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FrisbeeDude
09/22/17 11:03:31 PM
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Crybaby in chief urging NFL owners to be as thin skinned as he is

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2017/09/22/trump-to-nfl-owners-fire-players-who-dont-stand-for-the-national-anthem/amp/

President Trump today called on NFL owners to cut any players who don’t stand for the national anthem, the strongest statement yet from the president about the anthem protests that began last year with Colin Kaepernick and have since grown to include players on several teams.


President Trump today called on NFL owners to cut any players who don’t stand for the national anthem, the strongest statement yet from the president about the anthem protests that began last year with Colin Kaepernick and have since grown to include players on several teams.


“We’re proud of our country. We respect our flag,” Trump said to loud applause at a campaign event in Alabama. “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’? He’s fired! He’s fired!”

Trump said an NFL owner who releases a player would instantly gain broad support across America.

“Some owner’s gonna do that. He’s gonna say, ‘That guy that disrespects our flag? He’s fired. And that owner . . . they’ll be the most popular person in this country. Because that’s total disrespect of our heritage. That’s total disrespect of everything we stand for,” Trump said.

Trump added that he believes fans should walk out if players don’t stand for the anthem.

“If you see it, even if it’s one player,” Trump said, “Leave the stadium.”


Obama couldn't even make honest observations about Fox News without conservative bitching (can you make imagine if Obama suggested the bruins fire Joe Thomas for supporting the TEA party?)...what do they say about a president urging a private entity to punish its employees for exercising their free speech?
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GODTIER
09/22/17 11:05:06 PM
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They're coming for the first amendment
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thronedfire2
09/22/17 11:05:07 PM
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Yeah, lets all walk out of the stadium after paying hundreds for tickets
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09/22/17 11:05:10 PM
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FrisbeeDude
09/22/17 11:09:05 PM
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Tell me again how trump doesn't pander to the alt right...because I guaran-damn-tee he ain't bringing up firing NFL activists if his rally had even a hint of a minority presence.

He's appealing to people who want black people to sit down and shut up...and those people are overwhelmingly white, so...
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DarthAragorn
09/22/17 11:09:15 PM
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lol
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NES4EVER
09/22/17 11:11:24 PM
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Tim Thomas was the Boston bruin....
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Taharqa_
09/22/17 11:12:31 PM
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If he says that about them in public you can imagine what he says in private.
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Anteaterking
09/22/17 11:13:09 PM
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AssultTank posted...
If you want me to use the liberal argument, then it's because actions and speech has consequences.


Yeah, because of their moral positions or from pressure from their customers, not because they are being pressured by the President.
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Bio1590
09/22/17 11:13:33 PM
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AssultTank posted...
FrisbeeDude posted...
what do they say about a president urging a private entity to punish its employees for exercising their free speech?

If you want me to use the liberal argument, then it's because actions and speech has consequences.

Personally, I don't give a flying fuck if they kneel or not, but it's up to the team management/ownership if they want that sort of thing to represent them.

That doesn’t answer his question
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Glass_Phantom
09/22/17 11:15:35 PM
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It's funny how Trump can be so tough on NFL players, but he can't be tough on Vladimir Putin for subverting US democracy
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Phantom_Nook
09/22/17 11:16:06 PM
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Glass_Phantom posted...
It's funny how Trump can be so tough on NFL players, but he can't be tough on Vladimir Putin for subverting US democracy

Or Neo Nazis who riot and kill people.
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BLAKUboy
09/22/17 11:19:24 PM
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AssultTank posted...
If you want me to use the liberal argument, then it's because actions and speech has consequences.

And how does that excuse the fucking President of the fucking United States taking a giant shit on the first amendment? If you're not aware, the President is part of the government. You know, the entity the first amendment protects private citizens from.
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CADE FOSTER
09/22/17 11:20:28 PM
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Phantom_Nook posted...
Glass_Phantom posted...
It's funny how Trump can be so tough on NFL players, but he can't be tough on Vladimir Putin for subverting US democracy

Or Neo Nazis who riot and kill people.

indeed tells you what he believes
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Freddie_Mercury
09/22/17 11:21:51 PM
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AssultTank posted...
FrisbeeDude posted...
what do they say about a president urging a private entity to punish its employees for exercising their free speech?

If you want me to use the liberal argument, then it's because actions and speech has consequences.

Personally, I don't give a flying fuck if they kneel or not, but it's up to the team management/ownership if they want that sort of thing to represent them.



this is who moderates your messages
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Sativa_Rose
09/22/17 11:22:32 PM
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Good thing the NFL isn't actually a part of the government and is a private organization (technically considered a trade association and no longer a non-profit organization apparently). They can do what they want so long as they don't break the law, just like any normal citizen.
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BLAKUboy
09/22/17 11:22:58 PM
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Freddie_Mercury posted...
this is who moderates your messages

In fairness, he's not as bad as Admiral was when he was a mod.
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CADE FOSTER
09/22/17 11:23:02 PM
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Freddie_Mercury posted...
AssultTank posted...
FrisbeeDude posted...
what do they say about a president urging a private entity to punish its employees for exercising their free speech?

