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Cocytus
02/16/22 12:02:36 PM
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https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/16/entertainment/dre-eminem-super-bowl/index.html

Damn right

"It was all good in the hood during the Super Bowl Halftime Show, according to Dr. Dre

The uber producer, who performed along with Eminem, Snoop Dogg, Mary J. Blige and Kendrick Lamar Sunday, told TMZ there was no problem with Eminem taking a knee during the show.

The gesture was made famous by former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick as an act of protest against police brutality and racial discrimination and there had been a report that the NFL requested that Eminem not do it.

"Em taking a knee that was Em doing that on his own," Dr. Dre said of his protegee. "And there was no problem with that."

In a statement to CNN Sunday, the NFL said they had no issue with the rapper kneeling.

"We watched all elements of the show during multiple rehearsals this week and were aware that Eminem was going to do that," the statement read. "A player or coach could have taken a knee and there would have been no repercussions so there was no reason to tell an artist she or he could not do so."

Dr. Dre told TMZ there were minor changes made by the NFL, including removing a reference to gangs in one of Lamar's songs, which Dre said was "no big deal."

"All in all we came in, everybody was professional, everybody was on time," he said. "Everybody really felt the magnitude of what this thing was and what we were going to be able to accomplish. It was a fantastic experience."
It marked the first time hip-hop artists were the featured performers for NFL's biggest night."
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Southernfatman
02/16/22 12:33:50 PM
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Dr. Dre say:

Nothing you idiots. Dr Dre is dead and locked in my basement.

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yemmy
02/16/22 12:51:04 PM
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How brave

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Yuuko-Chan
02/16/22 12:56:19 PM
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He was overshadowed by Dr Dre on the piano

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bsp77
02/16/22 1:04:24 PM
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Yuuko-Chan posted...
He was overshadowed by Dr Dre on the piano
Something about Dre on piano just made me happy

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__aCEr__
02/16/22 1:10:40 PM
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Yeah I was so focused on Dr. Dre playing the piano that I didn't even notice Eminem kneeling.

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FortuneCookie
02/16/22 1:14:34 PM
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Taking a knee isn't helping anything.

You shouldn't be fighting America, you should be fighting for a better America. All this does is give strength to Republicans. It gives them something to push back against. It doesn't do anything to strengthen the left or undo any of the harmful things that are happening.

It was stupid when Colin did it. It was stupid when Biden did it. It's stupid when Em does it.
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QueenCarly
02/16/22 1:15:19 PM
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FortuneCookie posted...
You shouldn't be fighting America

Yes, yes you should be.

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IndorilGawain
02/16/22 1:16:09 PM
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FortuneCookie posted...
Taking a knee isn't helping anything.

You shouldn't be fighting America, you should be fighting for a better America. All this does is give strength to Republicans. It gives them something to push back against. It doesn't do anything to strengthen the left or undo any of the harmful things that are happening.

It was stupid when Colin did it. It was stupid when Biden did it. It's stupid when Em does it.
Here's an idea: Shut the fuck up.

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FortuneCookie
02/16/22 1:20:19 PM
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Another alt account already? How quickly do you get banned?
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FortuneCookie
02/16/22 1:23:29 PM
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Rebel, Gawain, or whatever you'd like to call yourself, tell me: how does it benefit society? How does it move us closer to a better tomorrow?

What is gained from the protest? It doesn't generate sympathy or raise awareness. It just gives the right something to be mad about. And when the right gets mad, they get motivated.
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AngelsNAirwav3s
02/16/22 1:25:21 PM
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I thought Eminem was just taking a knee to show respect to Dr. Dre, since Dre made his whole career

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QueenCarly
02/16/22 1:25:26 PM
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So what? We should just suck the right off until they stop being bastards?

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__aCEr__
02/16/22 1:27:42 PM
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Never protest because it might make somebody angry.

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Sackgurl
02/16/22 1:34:13 PM
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And when the right gets mad, they get motivated.

the right is always mad and always motivated

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Jabodie
02/16/22 1:37:52 PM
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Sackgurl posted...
the right is always mad and always motivated
Very true. If there's nothing to get mad about, people on the right-wing will quite literally make up things to get mad about. There are tons of imaginary issues they are mad about at this very moment.

