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re: Ole Miss basketball players kneel for the national anthem...
Posted on 2/23/19 at 3:47 pm to BluegrassBelle
Posted on 2/23/19 at 3:47 pm to BluegrassBelle
Protest all you want but some people dont understand how this can offend some people....as a combat vet I take personal offense to the protests during the anthem....I dont get as fired up as a lot of other people do, but it does frustrate me some
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Posted on 2/23/19 at 3:48 pm to cas4t
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And instead simply utilizing a time to bring attention to a situation?
Which is stupid, because you give the hillbillies a platform to spout off to the media and bring attention to their "movement." In their eyes, they have won because their protest, and the resultant counter-protest, is going to be on the 5:00 news this evening.
Posted on 2/23/19 at 3:49 pm to Gixxerj90
Well the good news is they aren’t protesting you or what you’ve done for America. And the flag doesn’t = military. And kneeling for the flag doesn’t = hating America or it’s military.
Posted on 2/23/19 at 3:49 pm to BluegrassBelle
I wouldn't have felt anything at all. The smart move is to ignore dorks and they will go away.
Posted on 2/23/19 at 3:49 pm to Gixxerj90
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Protest all you want but some people dont understand how this can offend some people....as a combat vet I take personal offense to the protests during the anthem....I dont get as fired up as a lot of other people do, but it does frustrate me some
While you don't agree with them doing that(and obviously that's perfectly fine)...it's completely their right to be able to do so.
Posted on 2/23/19 at 3:50 pm to cas4t
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Well the good news is they aren’t protesting you or what you’ve done for America. And the flag doesn’t = military. And kneeling for the flag doesn’t = hating America or it’s military.
This.
Posted on 2/23/19 at 3:50 pm to pankReb
Well yes I know it's their right to do so...I just believe there are other ways to get the message across....
Posted on 2/23/19 at 3:51 pm to Gixxerj90
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Protest all you want but some people dont understand how this can offend some people....as a combat vet I take personal offense to the protests during the anthem....I dont get as fired up as a lot of other people do, but it does frustrate me some
But why?
It doesn’t lessen your service. It doesn’t take away our military superiority. It doesn’t take away anyone’s patriotism or prevent them from defending our country. It’s not saying they don’t respect anyone’s service for the country.
Kneeling is theoretically more respectful than not acknowledging the anthem/flag at all. We kneel in respect for a lot of things. It’s not burning the flag, destroying it, or destroying what it stands for. It’s not an act a violence against our country either.
ETA: And in this case they weren’t even protesting the flag. They were just drawing attention to the situation occurring on their campus.
This post was edited on 2/23/19 at 3:52 pm
Posted on 2/23/19 at 3:51 pm to RollTide1987
Your logic is extremely simple minded. They likely WANT these hillbillies to have their exposure so that people can see that these people are real, and they are active. The entire point is exposure. That’s exactly what protests are meant to do; bring exposure to whatever they are protesting. They want it on the 5:00 news.
Posted on 2/23/19 at 3:52 pm to armtackledawg
That’s simply not true. Ignoring a situation doesn’t make it go away. What an idiotic post.
Posted on 2/23/19 at 3:55 pm to cas4t
It is true. Makimg a big deal about a very small number of social misfits is exactly what they want. In any event, kneeling for the anthem is a low rent way to do it.
Posted on 2/23/19 at 3:57 pm to cas4t
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They likely WANT these hillbillies to have their exposure so that people can see that these people are real, and they are active.
The hillbillies want that, too. They are attention whores looking for nothing but 15 minutes of fame. These people exist and will always exist. There will always be racists and bigots out there. It's clear all these assholes wanted was attention. Congratulations, you gave it to them.
I'm pretty sure they know their point of view is in the small and hated minority. The fact that they are there on campus, demanding the Confederate flag fly over the university, tells me they don't care what people think and were just looking for someone to demonstrate against them.
The best way to combat these yokels is to marginalize and ignore them. Sure...they won't just ago away and disappear, but no one will know they exist either. And that's all they want - acknowledgement of their existence.
This post was edited on 2/23/19 at 3:58 pm
Posted on 2/23/19 at 3:57 pm to armtackledawg
We can just agree to disagree. I wasn’t raised to look the other way. Different strokes for different folks.
Posted on 2/23/19 at 3:58 pm to armtackledawg
quote:thats the ole piss way....sadly, ole piss is called an "institution of lower learning" all across the nation
a low rent way to do it.
Posted on 2/23/19 at 4:01 pm to RollTide1987
That’s not “all they want”. These idiots have a lot of wants, and it’s up to others to expose them and pariah them. Obviously this kneeling situation has helped with that, due to the exposure. As I said above, some were raised to ignore issues and some were raised to confront it head on. I can’t fault either side in most circumstances, but to act as if there is one uniform approach- ignoring it- is misguided.
Posted on 2/23/19 at 4:01 pm to burdhead
Posted on 2/23/19 at 4:03 pm to CNB
would have been better if they pissed on the confederate flag during the national anthem, then wiped their arse with old glory
This post was edited on 2/23/19 at 4:17 pm
Posted on 2/23/19 at 4:03 pm to Gixxerj90
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I just believe there are other ways to get the message across
Such as? I see this mentioned frequently but have failed to see anyone give an option that would also be a) peaceful and b) on as large of a platform as a nationally televised basketball game in front of thousands.
Posted on 2/23/19 at 4:04 pm to CNB
yep, ole piss at its finest...thankfully, mississippi does have some institutions of higher learning, moo state, USM, jackson state and a couple more
This post was edited on 2/23/19 at 4:05 pm
Posted on 2/23/19 at 4:08 pm to BluegrassBelle
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Such as? I see this mentioned frequently but have failed to see anyone give an option that would also be a) peaceful and b) on as large of a platform as a nationally televised basketball game in front of thousands.
Refusal to play for a school nicknamed for the plantation master's wife. Refusal to wear a uniform or play on a court that proudly proclaims which end of the civil war they ended on... Thatd be a start.
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