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  • Unsympathetic U Reacting Well Conversation Starter Dedicated Very Popular Posting Machine Collaborator First Post One Year In One Month Later Week One Done
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    U Unsympathetic wrote on last edited by Unsympathetic
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    US soldiers swear to defend the Constitution first and foremost.  Their allegiance to the President is explicitly conditional to both regulations and the UCMJ.. and was not present in the oath until 1960, meaning their ONLY allegiance was to the Constitution up to that point.  [Linked is the actual oath that Army enlisted men take.  Read it - you might learn something..]

    Seems like it's time to remind the President that the first amendment expressly forbids.... exactly what he's attempting to do: Use the power of government to deliberately exert a chilling effect on free speech. 

    You, personally, have every right to dislike this speech of the players ----- but you simply do not have the right to actually use the power of federal/state/local government to stop it.  No, you don't.

    I'll believe this move of the players merits one iota of actual concern when I see a fight in the stands because someone didn't take off their hat during the anthem.  What's that? It's never happened? Shocking.

    Just so it's clear.. this is directly another example of "big government" attempted intrusion.  It's not one side or the other that has a monopoly on it.  Instead of rallying against "All XYZ" who do something that "my side" would never do -- time to accept the reality that both do it.

    More directly back to the topic... Remember that MLK's movement was just as much economic as it was about the ballot box.

    The more labels you have for yourself, the dumber they make you. "When you win, say nothing. When you lose, say less." Paul Brown
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      Political Board exists for a reason. We don't need this shit on the main board-mods please move this.

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      Tour2maT Tour2ma wrote on last edited by
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      Helluva post, Unsym...

      @jrb12711 said:

      Political Board exists for a reason. We don't need this shit on the main board-mods please move this.

      YO... MODS... please do it while it's still civil...

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        Agreed on the move 

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          U Unsympathetic wrote on last edited by Unsympathetic
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          I will expound on my statement above: 

          "This move of the players will merit one iota of actual concern when I see a fight in the stands because someone didn't take off their hat during the anthem."

          Translation:

          Hey, you, getting angry over this.  I fully expect you to apply EXACTLY the same logic to every single person in the stadium - fans and employees alike.

          Why, exactly, does every other human being in that stadium get a free pass from you to be however they want to be whenever they want to .... except the players?

          Players are people too.

          And they're not your trained monkey.. word chosen deliberately.

          The more labels you have for yourself, the dumber they make you. "When you win, say nothing. When you lose, say less." Paul Brown
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            C Clevfan4life wrote on last edited by
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            Heres my solution....let players walk back into the lockrroom for the anthem. Problem solved. They get their meaningless protest and all the little snowflake doturds who's brains go blue screen at the sight of a colored boy kneeling get a clean field of view. 

            Easy peasy....i should be emperor

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              U Unsympathetic wrote on last edited by
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              That's exactly what happened today during Tits-Hawks.. you may already be emperor?

              The more labels you have for yourself, the dumber they make you. "When you win, say nothing. When you lose, say less." Paul Brown
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                C Clevfan4life wrote on last edited by
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                All hail the??

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                  C Clevfan4life wrote on last edited by
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                  Dilly dilly

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                  • U Unsympathetic

                    That's exactly what happened today during Tits-Hawks.. you may already be emperor?

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                    stillmotionS stillmotion wrote on last edited by
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                    @unsympathetic said:

                    That's exactly what happened today during Tits-Hawks.. you may already be emperor?

                    Steelers did that too I believe.

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                      That's exactly what happened today during Tits-Hawks.. you may already be emperor?

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                      Canton DawgC Canton Dawg wrote on last edited by
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                      @unsympathetic said:

                      you may already be emperor?

                      Just don’t make fun of his new clothes.

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                        jcam222J jcam222 wrote on last edited by jcam222
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                        Here's where I stand on this. I hate when they kneel. I disagree not only with the approach but also the existence of the purported systemic injustice they are protesting. I am a mostly Republican and a definite conservative AND I BELIEVE IN OUR CONSTITUTION. You know, that piece of parchment that gives us FREEDOM of speech and expression. If you are a vet firstly thank you. Secondly whether you are a vet or support our vets you have to support freedom. We cannot only support freedom when  it aligns with our own opinion. The second we do we are no longer a free nation we are on the path to those we fight. Now often I hear people try to refute this based on the fact the players are working. I again have to disagree. If I were at work and they played an anthem I disagree with I'd sit and I would not be fired. That is a lot different than if you were on the clock giving speeches.  Now relative to the Presidents tweets I'm sorry but many of them are inappropriate. Hell I often agree with things he says and might expect myself to tweet it but not the leader of America!! He needs to grow the fuck up and act like a professional and president. I respect the office, agree with many of his policies but  his approach leaves a lot to be desired. 

