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I don't have any issue with him having his girlfriend's opinion. Been there, done that... It won't end well... Nessa Diab is his Yoko.
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I don't think you know this any more than "He has no idea what those people face on a daily".
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I have an issue with him trying to turn the spotlight away from something I enjoy and trying to force 'these conversations' onto people that don't give a fuck about his pet issue.
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So are you against other players with their pet issues like curing cancer and supporting our troops, or are you just against
his issue because it doesn't affect you?
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I love football. It's church to me. I look forward to Sunday. The last thing I want is for it to become the venue for random cork soakers to stand in front of reporters and talk shit about what other people 'should' do or How this county 'should' be.
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But church is exactly where that shit is talked about.
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I was disgusted by his broad brush allegations about cops murdering minorities and being rewarded with paid leave. It's a juvenile, reactionary and inflammatory thing to say. He has no idea what those people face on a daily. He hasn't even read UT's pawn shop thread.
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If you can't acknowledge that there's a problem, you aren't paying attention
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To condemn the entire country because of some overblown news stories about the oppression of rioters and cop haters is indicative of an emotional childish mind. Tw would not approve.
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That there's a wide brush. You really have no concept of the blcak experience
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But it sure seems like he is reciting some shit his girl has been brain washing him with.
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Assumption
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Football is about football. Nothing else. Don't bring your personal agenda to the game. That's not what the people that paid the money they earned came to see. Stand up with your teammates and give the contest 100% effort. One hunnet.
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I would be consistent, then, if you are as outraged when a player genuflects, or points to the sky, or attributes his success to god. Are you?