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Old 23-05-2018, 08:46 PM #43
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Originally Posted by montblanc View Post
the U.S. national anthem protests started before Trump was elected if i'm not mistaken?

and even so while America does have such achievements racism is far from gone especially in this country and people need to acknowledge that
People disagree though on the prevalence of racism. That also has to be acknowledged.

Anyway, The NFL doesn't need to pick a side. I completely understand their decision, and it's understandable why people would see the gesture as simply disrespectful (regardless of their political views) when all other media is saturated with all these messages...

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