/politics into your workplace
mooreandrew58 posted...
I do find it unprofessional to bring protest/politics into your workplace
Like playing the national anthem before work?
HelIWithoutSin posted...
mooreandrew58 posted...
I do find it unprofessional to bring protest/politics into your workplace
Like playing the national anthem before work?
you missed my other points didn't you, the part where I said its the NFL's decision as they are technically the boss. so at the end of the day, while I might not care for it, I don't care enough to lose my shit over it.
mooreandrew58 posted...
HelIWithoutSin posted...
mooreandrew58 posted...
I do find it unprofessional to bring protest/politics into your workplace
Like playing the national anthem before work?
you missed my other points didn't you, the part where I said its the NFL's decision as they are technically the boss. so at the end of the day, while I might not care for it, I don't care enough to lose my shit over it.
Should the national anthem be played before work over twitter then?
Currant_Kaiser posted...
SunWuKung420 posted...
Since the kneeling isn't unpatriotic or about disrespecting the military, no.
Right stance, wrong reasons.
The kneeling started for very valid reasons.
HelIWithoutSin posted...
mooreandrew58 posted...
HelIWithoutSin posted...
mooreandrew58 posted...
I do find it unprofessional to bring protest/politics into your workplace
Like playing the national anthem before work?
you missed my other points didn't you, the part where I said its the NFL's decision as they are technically the boss. so at the end of the day, while I might not care for it, I don't care enough to lose my shit over it.
Should the national anthem be played before work over twitter then?
should it? no, would I care? no. I had to go through it one school year and I survived just fine, had to stand for the anthem every morning before 1st period started. and I do mean the anthem not the pledge. (school was like 50% military kids)
So if you ok with kneeling - would you be ok if they took it even further? What if they started ********* during the anthem?