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                          That's exactly what happened today during Tits-Hawks.. you may already be emperor?

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                          C Clevfan4life wrote on last edited by
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                          @unsympathetic said:

                          That's exactly what happened today during Tits-Hawks.. you may already be emperor?

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                            US soldiers swear to defend the Constitution first and foremost.  Their allegiance to the President is explicitly conditional to both regulations and the UCMJ.. and was not present in the oath until 1960, meaning their ONLY allegiance was to the Constitution up to that point.  [Linked is the actual oath that Army enlisted men take.  Read it - you might learn something..]

                            Seems like it's time to remind the President that the first amendment expressly forbids.... exactly what he's attempting to do: Use the power of government to deliberately exert a chilling effect on free speech. 

                            You, personally, have every right to dislike this speech of the players ----- but you simply do not have the right to actually use the power of federal/state/local government to stop it.  No, you don't.

                            I'll believe this move of the players merits one iota of actual concern when I see a fight in the stands because someone didn't take off their hat during the anthem.  What's that? It's never happened? Shocking.

                            Just so it's clear.. this is directly another example of "big government" attempted intrusion.  It's not one side or the other that has a monopoly on it.  Instead of rallying against "All XYZ" who do something that "my side" would never do -- time to accept the reality that both do it.

                            More directly back to the topic... Remember that MLK's movement was just as much economic as it was about the ballot box.

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                            DieHardBrownsFanD DieHardBrownsFan wrote on last edited by DieHardBrownsFan
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                            @unsympathetic said:

                            US soldiers swear to defend the Constitution first and foremost.  Their allegiance to the President is explicitly conditional to both regulations and the UCMJ.. and was not present in the oath until 1960, meaning their ONLY allegiance was to the Constitution up to that point.  [Linked is the actual oath that Army enlisted men take.  Read it - you might learn something..]

                            Seems like it's time to remind the President that the first amendment expressly forbids.... exactly what he's attempting to do: Use the power of government to deliberately exert a chilling effect on free speech. 

                            You, personally, have every right to dislike this speech of the players ----- but you simply do not have the right to actually use the power of federal/state/local government to stop it.  No, you don't.

                            I'll believe this move of the players merits one iota of actual concern when I see a fight in the stands because someone didn't take off their hat during the anthem.  What's that? It's never happened? Shocking.

                            Just so it's clear.. this is directly another example of "big government" attempted intrusion.  It's not one side or the other that has a monopoly on it.  Instead of rallying against "All XYZ" who do something that "my side" would never do -- time to accept the reality that both do it.

                            More directly back to the topic... Remember that MLK's movement was just as much economic as it was about the ballot box.

                            You're an asshole.  This is the oath of enlistment all branches take:


                            The Oath of Enlistment (for enlisted): 

                            "I, _____, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. So help me God." 
                             

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                              Here's where I stand on this. I hate when they kneel. I disagree not only with the approach but also the existence of the purported systemic injustice they are protesting. I am a mostly Republican and a definite conservative AND I BELIEVE IN OUR CONSTITUTION. You know, that piece of parchment that gives us FREEDOM of speech and expression. If you are a vet firstly thank you. Secondly whether you are a vet or support our vets you have to support freedom. We cannot only support freedom when  it aligns with our own opinion. The second we do we are no longer a free nation we are on the path to those we fight. Now often I hear people try to refute this based on the fact the players are working. I again have to disagree. If I were at work and they played an anthem I disagree with I'd sit and I would not be fired. That is a lot different than if you were on the clock giving speeches.  Now relative to the Presidents tweets I'm sorry but many of them are inappropriate. Hell I often agree with things he says and might expect myself to tweet it but not the leader of America!! He needs to grow the fuck up and act like a professional and president. I respect the office, agree with many of his policies but  his approach leaves a lot to be desired. 

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                              U Unsympathetic wrote on last edited by Unsympathetic
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                              @jcam222 said:

                              Here's where I stand on this. I hate when they kneel. I disagree not only with the approach but also the existence of the purported systemic injustice they are protesting. I am a mostly Republican and a definite conservative AND I BELIEVE IN OUR CONSTITUTION. You know, that piece of parchment that gives us FREEDOM of speech and expression. If you are a vet firstly thank you. Secondly whether you are a vet or support our vets you have to support freedom. We cannot only support freedom when  it aligns with our own opinion. 

