I grew up kneeling during mass to show respect for Jesus' sacrifice. Kneeling is what people do before royalty, and in surrender, and in begging for mercy.
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Consuela - Sep 13, 2020 12:02:14 pm PDT #26131 of 30019
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Topic!Cindy - Sep 13, 2020 12:02:58 pm PDT #26132 of 30019
What is even happening?
Right, and proposing marriage. Kneeling is a respectful posture.
Dana - Sep 13, 2020 12:09:04 pm PDT #26133 of 30019
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I am also watching football. Which is going pretty well a the moment. It's weird, because they're piping in (I think) crowd noise, and I keep forgetting that there's no crowd there.
Jesse - Sep 13, 2020 12:10:07 pm PDT #26134 of 30019
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I know this one. It's disrespecting the flag because they say so. They say so, because they're racists, and racists don't like people demonstrating on behalf Black people.
Yeah, that's right. It's just the message that people have a problem with. And by "people" I mean racists.
Dana - Sep 13, 2020 12:26:06 pm PDT #26135 of 30019
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
One of the many, many distressing things that's become clear to me over the past few years is how much white people view Black athletes as a source of entertainment who should just shut up and be entertaining.
Gudanov - Sep 13, 2020 12:26:40 pm PDT #26136 of 30019
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The only controversy over kneeling is tough for me. I see no problem with it at all. It seems like a perfectly benign form of protesting something that seems like a serious and very real issue.
But then I know people who it really bothers (like boycott the NFL bothers) even though they seem like perfectly good people who don't seem racist at all. I don't want to say or even think bad things about them, so there's a lot of cognitive dissonance there. Mostly I feel like they've been poisoned by Fox News and other right-wing media.
Calli - Sep 13, 2020 12:29:01 pm PDT #26137 of 30019
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
It's because it draws attention to the kneeler in a sports context. And if you're paying attention you either have to think about why they're kneeling or find a reason to get pissed off. Unfortunately, far too many people choose option #2.
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Gudanov - Sep 13, 2020 12:29:08 pm PDT #26138 of 30019
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One of the many, many distressing things that's become clear to me over the past few years is how much white people view Black athletes as a source of entertainment who should just shut up and be entertaining.
You see with actors too, regardless of race. Like somehow having a larger platform means you shouldn't have opinions.
Sophia Brooks - Sep 13, 2020 12:36:14 pm PDT #26139 of 30019
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My sister is raising her black grandson. The biggest reason I want to meet them is that he is a musical theatre nerd in rural western New York, which I can half relate to.
Sophia Brooks - Sep 13, 2020 12:38:18 pm PDT #26140 of 30019
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I am wondering if it makes people think of asking for mercy from the flag, which I think is what makes it so powerful. And it makes them angry.