If you want me to use the liberal argument, then it's because actions and speech has consequences.

Personally, I don't give a flying fuck if they kneel or not, but it's up to the team management/ownership if they want that sort of thing to represent them.



this is who moderates your messages

They hired the admiral they dont have a good track record of hiring mods
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BLAKUboy
09/22/17 11:23:32 PM
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Sativa_Rose posted...
Good thing the NFL isn't actually a part of the government and is a private organization (technically considered a trade association and no longer a non-profit organization apparently). They can do what they want so long as they don't break the law, just like any normal citizen.

BLAKUboy posted...
And how does that excuse the fucking President of the fucking United States taking a giant shit on the first amendment? If you're not aware, the President is part of the government. You know, the entity the first amendment protects private citizens from.

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Squidkids
09/22/17 11:23:37 PM
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FrisbeeDude posted...
Crybaby in chief urging NFL owners to be as thin skinned as he is

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2017/09/22/trump-to-nfl-owners-fire-players-who-dont-stand-for-the-national-anthem/amp/

President Trump today called on NFL owners to cut any players who don’t stand for the national anthem,..what do they say about a president urging a private entity to punish its employees for exercising their free speech?

trump does not know the constitution.
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BootyGif
09/22/17 11:24:39 PM
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CADE FOSTER posted...
Nfl owners to Trump shut the fuck up you orange fuck boy

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DarthAragorn
09/22/17 11:25:08 PM
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Unless there's something not quoted in this topic, he didn't tell or even ask NFL owners to do anything. So...
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mortimerjames
09/22/17 11:27:26 PM
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We need to look at countries like Turkey on how to deal with those troublemakers.
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Sativa_Rose
09/22/17 11:27:41 PM
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DarthAragorn posted...
Unless there's something not quoted in this topic, he didn't tell or even ask NFL owners to do anything. So...


He said this:

"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’? He’s fired! He’s fired!”

Some owner’s gonna do that. He’s gonna say, ‘That guy that disrespects our flag? He’s fired'. And that owner . . . they’ll be the most popular person in this country. Because that’s total disrespect of our heritage. That’s total disrespect of everything we stand for.”


So I guess he didn't really specifically tell them to do that as if he was trying to order them (which is what the topic title seemed to imply), but rather he was just going off on his opinions about it.
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NINExATExSEVEN
09/22/17 11:28:33 PM
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I share no love for people who disrespect our flag. It might be a piece of cloth but it represents so much of what America stands for. Freedom, safety, liberty, peace, sacrifice etc.

You can exercise your rights all you want, but I also have a right to think that anyone who disrespects our flag is a piece of shit.
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Weezy_Tha_Don
09/22/17 11:29:08 PM
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this orange prick wants to talk about football with all this NK shit going on? what the fuck
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09/22/17 11:29:35 PM
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emblem boy
09/22/17 11:29:36 PM
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If an owner or the NFL as a whole did do that, I'd expect to see some backlash from the black community and others
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BLAKUboy
09/22/17 11:30:20 PM
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Weezy_Tha_Don posted...
this orange prick wants to talk about football with all this NK shit going on? what the fuck

Gotta deflect from the constant Russia news.
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Bishop9800
09/22/17 11:30:26 PM
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NINExATExSEVEN posted...
I share no love for people who disrespect our flag. It might be a piece of cloth but it represents so much of what America stands for. Freedom, safety, liberty, peace, sacrifice etc.

You can exercise your rights all you want, but I also have a right to think that anyone who disrespects our flag is a piece of shit.



How is not standing up "disrespecting our flag?"
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Sativa_Rose
09/22/17 11:30:28 PM
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Weezy_Tha_Don posted...
this orange prick wants to talk about football with all this NK shit going on? what the fuck


Well he did dedicate a lot of time to that already like at the UN. He should be talking about rebuilding infrastructure or something else constructive though.
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mortimerjames
09/22/17 11:30:35 PM
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NINExATExSEVEN posted...
I share no love for people who disrespect our flag. It might be a piece of cloth but it represents so much of what America stands for. Freedom, safety, liberty, peace, sacrifice etc.

You can exercise your rights all you want, but I also have a right to think that anyone who disrespects our flag is a piece of shit.

You're still a fool for it. No better than the fools who kill in the name of a book.
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myzz7
09/22/17 11:30:42 PM
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the NFL ratings have plummeted since the start of the sitdown allegiance protests. from a business perspective, trump is stating the obvious if the NFL wants to remain profitable.
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DarthAragorn
09/22/17 11:31:25 PM
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mortimerjames posted...
NINExATExSEVEN posted...
I share no love for people who disrespect our flag. It might be a piece of cloth but it represents so much of what America stands for. Freedom, safety, liberty, peace, sacrifice etc.

You can exercise your rights all you want, but I also have a right to think that anyone who disrespects our flag is a piece of shit.

