jwp91
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Post by jwp91 on Nov 8, 2018 9:23:57 GMT -5
Just curious...no answer required. Have you spent more energy objecting to this idea of fans kneeling during a game than you have to objecting to the treatment of people of color by law enforcement? Actually, no. Helped organize a few walk outs/protests at my grad school. It just really irks me when people try to push this stuff on others when it should be their decision (or there’s no point). The only reason to do it here is for the national coverage which I think is selfish. I really enjoy watching gtown basketball as an escape from the daily bickering of politics and would hate to have it be ruined. Great. I just seem to see a lot of people who care about standing for the anthem that don’t give two s about the ideals for which the country stands. |
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Post by kansashoyafan on Nov 8, 2018 9:50:48 GMT -5
Excellent solution, it's legal, and it brings the necessary attention to this issue. I believe it is something this university could get behind. Go for it Hoyas, lead the nation.
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SDHoya
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Post by SDHoya on Nov 8, 2018 11:05:07 GMT -5
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Post by Admin on Nov 8, 2018 11:14:57 GMT -5
This is not specific to basketball but politics, so it's been moved to the Blue & Gray board.
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justsaying
Silver Hoya (over 500 posts)
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Post by justsaying on Nov 8, 2018 12:52:19 GMT -5
"I not sure how wanting someone to be treated fairly or humanely places you on one side or the other of some political theater. As I've previously said wanting to place such a label (politics) on wanting to be treated decently should be a act of an understanding human. Not some label to cater to a given side. Humanely is not politics." (From earlier)
Because someone labels it as politics dose not necessarily make it politics. Expecting the respect of decency is not politics. Wanting to not be bothered is a mechanism to not place yourself in the reality of what is being expressed, either by wanting to internally agree with such treatment warranted or disagreeing with such but maybe not wanting your peers to know your position for you may know theirs already. To say I do not want to be bother by Tamir Rice plight because it may interfere with what I may think of how a freshman is standing in line before a game is bothersome in itself.
There are many veterans that want such expression displayed; yes some that placed themselves in harms way. And some veterans do not. So I have respect for them all.
There are those people that says some other venue would be appropriate; then when you ask those ones they have a hard time naming such venues or even worse once in that venue there are those that will say not here.
Basic point is that this is not a political; wanting the right to live respectfully and rightly in a free country does not make you liberal or conservative but should make you human.
I know the board admin has the right to move threads were necessary and I do not have a problem with that.
But in moving it here again have now categorize this as "Politics" and thus again we give in to that trap.
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