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Baltimore Ravens Stand for ‘Black National Anthem,’ Most Protest During U.S. Anthem
Breitbart ^ | September 14 2020 | WARNER TODD HUSTON

Posted on 09/14/2020 11:43:16 AM PDT by knighthawk

On Sunday, the Baltimore Ravens all but two players stood during the “black national anthem,” but most either took a knee or sat down as the American national anthem was played.

As the Ravens faced the Cleveland Browns in the season opener, all but two of the Ravens proudly stood as “Life Every Voice and Sing” rang out over the stadium’s public address system. Ahead of the song, the Ravens lined up at the goal line as a show of support.

As the “black national anthem” played, Ravens players Marlon Humphrey and Matthew Judon took a knee, according to Baltimore Sun sports reporter Daniel Oyefusi.

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: anthem; baltimoreravens; blacklivesmatter; blm; negrofootballleague; nfl
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To: knighthawk
This--as other reports of similar antics, is sickening. But the ultimate blame iss not the players, but the NFL bureaucracy, starting with Roger Goodell. With him sanctioning these "protests," many of the players--given the population of the League, are put in an incredibly awkward position, were they to refuse to participate in the Goodell sanctioned activities.

The coming together of obvious factors actually demonstrate the absurd betrayal of the players' actual interests by the NFL bureaucracy! Think about it.

Protesting or speaking out is one thing. What is not appropriate is for players making many millions of dollars, being displayed suggesting their race is not being fairly treated in contemporary America!

The players are being manipulated--made to look ridiculous-- by a media & their sycophants, as pawns in an attempted revolution. It calls to mind the French Revolution & the march on the Bastille led by the King's cousin from his enormous Left Bank palace, while dressed in peasant garb!

If Roger Goodell had a functional brain, he would not allow this farce, which can only make the high salaried participants look like ridiculous hypocrites!

Virtue signalling? No!! An inappropriate betrayal of reason!! Obvious betrayal of trust.

21 posted on 09/14/2020 12:02:14 PM PDT by Ohioan
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To: knighthawk

National = nation = country. They are rejecting their country for another. Fine. They have renounced their American citizenship. There are many fine countries in Africa which would be happy to have them.


22 posted on 09/14/2020 12:08:37 PM PDT by I want the USA back (Blue Lives Matter. If you support the cops,they will prevent black lives from being taken.)
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To: knighthawk

Liberian National Anthem?


23 posted on 09/14/2020 12:11:12 PM PDT by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: knighthawk

(sports interest)...vanished like a fart in the wind.


24 posted on 09/14/2020 12:14:36 PM PDT by RckyRaCoCo (Please Pray For My Brother Ken)
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To: knighthawk

OK. that’s it! Enough of this. I want my white American Anthem. Emiliano Ramierez wants his brown Latino one, Running Bare want’s his red one, and Yoki Ohara wants his yellow one one, there, so now everyone should have one. Will this keep everyone happy? NO! They will want other’s aligned with their social and political views, subject to change when something else they think of comes up. Cov -19 isn’t a problem, what is worse than that is, we are being driven Nucken Futs by the Media! (You can also add in that useless organization they call the UN.)


25 posted on 09/14/2020 12:22:00 PM PDT by Bringbackthedraft ( #ReasonableDemocratsforTrump. Where are you?)
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To: knighthawk

Thhose supporting these players are totally insane and unpatriotic. Definitely not setting an example for their children and grandchildren.


26 posted on 09/14/2020 12:23:40 PM PDT by Maudeen (Get Ready! https://www.patburt.com/)
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To: Bringbackthedraft

You left out a Rainbow Anthem ya bigot.


27 posted on 09/14/2020 12:24:49 PM PDT by The Toll
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To: 2banana

It’s not a fake Kwanzaa anthem. It’s a Christian hymn written a century ago. If they actually read and prayed the lyrics, a lot of players would be truly changed.


28 posted on 09/14/2020 12:25:01 PM PDT by married21 (As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.)
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To: bert
"Being ravens is racist because they celebrate blackness."

I think your suppose to get on your knees and worship the blackness... Like the dog in that commercial. The black woman stops and looks down her nose at the dog and he bows down and takes a knee...

29 posted on 09/14/2020 12:28:48 PM PDT by unread (A REPUBLIC..! If you can keep it....)
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To: married21

God of our weary years, God of our silent tears,
Thou who has brought us thus far on the way;
Thou who hast by Thy might, led us into the light,
Keep us forever in the path, we pray.
Lest our feet stray from the places, our God, where we met Thee,
Lest our hearts, drunk with the wine of the world, we forget Thee.
Shadowed beneath Thy hand, may we forever stand,
True to our God, true to our native land.

.........

Many players have strayed. Others never met God in the first place. Let them sing this final verse of the song, if they dare.


30 posted on 09/14/2020 12:30:59 PM PDT by married21 (As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.)
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To: dfwgator

I’ll second that.


31 posted on 09/14/2020 12:31:57 PM PDT by Eagles6
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To: knighthawk

I’m waiting for one player, any player, to stand for the national anthem, walk out to the middle of the field, lay down his helmet, strip off his jersey and leave it, too, and quit on the spot.

That would send a message.


32 posted on 09/14/2020 12:41:29 PM PDT by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds.)
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To: Ohioan

As I was flipping through the channels, I caught just enough of the game to see the new Rams’ helmet. It doesn’t even look like a ram’s horn anymore.


33 posted on 09/14/2020 12:47:40 PM PDT by rwa265
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To: knighthawk

If I had the patience to have been in attendance at that game, I would have not just turned my back during the playing of the black national anthem, I’d have mooned the world. It would have been well worth getting tossed out. As to any criminal charges...well, that’s art, isn’t it? And if people can “protest” by burning cars and stores, and assaulting people who did nothing wrong to them directly and not be charged with a crime, then a display like that is certainly not a crime.


34 posted on 09/14/2020 12:54:08 PM PDT by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt, The Weapons Shops of Isher)
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To: Agatsu77

What happens during the black national anthem?

You put your left hand over your wallet and you use your right hand to hold up your pants crotch that sags to your knees?

:)


35 posted on 09/14/2020 12:54:41 PM PDT by dp0622 (I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO ABO UT THE COVID GODFATHER, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. YOU CAN ACT LIKE A MAN!)
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To: knighthawk

Black National Anthem?

There is no such thing in the USA.

What anthem? What Nation?


36 posted on 09/14/2020 1:08:42 PM PDT by faucetman (Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts)
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To: knighthawk

this is the kind of bullshit that forced me to stop watching the NFL ...


37 posted on 09/14/2020 1:13:51 PM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: faucetman

Right. They took an OK hymn and turned it political a long time ago. It’s in some of our Baptist hymnals.


38 posted on 09/14/2020 1:29:25 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam (Disappointment is inevitable. Discouragement is a choice.)
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To: Metrobank

“NFL like other sports is dead to me. Owners will rue the day they let politics rule their sport.”

Yup. But I still have college sports to watch...for now.


39 posted on 09/14/2020 1:49:17 PM PDT by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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To: dfwgator

Football, No Mas, Basketball, No Mas.


40 posted on 09/14/2020 2:55:31 PM PDT by cabbieguy ("I suppose it will all make sense when we grow up"can't be counted)
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