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Re: no taking the knee today

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Type high wrote: Thu Oct 14, 2021 11:36 am
OyinbO wrote: Thu Oct 14, 2021 8:18 am Seven pages and counting, and still some people are claiming the knee has achieved nothing.

Symbolism is important - that's why some people get so wound up by the knee.
It has achieved absolute zero apart from giving the bully boys on the looney left an excuse to press forward with their cancel culture whereby they jump up and down demanding we think their way or not at all
Don’t think like them if you don’t want to. Stick with the ‘not at all’ approach.
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Re: no taking the knee today

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Ronnie Hotdogs wrote: Thu Oct 14, 2021 12:29 pm
Type high wrote: Thu Oct 14, 2021 11:36 am
OyinbO wrote: Thu Oct 14, 2021 8:18 am Seven pages and counting, and still some people are claiming the knee has achieved nothing.

Symbolism is important - that's why some people get so wound up by the knee.
It has achieved absolute zero apart from giving the bully boys on the looney left an excuse to press forward with their cancel culture whereby they jump up and down demanding we think their way or not at all
Don’t think like them if you don’t want to. Stick with the ‘not at all’ approach.
and you have to say that's magnificent :lol:
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Nice of the resident racists to acknowledge the many different minorities who suffer widespread racism. Use that energy online and at matches to further the message. But taking the knee has achieved nothing 🤡
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BiggsyMalone wrote: Thu Oct 14, 2021 1:27 pm Nice of the resident racists to acknowledge the many different minorities who suffer widespread racism. Use that energy online and at matches to further the message. But taking the knee has achieved nothing 🤡
“While the likes of you believe that taking the knee would have prevented the Holocaust we might as well give up”
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PutneyO wrote: Thu Oct 14, 2021 1:37 pm
BiggsyMalone wrote: Thu Oct 14, 2021 1:27 pm Nice of the resident racists to acknowledge the many different minorities who suffer widespread racism. Use that energy online and at matches to further the message. But taking the knee has achieved nothing 🤡
“While the likes of you believe that taking the knee would have prevented the Holocaust we might as well give up”
Who are you quoting?
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We're living in times where intelligent people are silenced so that stupid people won't be offended.
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PutneyO wrote: Thu Oct 14, 2021 2:41 pm We're living in times where intelligent people are silenced so that stupid people won't be offended.
Keep believing that
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Re: no taking the knee today

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BiggsyMalone wrote: Thu Oct 14, 2021 2:46 pm
PutneyO wrote: Thu Oct 14, 2021 2:41 pm We're living in times where intelligent people are silenced so that stupid people won't be offended.
Keep believing that
If the cap fits ;-)
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PutneyO wrote: Thu Oct 14, 2021 2:52 pm
BiggsyMalone wrote: Thu Oct 14, 2021 2:46 pm
PutneyO wrote: Thu Oct 14, 2021 2:41 pm We're living in times where intelligent people are silenced so that stupid people won't be offended.
Keep believing that
If the cap fits ;-)
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Re: no taking the knee today

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PutneyO wrote: Thu Oct 14, 2021 12:27 pm
Ornchurch wrote: Thu Oct 14, 2021 11:58 am
PutneyO wrote: Thu Oct 14, 2021 10:48 am ..... And travellers.

I hope you're noting this down Biggsy.
And English? White English??
Good point Ornchurch, our matchday programme should be written in Patwa
Well it is the language of our youth.
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Ornchurch wrote: Thu Oct 14, 2021 11:58 am
PutneyO wrote: Thu Oct 14, 2021 10:48 am ..... And travellers.

I hope you're noting this down Biggsy.
And English? White English??
I think I missed this at school. What is White English? Pray tell old bean.
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Is it like a full English?
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Any of you lot sit in the TJS stand section A at the back of the stand ?
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One good reaaon to take the knee still.

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tuffers#1 wrote: Thu Oct 14, 2021 10:49 pm Any of you lot sit in the TJS stand section A at the back of the stand ?
I doubt any of them go to games
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BiggsyMalone wrote: Fri Oct 15, 2021 5:43 am
tuffers#1 wrote: Thu Oct 14, 2021 10:49 pm Any of you lot sit in the TJS stand section A at the back of the stand ?
I doubt any of them go to games
I think some do
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PutneyO wrote: Thu Oct 14, 2021 2:41 pm We're living in times where intelligent people are silenced so that stupid people won't be offended.
I saw that saying for the first time a couple of weeks ago. And to a degree it has some merit.

