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Re: Kaepernick Protesting American Flag
Maybe you're getting too good of a laugh.
You say that Malcolm is "quoted in all of his pre hajj stuff", as if to say that after he got back he some how backed away from the kind of rhetoric in which filthflarnfilth was using to connect Malcolm and his argument to.
I dont know if you have actually read the Alex Haley autobio or not but Malcolm's most notable difference post vs pre mecca was his shift to traditional islam, not his position on this country.
Since you so studiously posted a link to help us out, i thought that i might be of assistance in doing the same.
9 Things Malcolm X Said In His Last Ever Public Speech
https://www.buzzfeed.com/krystieyand...Oa#.ky800OoW1m
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08-29-2016, 12:57 AM #50
Re: Kaepernick Protesting American Flag
Looks to me that this douchebag is playing the sympathy card on the suckers who are falling for his Jedi mind tricks. All of a sudden -- when his football career is about to end due to loss of body strength -- he plays the sympathy card to the hate-America liberal audience.
Fuck him ... don't let the door hit you in the ass on your way to out of the NFL. Good riddance! Yes, you did offend me with your anti-American antics and I will be very happy to see you cut.In a 2003 BBC poll that asked Brits to name the "Greatest American Ever", Mr. T came in fourth, behind ML King (3rd), Abe Lincoln (2nd) and Homer Simpson (1st).
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08-29-2016, 05:20 AM #51Legendary RSR Poster
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Re: Kaepernick Protesting American Flag
Not sure what point you're trying to make.
My point was, and your link reaffirms, that his positions became more inclusive and he shunned sweeping indictments. Of course his hajj was a move toward traditional Islam. What that has to do with what's being discussed is head scratching.
He's one of the misquoted and misunderstood philosophers of our time, often taken out of context when people like Kap invoke his name or ideals.
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Re: Kaepernick Protesting American Flag
Again, saluting the flag does not equate to agreeing with the entire state of affairs of the country. Saluting the flags represents what you are proud to have from the country (Such as the opportunity to making a very good living playing the game you love as an adult), as well as what you hope the country to become, because the freedoms given here allow for that hope. It doesn't mean you agree with everything the country is or what's been going on within it.
If he doesn't like it, take that shit somewhere else. Turn in his resignation, give back his millions and go somewhere else where he feels our people are better treated. It is highly disrespectful to the men and women who serve, even if they acknowledge that they serve so that he can have the right to make that choice. You think all of the men and women who serve agree with everything that takes place in this country? Do you think that women who serve were happy with the way women were treated in the military? Do you think that minorities who served were happy with the way they were treated in the military? They served for what they believed this country could become with their presence protecting it."Please take with you this final sword, The Excellector. I am praying that your journey will be guided by the light", Leon Shore
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08-29-2016, 05:42 AM #53Legendary RSR Poster
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Re: Kaepernick Protesting American Flag
Just have to learn to pick your battles man. Guy on the street calls me a nigger, I can ignore him. Officer wants to search me, let him do his search and I'm on my way. I don't know if I resemble someone. I don't know what his background is. I don't know what he's been through. What I do know is that he needs to do his job and the city would be safer from it.
Even though I'm only 29, I try to think about the long-term ramifications of my actions. All of these protestors are about to find out, because many Law Enforcement Officers from a variety of agencies are retiring ASAP. Especially here in Baltimore. When they realize that the force is short staffed and needs more bodies, they'll realize that "Oh shit, I actually have to be a mature adult and back up my words of wanting change, with the actions of showing how that change should be done". Naturally, they won't apply for those positions, because they'll realize that they are putting their lives on the line everyday in an array of dangerous situations, for what, 40-50K a year? I was just talking to LoveFootball, because a Correctional Officer in Seattle makes darn near $10 per hour more to start than here in the Baltimore and Jessup Regions.
The ugly alternative is that they don't find enough qualified applicants, which leads them to lower qualifications and that's when the gangs will really take over."Please take with you this final sword, The Excellector. I am praying that your journey will be guided by the light", Leon Shore
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Re: Kaepernick Protesting American Flag
"Please take with you this final sword, The Excellector. I am praying that your journey will be guided by the light", Leon Shore
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Re: Kaepernick Protesting American Flag
Let's keep in mind that we are talking about a guy who, a year ago was getting roasted for posting insensitive comments on social media after a natural disaster in Texas.
Sidenote: He did later apologize."Please take with you this final sword, The Excellector. I am praying that your journey will be guided by the light", Leon Shore
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08-29-2016, 06:05 AM #57Legendary RSR Poster
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Re: Kaepernick Protesting American Flag
Anyone else find it ironic that Kapernick is protesting a country that oppresses black people... when the majority of the NFL players are black.
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08-29-2016, 09:33 AM #59Veteran Poster
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This country is rooted in racism. Rooted in exploitation. Blacks just got the vote 50 years ago. Never given reparations for slavery while their white counterparts want to yell about pulling up their bootstraps and while they received land and low interests loans to get ahead. Everything that's comes after this is from the tentacles of inequality from the BS beginnings.
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08-29-2016, 10:24 AM #60
Re: Kaepernick Protesting American Flag
It's not ironic at all. Black NFLers represent a figure waaaay below 1% of the US population.
(Edit: It's about .000004%)
It must be pre-season b/c I'm not sure why a washed-up, youngin with little-to-no social credibility, or social justice history is getting so much attention.
Stripping emotion from the matter, folks that talk during the anthem, or remain covered during the anthem are absolutely abhorrent to me b/c THAT'S a blatant demonstration of disrespect.
However, not standing during the anthem for whatever purpose is fine by me....hanging the flag upside down*, burning the flag, or spitting on it is also fine by me as a personal expression**. It's nothing that I would do, suggest or support, and I will probably will not attempt to disrupt the ass-whuppin' that someone else may put upon you; but it's a person's right.
* Not backwards though. People that hang the flag backwards are worthless, lazy POS that can't be bothered learning basic civil customs and etiquette.
** Assuming the individual is a citizen"The Ravens are not taking Jimmy Smith at 26!" -- Me, the day before the 2011 Draft
"On their way to the podium, the Ravens FO is going to collectively step over my dead body and select...Breshad Perriman." -- Me, the day before the 2015 Draft
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