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'I never said I hated the country': Olympian Gwen Berry says she should still compete for Team USA amid calls for her to be removed but doubles down on her criticism of 'disrespectful' Star-Spangled Banner
UK Daily Mail ^ | June 30 2021 | BRIAN STIEGLITZ

Posted on 06/29/2021 11:03:23 PM PDT by knighthawk

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To: Bogey78O

In a way, she’s right, her people are America hating communists with a persecution complex. Ban the bit*h!


41 posted on 06/30/2021 3:00:45 AM PDT by Highest Authority (DemonRats are pure EVIL)
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To: chajin

In context it should be obvious. If one knows what a hireling is, then it’s obvious who the slave is they’re referring to.

The colonists thought of themselves as a freed people. They set themselves apart from men forced to fight and those fighting for mere money. The colonial slaves the Brits took up, weren’t forced to fight. They did so voluntarily. And when they were done, many relocated to the Caribbean where slavery was legal.


42 posted on 06/30/2021 3:01:35 AM PDT by Bogey78O
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To: knighthawk

The Flag STANDS for the country.....you hate the flag, you hate the country!!


43 posted on 06/30/2021 3:03:37 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: knighthawk

are we sure she was not a boy at some time in her life?


44 posted on 06/30/2021 3:08:08 AM PDT by ronniesgal (so I wonder what his FR handle is???? )
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To: knighthawk

She disrespected the athlete that came in first. The anthem was played for her. Ignorant.


45 posted on 06/30/2021 3:11:20 AM PDT by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something)
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To: knighthawk

I think she will throw the next hammer only two feet in protest.


46 posted on 06/30/2021 3:15:55 AM PDT by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something)
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To: knighthawk

Well Gwen, you may have a few fans that agree with you, but you’ll have millions of Americans that can’t stand you and will be rooting for you to lose big.

Way to go.


47 posted on 06/30/2021 3:16:30 AM PDT by Bullish (CNN is what happens when 8th graders run a cable network.)
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To: USFRIENDINVICTORIA

Do you mean ‘pressganged’ or ‘impressed’ into the British Navy? I have always thought the term was pressganged.


48 posted on 06/30/2021 3:29:32 AM PDT by originalbuckeye ('In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act'- George Orwell.)
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To: stanne

She’s a drama queen, attention starved idiot. Probably some numb nuts suggested she do this to gain attention and the brainless mass of cells thought it was a good idea.


49 posted on 06/30/2021 3:35:46 AM PDT by lilypad
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To: lee martell

“I sure wonder who her sponsors are?”

“Berry, who is sponsored by the leftist defund-the-police advocate group Color of Change”


50 posted on 06/30/2021 3:38:58 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam (Faith, not fear. Faith, not faintheartedness.)
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To: The Duke

“Maybe either one works?”

LOL! Definitely.


51 posted on 06/30/2021 3:40:54 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam (Faith, not fear. Faith, not faintheartedness.)
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To: knighthawk
Speaking to the Black News Channel about the backlash the gesture received...

The Black News Channel?! Reporting on urban shootings all day every day?!

52 posted on 06/30/2021 3:48:25 AM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.d)
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To: knighthawk
'I never said that I hated the country. I never said that. All I said was I respect my people enough to not stand for or acknowledge something that disrespects them. I love my people. Point blank, period.'

Her people?! Who the f*** are her people?

53 posted on 06/30/2021 3:49:25 AM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.d)
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To: originalbuckeye

“Impressed” is a bit more formal, but “pressganged” is also acceptable.


54 posted on 06/30/2021 4:00:47 AM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: knighthawk

Note to Berry: Actions speak louder than words.


55 posted on 06/30/2021 4:02:48 AM PDT by mewzilla (Those aren't masks. They're muzzles. )
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To: Rummyfan

The ugly American has been replaced by the ugly Americanx.


56 posted on 06/30/2021 4:06:04 AM PDT by Reeses
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To: colorado tanker

Wonderful analysis. Sure enough, the Marxists are forever trying to destroy America by twisting the meaning of words.


57 posted on 06/30/2021 4:08:27 AM PDT by poconopundit (Hard oak fist in an Irish velvet glove: Kayleigh the Shillelagh we salute your work!)
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To: knighthawk

She doesn’t have to say it!


58 posted on 06/30/2021 4:11:47 AM PDT by Vision (Elections are one day. Reject "Chicago" vote harvesting. Election Reform Now. Obama is an evildoer.)
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To: knighthawk

How does it work that she was give every opportunity to compete if the US is so racist and unequal. I know what and HOW much money it takes to train and compete.

Did her parents provide it? Did some others?

I know athletes of great ability who never had the funds nor the support to reach the finals. They were white.


59 posted on 06/30/2021 4:18:42 AM PDT by OpusatFR
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To: knighthawk

She just hates the blue-eyed white devils IN the country.


60 posted on 06/30/2021 4:24:20 AM PDT by Old Yeller (Whatever doesn’t kill you will make you stronger. Except bears. Bears will definitely kill you.h)
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