                              So... you are against the players who choose to speak, but you support the right of "people" to freely speak.  Except for the players, of course.. because to you, they aren't people any more.

                              And you don't recognize the inherent contradiction between "supporting freedom when it doesn't align with your opinion" and "telling the players that they don't get to have an opinion" ?

                              Got it!

                              News flash: The fact that you only want to give the label of "people" to protest that you approve of...... shows that you don't actually believe one word you posted.

                              The only issue at hand is whether or not you support governmental clampdowns on the expression of the players.  And frankly, if you do, everything you posted about believing in the constitution is complete and total bullshit.

                              The more labels you have for yourself, the dumber they make you. "When you win, say nothing. When you lose, say less." Paul Brown
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                                @jcam222 said:

                                Here's where I stand on this. I hate when they kneel. I disagree not only with the approach but also the existence of the purported systemic injustice they are protesting. I am a mostly Republican and a definite conservative AND I BELIEVE IN OUR CONSTITUTION. You know, that piece of parchment that gives us FREEDOM of speech and expression. If you are a vet firstly thank you. Secondly whether you are a vet or support our vets you have to support freedom. We cannot only support freedom when  it aligns with our own opinion. 

                                So... you are against the players who choose to speak, but you support the right of "people" to freely speak.  Except for the players, of course.. because to you, they aren't people any more.

                                And you don't recognize the inherent contradiction between "supporting freedom when it doesn't align with your opinion" and "telling the players that they don't get to have an opinion" ?

                                Got it!

                                News flash: The fact that you only want to give the label of "people" to protest that you approve of...... shows that you don't actually believe one word you posted.

                                The only issue at hand is whether or not you support governmental clampdowns on the expression of the players.  And frankly, if you do, everything you posted about believing in the constitution is complete and total bullshit.

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                                DieHardBrownsFanD DieHardBrownsFan wrote on last edited by
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                                @unsympathetic said:

                                So... you are against the players who choose to speak, but you support the right of "people" to freely speak.  Except for the players, of course.. because to you, they aren't people any more.

                                And you don't recognize the inherent contradiction between "supporting freedom when it doesn't align with your opinion" and "telling the players that they don't get to have an opinion" ?

                                Got it!

                                Nobody is waiting around for your acknowledgement of anything.  Your "acknowledgement" has no bearing on the validity of a protest.

                                You have no power in this situation - none at all. 

                                The only issue at hand is whether or not you support governmental clampdowns on their expression.  And frankly, if you do, everything you posted about believing in the constitution is complete and total bullshit.

                                You're pathetic.

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                                  Heres my solution....let players walk back into the lockrroom for the anthem. Problem solved. They get their meaningless protest and all the little snowflake doturds who's brains go blue screen at the sight of a colored boy kneeling get a clean field of view. 

                                  Easy peasy....i should be emperor

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                                  Tour2maT Tour2ma wrote on last edited by
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                                  @clevfan4life said:

                                  i should be emperor

                                  I believe that job is currently occupado...

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                                    dustyD dusty wrote on last edited by
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                                    My 2 cents:

                                    The Jags and Rats protesting while in a foreign country borders on treason.

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                                      My 2 cents:

                                      The Jags and Rats protesting while in a foreign country borders on treason.

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                                      tiamat63T tiamat63 wrote on last edited by
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                                      @dusty said:

                                      My 2 cents:

                                      The Jags and Rats protesting while in a foreign country borders on treason.

                                      Probably best you only have 2 cents to spend then.  

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                                        My 2 cents:

                                        The Jags and Rats protesting while in a foreign country borders on treason.

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                                        C Clevfan4life wrote on last edited by
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                                        @dusty said:

                                        My 2 cents:

                                        The Jags and Rats protesting while in a foreign country borders on treason.

                                        U are an idiot. Dont question this either, just take it in an accept it as constructive criticism from ur lord and master. There isnt anything remotely treasonous about kneeling on some grass or locking arms........idiot boy. Discuss this internally with urself we'll come back to it later.

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                                          @clevfan4life said:

                                          i should be emperor

                                          I believe that job is currently occupado...

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                                          C Clevfan4life wrote on last edited by
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                                          @tour2ma said:

                                          I believe that job is currently occupado...

                                          He's just "president"....pfffttt

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