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Des Moines Roosevelt baseball team kneels during national anthem ahead of first game of the 2020 season
Des Moines Register ^ | June 15, 2020 | Cody Goodwin

Posted on 06/16/2020 4:34:34 AM PDT by C19fan

Count the Des Moines Roosevelt baseball team among those who want to continue the ongoing national discussion of racial injustice spurred by George Floyd’s death.

All the Roosevelt baseball players kneeled during the national anthem on Monday afternoon ahead of the season-opening game against Ankeny Centennial at Principal Park in Des Moines.

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“Everything not forbidden is compulsory.”. - TH White
1 posted on 06/16/2020 4:34:34 AM PDT by C19fan
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at this point there is no way you cant kneel.

the mob will cancel you, threaten you and your family, your business.

they are drunk with power

November can’t come soon enough


2 posted on 06/16/2020 4:37:26 AM PDT by RummyChick (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYXYfdsaHxg)
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Communists must be elated.
3 posted on 06/16/2020 4:37:28 AM PDT by Vision (Obama corrupted, sought to weaken and fundamentally change America; he didn't plan on being stopped.)
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I hope many,many people stood during the Anthem and then walked out as soon as it was finished.


4 posted on 06/16/2020 4:37:38 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (The Rats Just Can't Get Over The Fact That They Lost A Rigged Election!)
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Media making news again.


5 posted on 06/16/2020 4:38:31 AM PDT by relictele
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Recent products of our school Er indoctrination centers. Any white dope who subscribes to this BLM crap needs be introduced to BLM in Zimbawe for a glimpse into the future he is buying into.


6 posted on 06/16/2020 4:41:40 AM PDT by Mouton (The media is the enemy of the people.)
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at this point there is no way you cant kneel.

It's the left's shibboleth... and they intend it for the same reasons as the original time it was used.

7 posted on 06/16/2020 4:44:36 AM PDT by hecticskeptic
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“ I hope many,many people stood during the Anthem and then walked out as soon as it was finished.”

This is where this stupid revolution started, Roger Goodall, and where it must end

People who don’t walk out are complicit.


8 posted on 06/16/2020 4:48:18 AM PDT by stanne
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MAY YOU BE BLESSED WITH EMPTY STANDS


9 posted on 06/16/2020 5:09:06 AM PDT by GailA ( I AM A TRUMP GIRL)
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What did Ankeny Centennial do?


10 posted on 06/16/2020 5:13:21 AM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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Only parents are allowed to go to games with the Covid rules. I’m sure there will be glowing articles about how brave the players were.


11 posted on 06/16/2020 5:16:23 AM PDT by skams19
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"November can’t come soon enough"

What if the unthinkable happens?

12 posted on 06/16/2020 5:33:48 AM PDT by buckalfa (Remember what the dormouse said. Feed your head. Feed your head.)
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Actually, this is ok. The original kneelers were attention seekers. Once everyone is kneeling, it loses all meaning. In fact, eventually kneeling will be the way to show respect to the flag, and the protesting athletes will the stand to show solidarity. Kind of similar to how #blacklivesmatter is now standard ad-speak, no different than “your mileage may vary”.


13 posted on 06/16/2020 5:34:00 AM PDT by Calvin Cooledge
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Idiots,don’t know what the hell they are doing,monkey see monkey do. Morons


14 posted on 06/16/2020 5:42:54 AM PDT by ballplayer (By)
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I’ve reached the point where I really don’t give a rats ass what these asses do. As a former athlete I refuse to care, or watch, these ingrates disrespect and ungratefulness for our flag, and the sacrifices made, my the millions of men and women who perished in defense of our freedoms. I’m really tired of, and disgusted, by what is happening in our great nation today.


15 posted on 06/16/2020 5:54:12 AM PDT by V V Camp Enari 67-68 (Viet Vet)
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In fact, eventually kneeling will be the way to show respect to the flag

No, the point of the kneeling is that the announcer usually says: "Ladies and gentlemen, please rise for our national anthem". Staying seated or kneeling is an "in your face" refusal to stand and show respect. It is the equivalent of the middle finger to the flag, the country and all those who are standing.

16 posted on 06/16/2020 5:56:16 AM PDT by Sans-Culotte (With every passing day, I am a little bit gladder that Romney lost in 2012.)
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“...the ongoing national discussion of racial injustice spurred by George Floyd’s death.”

The big lie. His death has nothing on tape or picture that says it’s racial. And the knee didn’t kill him, his asthma and the drugs did. The cop didn’t recognize the health emergency, but that doesn’t make it murder. I’ve seen a death from an asthma attack at Fort Lewis, Washington when a kid fell at a basketball game and no one knew what was happening. By the time I got there, he was going through death gasps and I couldn’t get any of my medication into him as his lungs were frozen with CO2. Ambulance made the call on the way to the hospital. My brother died from an asthma attack and no one knowing what to do. It happens. I’ve had over a couple of dozen of events myself and people don’t know how to react.

The actual death of Floyd may have been preventable, but we don’t know how far he was into the event before a problem was indicated. You’d have to have been there and know what to look for. This can be a rapid assent into death, possibly minutes. Seen it and been close to it myself.

rwood


17 posted on 06/16/2020 6:10:45 AM PDT by Redwood71
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Bitches. The nation is filled with ungrateful, idiotic bitches


18 posted on 06/16/2020 6:15:51 AM PDT by vpintheak (Live free, or die!)
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There is no push back against these morons. We need to form groups to fight back, we all know power is in numbers.


19 posted on 06/16/2020 6:23:29 AM PDT by Rappini (Compromise has its place. It's called second.)
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If they were able to get a hold of the flag, they would have undoubtedly burned it.


20 posted on 06/16/2020 6:44:48 AM PDT by mikeandike
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