2 Dozen Players Kneel During Anthem at Jags-Ravens Game in London

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The problem is that blacks engage in so much crime that their chance of being a victim of police brutality is higher as time goes by.

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So, African Americans are victims of police brutality. But the sport where predominantly African American athletes are paid to smash each others' brains into a pool of mush for the entertainment of white Trump supporters is the wrong place for people to express their concern over police brutality.

Ghost of Igloi wrote:

Mr. Obvious wrote:

Fans yesterday wanted to see NFL talking heads react to Trump. Fox 11am NFL show, +30%. Fox NFL Sunday, +9%. CBS' The NFL Today, +33%.

The ratings for the games yesterday were the highest of the season.

Some conflicting data to yours:

http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/20814945/preliminary-tv-ratings-sunday-nfl-games-compared-last-year

Ratings up 3% for the week.

exthrower wrote:

I'm going to start kneeling on Martin Luther King day to protest Black rioting and looting.

You are late for the rally, Mr. Wizard!

Precious Roy wrote:

But the sport where predominantly African American athletes are paid to smash each others' brains into a pool of mush for the entertainment of white Trump supporters is the wrong place for people to express their concern over police brutality.

Interesting. I didn't realize that it is only white Trump supporters that watch and attend NFL games. Once again, Precious Roy demonstrates irrationality in fine liberal form.

exthrower wrote:

I'm going to start kneeling on Martin Luther King day to protest Black rioting and looting.

I protest black on black murder, and the innocent children that caught in the middle of it.

exthrower wrote:

Liberals get mad when you present them with facts....It's shatters their World view...

I am not a liberal, and Gary has presented no evidence. He says "the study has been done" (as if there could be one definitive study to end all debate on the issue) and then does not source said "study". And I'm sure if he does, he would be cherry-picking the results of said study to reach the conclusion he wants to reach.

And you never responded to my earlier logic challenge a month or so on a different thread, which makes me doubt your "conservatives use logic" assertion. Or at least, you don't use logic.

But, it doesn't matter wrote:

Precious Roy wrote:

But the sport where predominantly African American athletes are paid to smash each others' brains into a pool of mush for the entertainment of white Trump supporters is the wrong place for people to express their concern over police brutality.

Interesting. I didn't realize that it is only white Trump supporters that watch and attend NFL games. Once again, Precious Roy demonstrates irrationality in fine liberal form.

Precious Roy (what kind of man is named "Precious?") does not deal in facts. He deals in falsehoods, false equivalencies, lies, propaganda. The guy is the biggest joke on this site.

FitzyXC wrote:

which makes me doubt your "conservatives use logic" assertion. Or at least, you don't use logic.

Does logic dictate that black on black murder rates are, or should be, a high concern?

Hey Gary, why are you now advocating the NFL punish players for their political beliefs when not two months ago you were bashing Google for punishing employees for their political beliefs?

Private enterprise, amiright?

But, it doesn't matter wrote:

FitzyXC wrote:

which makes me doubt your "conservatives use logic" assertion. Or at least, you don't use logic.

Does logic dictate that black on black murder rates are, or should be, a high concern?

It does, and many players are involved in and give back to the community. Kaepernick is running his own charity.

The presence of one issue does not automatically invalidate a separate issue.

No, it does not. But, one issue is statistically a far bigger problem than the other. And that, does not invalidate the view of tens of millions of people.

Here you go, Fitzy. I think this clearly demonstrates that we have some VERY large societal issues to deal with...

forehead thumper wrote:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ua8Zeo0yH8Mhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjLs-C2NUNkhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RC-Cqkq6zWchttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rSIz7ZhSrg

forehead thumper wrote:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYkvZodBRuYhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4armdjc6tghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieMbT6AWcvI

Why won't he stick to fire-fighting?

https://www.si.com/nfl/2017/09/26/pittsburgh-steelers-anthem-mike-tomlin-pennsylvania-fire-chief

Before she was shot at about 4 a.m., Trinity nearly live-tweeted her own death, posting a note about gunfire at the late-night eatery Cook Out.

“Of course they start shootin’,” Trinity wrote.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/tyson-gay-teenage-daughter-trinity-killed-shooting-article-1.2832739

A 15yo girl is so desensitized by black on black crime/shooting, that she tweets about it as it happens.

Do you not see this??? Do you not understand the true gravity of this?

Yes, there are problems with cops and their aggression and brutality... but the FAR larger issue is the culture of violence that surrounds many in black America.

We have news networks, entertainment networks, politicians, athletes, mass-groups all 'protesting' on a national and international platform about 'institutional racism', but yet, I have not seen ANYTHING remotely close when it comes to an influential individual or group using the same platforms for calling for black America to stop killing each other.

We just had a President that had eight years to do this. Unfortunately, he did not.

Why is a 15 yr old girl out at 4 AM?

That's not the larger point, which is she casually tweets "Of course they start shootin"

The simple fact that she states "Of course", demonstrates that this is a common issue.

A common issue that results in thousands of deaths, seems a ripe candidate for societal discussion and action.

Because her parents don't care what she is doing. Dad is gone and mom passed out on the MD 2020.

"Institutional racism"...

The above term can be most accurately attributed to the Democratic Party. The expanding welfare state that is pushed by the Democrats and its media, creates an element of dependency that starts by targeting racial-minority groups, and expands to social minority groups, thus expanding power. Here are some examples of welfare acceptance, dependence, and desensitization...

Acceptance...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P36x8rTb3jI

Dependence, and an example of the soul crushing loss of human sympathy/empathy created by the state (institution)...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDE98V3skFo

The case of Trinity Gay, is a case of desensitization. An issue as serious as criminal shooting, is normalized and desensitized, as observed by her casual tweet.