I used to detest Trump. The more shat spewed from the radical left, the more I've come to like him. Some work colleagues opened my eyes as to how President Obama was dividing our country. At this point, might as well have Orange man continuing down this path. Sad.
Requiring someone to stand for government propaganda is about the least American thing I can think of. I thought we won the Cold War?
OLD SMTC SOB wrote:
Awsi Dooger wrote:
I enjoy hearing about and reading about white fear.
Most hilarious post in this thread was regarding instant reaction to Nike's move. You've got to be a fool.
Nike understands long term big picture significance. That's why they make sharp moves by signing Tiger Woods before he established himself as a pro, or even recently by dropping out of golf equipment business but remaining in the golf apparel business.
The company will be around for decades, and this decision will be remembered as an astute inclusive move.
No kidding dunce schools like College of the Ozarks immediately think of nothing but here, now and scared.
I suspect the cadets at the Air Force, Naval Academies or West Point are required to stand. As such, they must be dunces also.
Don't stand here (ozark) and you will be kicked out of school. Don't stand at the academies and after your punishment your still going to get a blanket party (beat down at night with a blanket over your head).
Precious Roy wrote:
Oh great. Here we go again with another one of these politically correct colleges forcing their intolerant views on their students. When will the leftist stranglehold on higher education end?
QFE. I look forward to Bari Weiss and Bret Stephens voicing their deep concern about this development on the pages of the NY Times.
I know it's easy to make fun of us in "flyover country" but watch this short video about College of the Ozarks.
I don't agree with all the politics of the college but it is actually a really neat place to visit.
Dude, C of O is NOT indicative of the majority of "flyover country". It's an outlier.
You can't be serious. That's a jobs training program, community college lite and not a real university. That's how they get away with shoving religious, groupthink dogma down people's throats. They're delusional about even their religion, no way was Jesus some silent, unquestioning, lockstep, governing ruler loving "patriot." Jesus stood up for the oppressed against oppressors, helped the helpless, cared for the ill. This school and its administration are so far from real, Christlike love that they can't see that Kap is closer to living that model than they are. I'm all for workstudy or public service jobs to pay for school, for everyone who goes anywhere to school, especially for a degree with true academic rigor.
Jesus was a liberal.
TrumpedUp wrote:
I used to detest Trump. The more shat spewed from the radical left, the more I've come to like him. Some work colleagues opened my eyes as to how President Obama was dividing our country. At this point, might as well have Orange man continuing down this path. Sad.
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot wrote:
You can't be serious. That's a jobs training program, community college lite and not a real university. That's how they get away with shoving religious, groupthink dogma down people's throats. They're delusional about even their religion, no way was Jesus some silent, unquestioning, lockstep, governing ruler loving "patriot." Jesus stood up for the oppressed against oppressors, helped the helpless, cared for the ill. This school and its administration are so far from real, Christlike love that they can't see that Kap is closer to living that model than they are. I'm all for workstudy or public service jobs to pay for school, for everyone who goes anywhere to school, especially for a degree with true academic rigor.
the video someone posted above only focused on work. I'd be curious about academics as well. 40 hrs in the summer/15 in the school year is a good deal for an education, assuming academics aren't bottom of the barrel
I'd wager it's on par with or worse than every state school in MO. It's a "private, liberal arts" college with religious ties, enrollment of 1500. It's an education you get "debt-free" mostly because it isn't worth going into debt over. Not difficult to read between the sales pitch there. The only ones paying to go there are really rich and really dumb.
They are standing up to the great oppressor, NIKE, who employs slave labor in exchange for giving millions to Kap.
I didn't say I would send my kids there, I just said it was an interesting place to visit.