Empty vessels make most noise was a comment teachers used a lot when I was at school. This is an extension of that.
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Re: no taking the knee today

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[##] :clown [##]
Dohnut wrote: Fri Oct 15, 2021 12:09 pm
PutneyO wrote: Thu Oct 14, 2021 2:41 pm We're living in times where intelligent people are silenced so that stupid people won't be offended.
I saw that saying for the first time a couple of weeks ago. And to a degree it has some merit.

Empty vessels make most noise was a comment teachers used a lot when I was at school. This is an extension of that.
Given you are the Boards emptiest vessel I am going to take your word for it.
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Re: no taking the knee today

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Prestige Worldwide wrote: Thu Oct 14, 2021 9:36 am Its like a leftie salute.
I'm sure you know this already, but maybe it bears repeating: Kaepernick started kneeling during the national anthem as a protest against the disproportionate use of police violence (including deadly violence) against black people in America. That's not a left-wing cause.

The reason he kneels (he used to sit down) is that as military veteran told him he considered it to be a respectful form of protest in front of the flag.

So what we have here is a gesture that's supposed to symbolise solidarity in the context of a society in which various forms of racial abuse are still prevalent, and was chosen specifically on the grounds that it's humble/respectful to the point that even a soldier who fought for the flag the guy knelt in front of considered it so.
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Re: no taking the knee today

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Very well said oxo.

PW will still keep Wummimg away though.
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Re: no taking the knee today

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oxo wrote: Fri Oct 15, 2021 2:12 pm
Prestige Worldwide wrote: Thu Oct 14, 2021 9:36 am Its like a leftie salute.
I'm sure you know this already, but maybe it bears repeating: Kaepernick started kneeling during the national anthem as a protest against the disproportionate use of police violence (including deadly violence) against black people in America. That's not a left-wing cause.

The reason he kneels (he used to sit down) is that as military veteran told him he considered it to be a respectful form of protest in front of the flag.

So what we have here is a gesture that's supposed to symbolise solidarity in the context of a society in which various forms of racial abuse are still prevalent, and was chosen specifically on the grounds that it's humble/respectful to the point that even a soldier who fought for the flag the guy knelt in front of considered it so.
We understand that and I can respect people’s right to use the knee as a symbol of what they believe in.

So long as those who feel taking the knee is right for them equally respect those with different opinions and having such opinions does not make them racist.
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Prestige Worldwide, perhaps you meant to say that the taking of the knee has been hijacked by the Left ???
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Re: no taking the knee today

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Max B Gold wrote: Fri Oct 15, 2021 12:13 pm [##] :clown [##]
Dohnut wrote: Fri Oct 15, 2021 12:09 pm
PutneyO wrote: Thu Oct 14, 2021 2:41 pm We're living in times where intelligent people are silenced so that stupid people won't be offended.
I saw that saying for the first time a couple of weeks ago. And to a degree it has some merit.

Empty vessels make most noise was a comment teachers used a lot when I was at school. This is an extension of that.
Given you are the Boards emptiest vessel I am going to take your word for it.
So you know my qualifications, IQ, experiences, etc. etc. Willing to bet they trump yours and by some considerable margin. 😂

You are a clear example of the big-mouthed dim-wit. 😂👏
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Re: no taking the knee today

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Dohnut wrote: Fri Oct 15, 2021 2:55 pm
Max B Gold wrote: Fri Oct 15, 2021 12:13 pm [##] :clown [##]
Dohnut wrote: Fri Oct 15, 2021 12:09 pm

I saw that saying for the first time a couple of weeks ago. And to a degree it has some merit.

Empty vessels make most noise was a comment teachers used a lot when I was at school. This is an extension of that.
Given you are the Boards emptiest vessel I am going to take your word for it.
So you know my qualifications, IQ, experiences, etc. etc. Willing to bet they trump yours and by some considerable margin. 😂

You are a clear example of the big-mouthed dim-wit. 😂👏
Despite all your alleged experience and qualifications we can only go by what you post..... so I can see where Max is coming from tbh.
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