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Post by hoya88tx on Dec 10, 2014 22:41:07 GMT -5
I couldn't wait for tonight's game and although we lost it was still a great game and I am proud of our hoyas for not giving up.
however, the display of the "I can't breathe" shirts was, to be honest, disappointing at best disgusting at its worst. This has no place on the court despite whatever your political stance or opinion on what occurred on the tragic events in NYC.
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Post by RusskyHoya on Dec 10, 2014 22:48:57 GMT -5
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Post by Hordac on Dec 10, 2014 22:53:25 GMT -5
I'm proud of JT3 & Company for continuing the legacy of his father of standing against injustice. KUDOS !!!
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Post by RusskyHoya on Dec 10, 2014 22:55:56 GMT -5
Just in case anyone was wondering.
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Post by TBird41 on Dec 10, 2014 22:56:30 GMT -5
Disagree. Sports have a long history in America, and at Georgetown, as a method of social change. Good for the team for taking a stand for something they think is right, and good for JT3 for supporting them.
Also, JT2's quote is awesome.
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Post by cosmopolitanhoya on Dec 10, 2014 23:07:24 GMT -5
Not really
Georgetown's faculties and alums are some of the most well-known liberal politicians. School has always had more left wing sentiment than the right while I was there.
Georgetown is an academic institution and students have right to express their opinions. I think it gets on the softer side when student athletes do it, rather than the professional players.
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Post by Just Cos on Dec 10, 2014 23:10:07 GMT -5
Please never start a thread again. If you don't want college students to voice their opinion then move to China.
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Post by FLHoya on Dec 10, 2014 23:15:25 GMT -5
I couldn't wait for tonight's game and although we lost it was still a great game and I am proud of our hoyas for not giving up. however, the display of the "I can't breathe" shirts was, to be honest, disappointing at best disgusting at its worst. This has no place on the court despite whatever your political stance or opinion on what occurred on the tragic events in NYC. My shirt said SUPERMAN = SERIAL KILLER Which is a sentiment we can all get behind regardless of political stance or opinion.
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Post by professorhoya on Dec 10, 2014 23:15:59 GMT -5
Please never start a thread again. If you don't want college students to voice their opinion then move to China. Hey, lay off China. If the North Koreans can take down Sony Pictures and Sylvestor Stallone we don't even want to think what China is capable of doing to the Hoyas.
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Post by IDenj on Dec 10, 2014 23:26:38 GMT -5
I'm waiting for an athlete to wear a shirt saying when a cop says you are under arrest don't resist. Then we will see who really believes in free speech.
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Post by DanMcQ on Dec 10, 2014 23:30:28 GMT -5
www.guhoyas.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/121014aac.htmlJoshua Smith: DSR: Bill Self: As a Hoya alum and the nephew of a former President of Bucknell University who chartered buses to make sure his students (who he knew would be going to DC to protest the Vietnam war) got down and back safely, I applaud the team for their actions.
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Post by RusskyHoya on Dec 10, 2014 23:48:23 GMT -5
Lee Reed β @hoyasad"The time is always right to do what is right," MLK Jr. #ProudOfOurGuys #HoyaSaxa
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Post by DanMcQ on Dec 11, 2014 0:01:40 GMT -5
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Post by zxhoya on Dec 11, 2014 0:01:58 GMT -5
I'm waiting for an athlete to wear a shirt saying when a cop says you are under arrest don't resist. Then we will see who really believes in free speech. So you don't disagree with the young men taking a stance, you just believe this particular stance is an unjust one...understood. Clearly you support Free Speech.
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Post by IDenj on Dec 11, 2014 0:30:01 GMT -5
I'm waiting for an athlete to wear a shirt saying when a cop says you are under arrest don't resist. Then we will see who really believes in free speech. So you don't disagree with the young men taking a stance, you just believe this particular stance is an unjust one...understood. Clearly you support Free Speech. It's not my fight, I am not taking sides. But athletes are choosing as is their right to side with the young men who died. IF someone wore a shirt supporting the police my guess is all the free speechers would all of a sudden have a different view of those expressing their view.
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Post by hoyaboya on Dec 11, 2014 0:51:20 GMT -5
I'd rather they worry about winning games, make the top 25, play well enough to motivate fans to go to the game, those sorts of things. JT3's dad had more if a platform because his teams were better . Let's win some games against decent teams and then worry about taking stands for social justice causes...
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Post by 757hoyafan on Dec 11, 2014 0:59:17 GMT -5
Wow!! I'd rather they worry about winning games, make the top 25, play well enough to motivate fans to go to the game, those sorts of things. JT3's dad had more if a platform because his teams were better . Let's win some games against decent teams and then worry about taking stands for social justice causes...
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Post by SaxaCD on Dec 11, 2014 1:30:33 GMT -5
www.guhoyas.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/121014aac.htmlJoshua Smith: DSR: Bill Self: As a Hoya alum and the nephew of a former President of Bucknell University who chartered buses to make sure his students (who he knew would be going to DC to protest the Vietnam war) got down and back safely, I applaud the team for their actions. I think the students answered very well -- After reading these quotes, I can't say I disagree with anything the players or coaches said on the matter.
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Post by royski on Dec 11, 2014 4:52:55 GMT -5
If you want to be really cynical, this got positive press on the front page of ESPN and is undoubtedly a net plus for recruiting.
Besides that, its great to see student-athletes take a stand on something they believe in. And frankly, believing in not choking people to death for selling loose cigarettes isn't particularly controversial.
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Post by AltoSaxa on Dec 11, 2014 6:54:09 GMT -5
If you want to be really cynical, this got positive press on the front page of ESPN and is undoubtedly a net plus for recruiting. Besides that, its great to see student-athletes take a stand on something they believe in. And frankly, believing in not choking people to death for selling loose cigarettes isn't particularly controversial. Veritas vos Liberat Unfortunately the media that continues to perpetuate the narrative has no interest in the truth. Loose cigarettes is part of the narrative. Resisting arrest, two prior felonies and the fact that a black female sergeant was on the scene overseeing the events did not order a change in procedure are not part of the narrative. No on is interested in asking questions just drawing conclusions. Opinion is fine provided that it is a means to an end - the truth. As an alumnus I am not in favor of the team, who are representatives of the University, using the game to express opinion.
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