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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIs there a hidden agenda behind today's Trump Tweets?
First, he wants the NFL owners to fire any player who takes a knee during the National Anthem, union status notwithstanding.
Then, he wants the players to inflict pain and damage to each other to the point of disability to make the game "more fun".
The players who would most likely take a knee in solidarity with Kaepernik, or independently, would be African-Americans. Trump wants them fired for their protest against the status quo, that is, the tradition of white suppression in this country. Is Trump looking for an excuse to bleach the NFL of African-American players and this is his modus operandi?
Now to Trump wanting the players to return to the roughness of rugby on the football field. Would he be suggesting that desire in order to allow certain players to legally inflict pain on players who weren't, say, white? I know, I know, it could work both ways, but IMO, that's in theory. I've grown up watching one group get away with stuff that another group wasn't allowed to do. The double standard.
marylandblue
(12,344 posts)He just wants them to know their place, which is to entertain old white men by smashing each other up.
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)leftstreet
(36,119 posts)Trump is a sick fucker
HipChick
(25,485 posts)malaise
(269,328 posts)I know I read about that
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Just fuck him! I hate him!
Initech
(100,149 posts)Watch the Trumplodytes' heads explode!
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,929 posts)He's a fascist, and one of the defining characteristics of fascism is making constant use of patriotic mottos, slogans, symbols, songs, and other paraphernalia.
Motley13
(3,867 posts)distracted
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)He is the son of a KKK sympathizer who is himself a KKK sympathizer. Nothing hidden about Trump except for details of his finances.
dalton99a
(81,708 posts)Response to no_hypocrisy (Original post)
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RainCaster
(10,962 posts)bathroommonkey76
(3,827 posts)Those players and owners who speak out against him will be forever blacklisted from his life.