If this is true then they picked the absolute worst way of getting it across. You have to be pretty tone deaf not to understand that the flag stands for freedom and sacrifice for freedom to a lot of people. At best, these people should have understood that their protest would come across as purposeful disrespect to these things. I also find it funny that it's apparently somewhat internet popular to virtue signal by supporting some of the scummiest people in America. The NFL has such a huge collection of people that everyone should not want to model themselves after, to me the attention this has gotten is ridiculous. Please tell me what moral wrongs need to be righted Mr. guy who raped someone, beat someone in a bar fight, hit a woman, or murdered (or merely manslaughtered) someone. Then again maybe people thought these folks were brilliant moral experts for their ability to come up with things like pretending to answer a phone call on a hidden cell phone after a touchdown.
just another guy wrote:
The athletes are in no way protesting the flag or the military servicemen.
Y’all better start burning your Nike gear faster!
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.marketwatch.com/amp/story/guid/0E2B0484-B2B5-11E8-8817-22AA63F9C3A8
Hopefully Kim has 3 nukes for Wall Street, D.C/beltway and Hollywood. A great deal for the rest of the country, eliminating 99% of sociopaths. Rahm has set up Chicago to explode when the cop case verdict is read later this month. College of Ozarks will be fine.
Burn Baby wrote:
Y’all better start burning your Nike gear faster!
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.marketwatch.com/amp/story/guid/0E2B0484-B2B5-11E8-8817-22AA63F9C3A8
I came here to post the same article. As it mentions, the targeted younger audience is apparently gobbling up the merchandise, while the old scared types burn things and generally makes fools of themselves.
Nike wins. Tiger Woods was asked about the commercial and called it, "a beautiful spot."
Nike paid Tiger $60M to say that. What is your point?
Ya got it twisted man, the flag is a symbol of the government. Full stop.
you are a moron elitist wrote:
If this is true then they picked the absolute worst way of getting it across.
You have to be pretty tone deaf not to understand that the flag stands for freedom and sacrifice for freedom to a lot of people. At best, these people should have understood that their protest would come across as purposeful disrespect to these things.
I also find it funny that it's apparently somewhat internet popular to virtue signal by supporting some of the scummiest people in America. The NFL has such a huge collection of people that everyone should not want to model themselves after, to me the attention this has gotten is ridiculous.
Please tell me what moral wrongs need to be righted Mr. guy who raped someone, beat someone in a bar fight, hit a woman, or murdered (or merely manslaughtered) someone. Then again maybe people thought these folks were brilliant moral experts for their ability to come up with things like pretending to answer a phone call on a hidden cell phone after a touchdown.
just another guy wrote:
The athletes are in no way protesting the flag or the military servicemen.
The flag stands for our country not freedom and sacrifice. The fact that our country is (allegedly) free is a byproduct of the flag. As a land of the free we should be able to speak our mind and protest the wrongs we see being committed. By your warped logic the nfl players do not have these rights because some of their members have committed wrongs. So, in your mind, only a select portion of our society has the ‘right’ to protest grievances? I guess we are trying to mirror totalitarianism to align ourselves more closely with our new allies (Russia and North Korea).
Hopefully I didn’t break any laws by disagreeing with you. I am sorry I am not up to speed on our new country regulations.
No YOU are the moron - you're absolutely right, but we can go back even further than that in this absurd debate. Why the hell do we honor the flag or country or whatever the fvck, at a football game? Can anyone reasonably explain this to me? The level of fake 'patriotism' is hilarious and utterly misplaced. Not to mention all the "rules" about the flag that are regularly broken in displaying the flag at sports events in the first place - of course we won't acknowledge those... You think trump can pronounce "cognitive dissonance" without sounding like a drunk child?
This country has been a fine place for me to live. As a white male I of course am granted many privileges that others do not share, here or elsewhere. I fully recognize there are stark inequalities here, but it seems many do not see this. I don't have any true devotion to this place specifically - it's where my family raised me - I did not choose it, and I do not for a moment believe it's the greatest country on earth. I certainly would not go fight a war for this country and don't feel any true allegiance to this place. I think it's absurd that people are so sensitive about the flag that they believe the flag itself to be more important than someone's right to protest in a non-violent fashion. It's a piece of cloth, let people express themselves how they want...
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