(September 26, 2017 at 3:05 pm)alpha male Wrote:(September 26, 2017 at 2:52 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: Wait, you were criticizing the players for lacking concrete proposals, not goals. They certainly have a goal, just as they Tea Partiers did. They certainly lack concrete proposals, just as the TPers did.
America was born in protest. Why do you find it so offensive?
(September 26, 2017 at 2:54 pm)Tizheruk Wrote: Goals are not the same as proposals Beta .
I always know I'm on the right track when nits like this start getting picked.But OK, let's restate it as the protesters were proposing that parliament repeal the Tea Act.
(September 26, 2017 at 3:03 pm)Tizheruk Wrote: Fans are not burning shit
Actually in a JD Powers survey earlier this year, 26% of fans who watched less NFL than previously cited anthem protests as a reason, and 24% cited players' off-field behavior.
(September 26, 2017 at 2:24 pm)The Gentleman Bastard Wrote: And yet these same people don't bat an eye at the criminal conduct of many of their favorite players.
See above.
Not watching it is great, but Tiz said "not burning shit", and that is a great point. No one much notices when a few thousand simply turn off their TV's, but when they go out and film themselves burning jerseys (so, those people were clearly still watching it btw, if they owned their idols freaking jersey), is a much bigger reaction.
So, for rape or spousal abuse, some turn off their TV's (or claim to). For peaceful protest, even more actually get off their fat asses and protest back, publically.
Nice to see people got their priorities straight.
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