vincentML
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ORIGINAL: vincentML Donald Trump told an Alabama crowd that they should boycott professional football teams whose players refuse to stand for the National Anthem 'Wouldn't you love to see one of these NFL owners, when somebody disrespects our flag, to say, "Get that son of a bitch off the field right now!"?' Trump asked Trump added his trademarked "YOU'RE FIRED!" call. Quarterback Colin Kaepernick started the take-a-knee protest trend a year ago when he was an injured backup player for the San Francisco 49ers He said at the time that he was taking a position against 'a country that oppresses black people and people of color' Kaepernick has been unable to find a team that will sign him this year Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4912036/Trump-BOYCOTT-NFL-teams-players-won-t-stand-Anthem.html#ixzz4tYBZXXuI Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook Our President has nothing much more to do with his time than to stir up a racial brawl. And a brawl over patriotism. And a brawl over the First Amendment. He also withdrew the White House invitation to Steph Curry of the NBA Warriors (after Steph said he didn't want to go) provoking LeBron James to call the President a "Bum" MORE HERE Kaepernick started it, not Trump. So, what is your point? Should we pretend that white cops are not killing unarmed black men, that our jails are not overflowing with black men incarcerated for the silliest things, and that black people do not feel oppressed in America?
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vML Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. ~ MLK Jr.
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