You're still a fool for it. No better than the fools who kill in the name of a book.

Considering he's not being at all violent about it I'd say he's significantly better than the fools who kill in the name of a book...
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CADE FOSTER
09/22/17 11:32:22 PM
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Then treat black people the same as white people stop murdering them in cold blood till then dont complain
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Squidkids
09/22/17 11:32:38 PM
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@DarthAragorn posted...
Unless there's something not quoted in this topic, he didn't tell or even ask NFL owners to do anything. So...

First line
President Trump today called on NFL owners to cut any players who don’t stand for the national anthem,


"cut" means fire basically, getting them off the team, etc..

c (1) :to separate or discharge from an organization

cut them from the team

(2) :to single out and isolate

cut a calf out from the herd


https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cut
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NINExATExSEVEN
09/22/17 11:33:03 PM
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CADE FOSTER posted...
Why should we respect a flag that says made in china smh


What? That should be illegal if true. American flags should/must be made in America.
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mortimerjames
09/22/17 11:33:03 PM
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DarthAragorn posted...
mortimerjames posted...
NINExATExSEVEN posted...
I share no love for people who disrespect our flag. It might be a piece of cloth but it represents so much of what America stands for. Freedom, safety, liberty, peace, sacrifice etc.

You can exercise your rights all you want, but I also have a right to think that anyone who disrespects our flag is a piece of shit.

You're still a fool for it. No better than the fools who kill in the name of a book.

Considering he's not being at all violent about it I'd say he's significantly better than the fools who kill in the name of a book...

He's just not as passionate as them. But they're cut from the same cloth.
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BootyGif
09/22/17 11:33:16 PM
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Great language for the president to use

What a loser
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FrisbeeDude
09/22/17 11:33:37 PM
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"Outing nazis to their employers is just liberals being butthurt snowflakes. This is why trump was elected"

"I don't see the issue with Trump pressuring NFL owners to fire players for kneeling during the anthem"

Lol white people are funny
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DarthAragorn
09/22/17 11:33:55 PM
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Squidkids posted...
@DarthAragorn posted...
Unless there's something not quoted in this topic, he didn't tell or even ask NFL owners to do anything. So...

First line
President Trump today called on NFL owners to cut any players who don’t stand for the national anthem,


"cut" means fire basically, getting them off the team, etc..

c (1) :to separate or discharge from an organization

cut them from the team

(2) :to single out and isolate

cut a calf out from the herd


https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cut

That's not a quote from Trump lmao
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mortimerjames
09/22/17 11:34:10 PM
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And NFL ratings were declining years before the national anthem protest
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BLAKUboy
09/22/17 11:34:17 PM
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FrisbeeDude posted...
Lol white people are funny

Don't fucking lump me in with them.
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AsianFury2020
09/22/17 11:35:13 PM
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FrisbeeDude posted...
"Outing nazis to their employers is just liberals being butthurt snowflakes. This is why trump was elected"

"I don't see the issue with Trump pressuring NFL owners to fire players for kneeling during the anthem"

Lol white people are funny

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AsianFury2020
09/22/17 11:35:27 PM
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Sounds about white.
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emblem boy
09/22/17 11:35:29 PM
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myzz7 posted...
the NFL ratings have plummeted since the start of the sitdown allegiance protests. from a business perspective, trump is stating the obvious if the NFL wants to remain profitable.


You'd also have to consider the people who would then boycott the NFL if they did something like this. Some have already boycotted the NFL because they don't agree with how Kaepernick was treated by the NFL.
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DarthAragorn
09/22/17 11:37:23 PM
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emblem boy posted...
myzz7 posted...
the NFL ratings have plummeted since the start of the sitdown allegiance protests. from a business perspective, trump is stating the obvious if the NFL wants to remain profitable.


You'd also have to consider the people who would then boycott the NFL if they did something like this. Some have already boycotted the NFL because they don't agree with how Kaepernick was treated by the NFL.

Did anyone really quit watching the NFL entirely just because a below average QB is no longer employed?
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Phantom_Nook
09/22/17 11:37:49 PM
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FrisbeeDude posted...
"Outing nazis to their employers is just liberals being butthurt snowflakes. This is why trump was elected"

"I don't see the issue with Trump pressuring NFL owners to fire players for kneeling during the anthem"

Lol Trumpanzees are funny

fixed. don't lump smart white people in with those idjits, bro.
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TheOnionKnight
09/22/17 11:39:33 PM
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NINExATExSEVEN posted...
I share no love for people who disrespect our flag. It might be a piece of cloth but it represents so much of what America stands for. Freedom, safety, liberty, peace, sacrifice etc.

You can exercise your rights all you want, but I also have a right to think that anyone who disrespects our flag is a piece of shit.

The flag represents the ability to criticize the government without being suppressed. That's a major thing. "Disrespecting" the flag is a representation of that very power. Punishing people for such gestures is what's un-American. The day you can't even criticize the government symbolically without having the hammer fall on you is the day this country's principles rot and drop off.
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