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bsp77
02/16/22 1:39:28 PM
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Jabodie posted...
Very true. If there's nothing to get mad about, people on the right-wing will quite literally make up things to get mad about. There are tons of imaginary issues they are mad about at this very moment.
True for the left too though... canceling everyone

Note that I am liberal but it goes too far.

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Ruvan22
02/16/22 2:11:49 PM
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FortuneCookie posted...
Rebel, Gawain, or whatever you'd like to call yourself, tell me: how does it benefit society? How does it move us closer to a better tomorrow?

What is gained from the protest? It doesn't generate sympathy or raise awareness. It just gives the right something to be mad about. And when the right gets mad, they get motivated.

It benefits society by showing that the issue is still present/in the focus? Younger minority children/adults see it as part of mainstream presentation? It very much did raise awareness...

The right seemed mad about the halftime show to begin with, how does this change that?
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Glob
02/16/22 2:18:59 PM
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FortuneCookie posted...
It doesn't generate sympathy or raise awareness.

Citation needed.
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FortuneCookie
02/16/22 2:25:13 PM
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Nothing edgy about it. All this does is light a fire under the right when we should be lighting a fire under the left.
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IndorilGawain
02/16/22 2:28:00 PM
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"Don't do anything that might piss off the constantly pissed off right" is a ridiculous centrist take

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bigblu89
02/16/22 2:28:35 PM
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If you're as mad about Em kneeling during a Tupac song as you were about Kaep kneeling during the anthem, it was never about "disrespecting the anthem/our troops".


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FortuneCookie
02/16/22 2:42:57 PM
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bigblu89 posted...
If you're as mad about Em kneeling during a Tupac song as you were about Kaep kneeling during the anthem, it was never about "disrespecting the anthem/our troops".

That is my problem with it. When you say "fuck America," which is my takeaway from kneeling in protest of the flag, you say fuck everything that is America. Which means the troops, the people, the personal freedoms, etc. I don't disagree with their desire to raise awareness, but I think they're taking the wrong target.

If one side is anti-American and one side is pro-American, the pro-American side will win. The left needs to be pro-America -- but a better, more inclusive America. Or else they need to be in favor of replacing "America" with something better. Right now, it's almost like a contest between an organized army and a couple of scattered groups of guerilla rebels.

If the left can't rally together and work for a better tomorrow instead of complaining about how much everything sucks, this nation will be fascist within a decade or two. And that's just being real.
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0x4B616E6A6F
02/16/22 2:45:47 PM
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So I Ain't Mad At Cha is an American Anthem?

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FortuneCookie
02/16/22 2:48:02 PM
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I didn't see the Superbowl. I was working.

Taking a knee tends to be an anthem protest.
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Ruvan22
02/16/22 2:48:53 PM
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FortuneCookie posted...
That is my problem with it. When you say "fuck America," which is my takeaway from kneeling in protest of the flag, you say fuck everything that is America. Which means the troops, the people, the personal freedoms, etc. I don't disagree with their desire to raise awareness, but I think they're taking the wrong target.

If one side is anti-American and one side is pro-American, the pro-American side will win. The left needs to be pro-America -- but a better, more inclusive America. Or else they need to be in favor of replacing "America" with something better. Right now, it's almost like a contest between an organized army and a couple of scattered groups of guerilla rebels.

If the left can't rally together and work for a better tomorrow instead of complaining about how much everything sucks, this nation will be fascist within a decade or two. And that's just being real.

Perhaps your takeaway is mischaracterizing what he said, since there was just two words? And perhaps claiming that poster represents ALL of the left is a mistake?
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0x4B616E6A6F
02/16/22 2:49:01 PM
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We just told you multiple times he did it during a 2Pac song.
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02/16/22 2:51:18 PM
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planets album when

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FortuneCookie
02/16/22 2:57:21 PM
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I mean what I say though. You can't be anti- and win.

It's like pro-life and pro-choice. The left didn't say, "We're anti-life." They said, "We're pro-choice." If the right says they're, "Pro (regressive) America," then the left needs to be "Pro (progressive) America" or "pro something else."

It's like the 2016 election. They thought Trump being the villain would be enough. People had to have four years of that would-be dictator before they reluctantly rallied behind "anyone but Trump." We need a rallying point, we need someone or something to rally behind, rallying against will get people nowhere.

