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| No double standards |
Maybe. Or standing up to the very vocal minority might bring in more business than it pushes away. "Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women. When it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it....While it lies there, it needs no constitution, no law, no court to save it" - Judge Learned Hand, May 1944 | |||
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| Gloom, despair and agony on me.  |
Only if the political statement sides with the NFL. Plenty of ads that lean to the left like the 84 Lumber commercial from last year. | |||
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| No double standards |
Sidenote. While planting Memorial Day flags at the Golden Gate National Cemetery with our Cub Scouts, I have seen first hand what the picture represents. "Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women. When it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it....While it lies there, it needs no constitution, no law, no court to save it" - Judge Learned Hand, May 1944 | |||
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| Green grass and high tides  |
Anyone who thinks I do not love my country and support what is good an right about our country and people because I might watch a pro football game is wrong. Dead wrong. I do dislike guys who openly disrespect our anthem and flag and those who have served and sacrificed greatly for it. I absolutely do. But those who have, do and did. Did so, so that idiots like these have the right to do so. Even as wrong as it is. I root for those like Andrew Villanueva. Even an owner like Jerry Jones who openly supports standing and not kneeling. I know many hate him. I do not support a team but rather those that I know are good guys. There are many on each team. Those of you who come in these threads and bash those who may enjoy watching a physical competition like football need to make sure your house is clean. Because in our county more than ever before. There are companies and people undermining the fabric of our society. Every place you go and everything you purchase to a great degree has some level of it. Do not run from it, but rather stand and fight for what is right or you will lose it all. I am done on this topic but do not tell me I do not love my country. Exactly Ackks, They see it and know it. But will never admit it. It is just so easy to single out the nfl and not all those brands they cannot live without. It is there own version of the hypocritical double standard.This message has been edited. Last edited by: old rugged cross, "Practice like you want to play in the game" | |||
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Oriental Redneck |
Yes, he did, many times. You simply missed them. But, I agree, there is nothing in this thread that would amount to "eating our own", imho. My statement was simply an observation. Q | |||
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Step by step walk the thousand mile road |
No Fucking Likey Nice is overrated "It's every freedom-loving individual's duty to lie to the government." Airsoftguy, June 29, 2018 | |||
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Consider this my explanation for why I want 'nothing' to do with the NFL. I'm not refusing to watch or attend games because of the players. For the most part they're behaving exactly how I expect illiterate, immoral, thugs to behave. And Craperdick? Yes, I think he's garbage, but he's not really the focus of my real issues. I refuse to have anything to do with the NFL because of the team owners and their corrupt, criminal, commissioner. They've proven they don't give a damn what is right and wrong, and that they're cowardice is only surpassed by their hypocrisy. This whole 'movement' could have (and should have) been nipped in the bud on day one when it popped up (ya see any more kneeling MLB players after that first nitwit in Oakland tried it?). The owners and the league are unworthy of my respect, time, or $$$, and I hope they continue to fade away into complete obscurity. ----------------------------- Guns are awesome because they shoot solid lead freedom. Every man should have several guns. And several dogs, because a man with a cat is a woman. Kurt Schlichter | |||
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Lighten up and laugh |
I don't mean this accusingly either, but why not feel the same about TV, movies, Comcast, Amazon, or Google? By watching TV, going to the movies, using Google, or shopping on Amazon you are supporting people who believe the same things as the players who were protesting. They may not be kneeling during the Anthem, but they are taking their money and supporting all kinds of progressive movements and politicians. Heck, many of the products we use on a daily basis are made by companies that donate their profits to those same groups. I think it's great if people want to boycott the NFL, but it is something a lot of us enjoy. The same way a lot of people enjoy watching movies on Xfinity. Maybe that helps you understand a bit? | |||
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| Member |
Its a shame that they took a game I liked watching and reduced it to shenanigans. From the NFL/Verizon emails I've been getting, the NFL decided to allow all mobile devices to stream games for free. I've got to think its because they are taking a big hit and trying to repopularize as these are the same people who said tape a game and we'll sue. | |||
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Needs a bigger boat |
Haven't watched an NFL game in 2 years. If the Dolphins ever make the playoffs again perhaps I will, I'm pretty safe for now I think. MOO means NO! Be the comet! | |||
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Maybe President Trump can re-direct the fly-over team to a much more worthy and deserving event on shit-show bowl Sunday, like a military veteran's funeral or something?! __________ __________ "I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal labotomy." | |||
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| Member |
Thanks. Your original comment made me think we were in dangerous waters. I was making sure I understood. Thanks again. | |||
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| Member |
Haven’t watched a nfl game in years, but I went on the web, looked up,nfl sponsors, on the ones that I could find a contact us on their web site I told them that neither my family or me would buy their product as long as they supported the nfl thru their advertising. Several of them contacted me to apologize, if enough people would do that I bet the nfl would cut that crap out because it was costing them advertisers and therefore money. | |||
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Nullus Anxietas |
Be careful with those assumptions  There are TV shows I've abandoned for the politics expressed in them. There are musicians to whom I will no longer listen and actors and actresses whose movies I will now longer watch for their politics. I don't use hardly anything Google, any more, and that is partly because of their politics. (But only partly.)
By that reasoning anything we do supports regressive causes, so we should do nothing?
Nope. But, upon reflection, I don't have to understand it. Thanks for attempting to explain, anyway. "America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system,,,, but too early to shoot the bastards." -- Claire Wolfe "If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living." -- Seneca the Younger, Roman Stoic philosopher | |||
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| 7.62mm Crusader |
I highly respect your post here Balze. Thank you. | |||
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| Knows too little about too much  |
This week has not been kind to liberals. In Congress and football. TFB! RMD TL Davis: “The Second Amendment is special, not because it protects guns, but because its violation signals a government with the intention to oppress its people…” Remember: After the first one, the rest are free. | |||
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| Internet Guru |
The NFL is dying, but it may be a while before the participants recognize the fact. I'll never watch again, but their problems go much deeper than my viewership. | |||
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| Member |
"...reprehensible and totally beyond the pale.” Yes. Against all enemies, foreign and domestic. | |||
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Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everybody you meet. |
Read the OP to my wife, she responded "well hell we are not watching that game". Love her much! Thom "Tulta munille!" NRA Benefactor Life Member NRA Certified Instructor NRA Range Safety Officer SAF Life Member | |||
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delicately calloused |
I'm not too proud to say that this post brought tears to my eyes.... You’re a lying dog-faced pony soldier | |||
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