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More eloquent than I can really put it: The First Amendment and the Flag
The NFL, Kneeling, Ratings, and the Flag
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I guess this isn't over: VP Mike Pence walks out of 49ers-Colts game after players kneel during anthem
Right! Didn't Ben Shapiro say that kneeling was over and President Trump won?
I will hand it to Mike Pence, though. He doesn't like the kneeling, he doesn't wanna support the NFL, he left the game. I could do without the whole "using his position on social media" to tweet about it, but hey, he's halfway there.
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Or it somehow being about "the troops".
Didn't understand that one, especially from the VP, but that's not even the weirdest thing on a tweet out of that administration in the last 24 hours.
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Well it's a bit like when he was at Hamilton, a paying customer, and the cast decided to do what it was going to do because they knew he was there. If they did it purely because he was there it's not whatever it's about.
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Yeah no shit.
Meh, I suppose you're right. He could have walked out there, too.
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Now Kaepernick is apparently saying that he will stand if he gets signed..
The VP wasn't the one who turned the NFL into a political stunt
The VP wasn't the one who turned the NFL into a political stunt
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Horrible to see. That was an ugly injury, and Beckham is a great player. Hate to see that.
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WH Staffer: "Hey MG Carr, you wanna go to the football game today with the VP?"
MG Carr: "Hell yeah!"
WH Staffer: "Great, wear your blues"
MG Carr: "F@ck"
MG Carr: "Hell yeah!"
WH Staffer: "Great, wear your blues"
MG Carr: "F@ck"
Alright, I'll be a petty asshole - 12 months in theater MG Carr, where the fuck have you been the last 16 years?
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Honestly, I don't like how the President weighed in on the situation. It's so trivial and beneath him. I feel like we have a lot more pressing concerns going on that needs his complete attention. I do consider the kneeling a type of peaceful protest. It's his freedom and right to do so. He's not spewing hateful rhetoric or burning flags. He's bringing to light institutional racism and discrimination among minorities during recent police altercations. Something I believe is prevalent in our country. If this is not an appropriate way to protest, what is? I have traveled enough to realize that this is the greatest country to live in and am thankful for the rights and freedoms that are granted to me by being a citizen. But I'm far from aligning with anything chauvinistic, jingoistic, or xenophobic.
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Indiana National Guard since 1990. But his deployment was to Iraq during the GWOT. Looks like he somehow missed DS when he was on AD:
Adjutant General | Indiana National Guard
Going by the Wiki Entry, 1-77 AR did not deploy for Desert Storm: 77th Armored Regiment - Wikipedia
Seven, and I'm not a GO...