So even if you think that America is dirt and the flag is a piece of cloth, it's still an impractical method of trying to bring about change. Because it's not for anything.
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0x4B616E6A6F
02/16/22 2:58:01 PM
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Reading you repeat the same sealion shit over and over again doesn't do anything for me either.
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FortuneCookie
02/16/22 2:58:46 PM
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You're right. Online debating is just masturbation.
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Ruvan22
02/16/22 2:59:33 PM
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FortuneCookie posted...
I mean what I say though. You can't be anti- and win.

It's like pro-life and pro-choice. The left didn't say, "We're anti-life." They said, "We're pro-choice." If the right says they're, "Pro (regressive) America," then the left needs to be "Pro (progressive) America" or "pro something else."

It's like the 2016 election. They thought Trump being the villain would be enough. People had to have four years of that would-be dictator before they reluctantly rallied behind "anyone but Trump." We need a rallying point, we need someone or something to rally behind, rallying against will get people nowhere.

So even if you think that America is dirt and the flag is a piece of cloth, it's still an impractical method of trying to bring about change. Because it's not for anything.

And yet it has (it being kneeling)
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bigblu89
02/16/22 3:00:37 PM
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FortuneCookie posted...
If the left can't rally together and work for a better tomorrow instead of complaining about how much everything sucks, this nation will be fascist within a decade or two. And that's just being real.

But the issue here is that "the left" IS trying to rally together and work for a better tomorrow by pointing out the country's flaws. They are saying "There is a problem, and here's what we think should be done to fix it".

Whereas "the right" just says "This is America. If you don't like it, leave" instead of also recognizing that there are problems.

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iPhone_7
02/16/22 3:07:40 PM
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Really nice to see that they did a halftime show for aging millennials.

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Jabodie
02/16/22 3:09:12 PM
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bsp77 posted...
True for the left too though... canceling everyone

Note that I am liberal but it goes too far.
I'm be totally honest with you. I don't pay very much attention to what happens in the celebrity and e drama space so I'll have to take your word for it.

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QueenCarly
02/16/22 3:32:36 PM
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FortuneCookie posted...
When you say "fuck America," which is my takeaway from kneeling in protest of the flag, you say fuck everything that is America. Which means the troops, the people, the personal freedoms, etc. I don't disagree with their desire to raise awareness, but I think they're taking the wrong target.

Fuck the flag, the troops, fuck the "personal freedoms" that only exist if you're financially well off.

Fuck everything that is America.

America is slavery, chattel or through the prison industrial complex.

America is white supremacy even if the hoods are largely left in the closet.

America is never going to be redeemed because the foundation is rotten.


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Darkprince49
02/16/22 3:33:33 PM
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QueenCarly posted...
Fuck the flag, the troops, fuck the "personal freedoms" that only exist if you're financially well off.

Fuck everything that is America.

America is slavery, chattel or through the prison industrial complex.

America is white supremacy even if the hoods are largely left in the closet.

America is never going to be redeemed because the foundation is rotten.


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nfearurspecimn
02/16/22 3:37:01 PM
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[LFAQs-redacted-quote]

"We should change society somewhat."
"Yet you live in society! Curious!"

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QueenCarly
02/16/22 3:37:21 PM
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Darkprince49 posted...

The badge rolls their eyes, no surprise here.

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SSJPurple
02/16/22 3:39:17 PM
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Ironically America and our troops past and present fight for our right to kneel and protest.

I have talked to veterans. They agree. Being able to kneel or protest is what were about. If you have an issue with that youre the un-American one. You want to control what people say and do, strip them if their right to protest.

Conservatives are so stupid

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bladegash
02/16/22 3:41:07 PM
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QueenCarly posted...
Fuck the troops

Dem troops dindoo nuffin.

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Darkprince49
02/16/22 3:41:10 PM
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QueenCarly posted...
The badge rolls their eyes, no surprise here.
Lay off the Twitter lol
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QueenCarly
02/16/22 3:42:29 PM
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Darkprince49 posted...
Lay off the Twitter lol

Lay off the CIA propaganda

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SSJPurple
02/16/22 3:43:43 PM
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Its sad how many people have been tricked into being corporate police state drones.


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darkprince45
02/16/22 3:44:44 PM
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QueenCarly posted...
Lay off the CIA propaganda
What?!?!

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nfearurspecimn
02/16/22 3:45:21 PM
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darkprince45 posted...
What?!?!
that's leftist propaganda for you

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IndorilGawain
02/16/22 3:45:37 PM
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whose alt is bladegash suddenly showing up on an old account spewing racist memes?

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