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tomg

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20. Wonderful post.

Mon Feb 4, 2019, 08:34 AM

Feb 2019

I see why you say "the "America" I see at the moment, worries me because it doesn't take too much to backslide ." Still, when I hear your story, I hear the diversity of America and the determination ( even if too often we fail to live up to making actual the ideal) as it is embodied in your family. I see the best of what we will be. Thank you for offering so much in your post.

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Thank you Colin Kaepernick. [View all] WeekiWater Feb 2019 OP

yep... dhill926 Feb 2019 #1

Was this negotiated in lieu of taking a knee? Gidney N Cloyd Feb 2019 #2

Bet on it. Iggo Feb 2019 #6

Colin K is a hero. Zoonart Feb 2019 #3

Certainly one of mine! InAbLuEsTaTe Feb 2019 #14

And the NFL just ran an ad about how the Commissioner went dem4decades Feb 2019 #4

Yeah, talk about hypocrisy! InAbLuEsTaTe Feb 2019 #15

And ratings are up this year. n/t Mr.Bill Feb 2019 #5

Thank you. zentrum Feb 2019 #7

CK is OK by Me! Miigwech Feb 2019 #8

The post "CK is OK" is a great slogan HelenWheels Feb 2019 #27

We also need a tip of the cap to those two guys at Mexico City in 1968 and to Curt Flood. CaptYossarian Feb 2019 #9

John Carlos & Tommie Smith ProfessorGAC Feb 2019 #29

I remember seeing it too, MuseRider Feb 2019 #31

I Waz Only 12 ProfessorGAC Feb 2019 #34

A little back story on that. They had one pair of gloves so one on the right and one on the left Lochloosa Feb 2019 #37

I remember this day so well..What courage! mountain grammy Feb 2019 #43

They paid a heavy price for that Lochloosa Feb 2019 #45

That's the true meaning of courage. mountain grammy Feb 2019 #46

Interesting ProfessorGAC Feb 2019 #44

YES Ferrets are Cool Feb 2019 #10

Just want the game to be better......boring..... a kennedy Feb 2019 #11

yes, onethatcares Feb 2019 #12

and the Republican billionaire NFL team owners EndGOPPropaganda Feb 2019 #13

Sorry, but players arent getting screwed. They're getting rich. oldsoftie Feb 2019 #21

a couple players are getting rich. most of them are not. Calista241 Feb 2019 #28

No, most of them are, how they manage their money is another story. oldsoftie Feb 2019 #30

Ah, THIS is the whole GOP headfake. They got you! EndGOPPropaganda Feb 2019 #39

I dont hate the players at all. They're making a living with their bodies & should be paid well. oldsoftie Feb 2019 #40

Wait. Billionaire owners are doing well - on the backs of the fans EndGOPPropaganda Feb 2019 #41

As for the stadiums, taxpayers SHOULD hold their cities accountable. In Atlanta, oldsoftie Feb 2019 #42

Profit is fungible for a big business like this: see Amazon. EndGOPPropaganda Feb 2019 #47

I dont know; Atlanta is a shitty sports town when it comes to diehards. oldsoftie Feb 2019 #48

Yeah, they have a whole thing about social justice going now. PatrickforO Feb 2019 #16

AMEN.. We've got a long way to go to be the people we ought to be BUT The_REAL_Ecumenist Feb 2019 #17

Thank you so much for sharing this. WeekiWater Feb 2019 #18

Welcome to DU LittleGirl Feb 2019 #19

Wonderful post. tomg Feb 2019 #20

I want to see him on the field again. I'm a Packer fan and we have our quarterback BUT Still In Wisconsin Feb 2019 #22

I think the Pack made a mistake giving Rodgers the huge money. oldsoftie Feb 2019 #33

yes! Nitram Feb 2019 #23

you can definitely see where they are reaching out...but he deserves a team. nt Baltimike Feb 2019 #24

I won't be happy with the NFL overall until Kap is back on the field, or at least in uniform KPN Feb 2019 #25

Mural in Atlanta ffr Feb 2019 #26

I did not see this, MuseRider Feb 2019 #32

This covers some of the elevated conversation and activism. WeekiWater Feb 2019 #35

Thank you. MuseRider Feb 2019 #38

Thank you Kaepernick and all saidsimplesimon Feb 2019 #36