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@pgjackson Can you link me a story where the DNC supported that decision? I can't find anything that says that?
Let's see, some people can't figure out why some black people would be less than excited to celebrate a symbol of our country dating back to when their ancestors were still legal slaves...Hrmmm.
This ^ and this V
wrap up this strain for me and i suspect others - or ought to. It is pretty convenient to be offended by phantom slights, and serves the demagogues' purpose.
I short, why worry about the non-use of a flag on a shoe, when it shouldn't be on a shoe in the first place? And who cares what the reason is a company uses to comply with the law? Get a hobby, folks, or help the homeless, etc.
I'm hungry for Ringo news, baby! I'm offended that there isn't a bevy of reporters tracking him, pardon the expression, 24-7.
Under Armor backed out of their deal to replace Majestic to supply MLB uniforms in 2020 and Nike was chosen.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/demetriusbell/2018/05/24/nike-2020-major-league-baseball-mlb-under-armour
As a veteran I totally agree with you. However, that doesn't always play out on this forum. Go back and look at the up/down votes (not that they really matter in the big scheme of life). But look at the the posts that talk about patriotism, or those that that say we should drop them due to thier stance and then compare it to the ones that say otherwise. Heck even "hypothetical" posts get more up votes. Again, I know up/down votes are irrelevant, but they show you the way people think. Why do you think they block you from seeing who down voted a post.
I can see who down votes a post.......Hmmmm. 🙄
Im all for patriotism. Blind patriotism I can’t really get behind. You don’t like Nike Bc they have Kap on the payroll, you’ll get no beef from me. I’m just wondering (at that point) which shoe company you do support and why. What do they stand for? I’m against hypocrisy and I think we can all agree that belongs to both red folks and blue folks
Honestly, I didnt mean to imply that the mods had anything to do with it. I'm assuming that it was done to avoid the standard "why did you down vote me" arguement.
I can honestly say I dont directly support any shoe company. Not picking a fight, but I would take blind patriotism over no patriotism every day of the week. But I can understand your point.
Side note: now I have to go back and start DVing all of @ghostofuga1 's posts to see if he really can see who does it. 😎
Apparently (and I wasn’t aware of this) racist hate groups like the KKK use the colonial 13 star flag. Kap didn’t want to be associated with it and suggested Nike shelve the shoe.
So they did. A bit reactionary, but I think we can all agree we don’t want to be associated with the KKK and Nazis right? If that isn’t common ground for all of us, then I don’t know what to say.
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This claim by Kap is patently false, and he knows it. There’s no use of the Betsy Ross colonial flag by white supremacist or Nazi groups at all. It’s a lie. This is a ridiculous and a baseless claim. Nazis use the colors red & black. Are we to change our school colors? His real problem with it is that some of our founding fathers had slaves. So, we can just expect the American flag, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and anyone else associated with the revolution will be targeted in due time. Down vote me all you want, but Kap is as divisive a figure as there is. He wasn’t ever protesting police violence, he was protesting the American flag, and this proves it. As a historian, this irks me.
Just Google if the flag is racist. The Anti-Defamation League and NAACP both say no. This Chicago Tribune, not exactly a conservative stalwart, article affirms.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-nike-kaepernick-betsy-ross-flag-20190703-53bqcmqhkzh7dad5dgvpcopkqi-53bqcmqhkzh7dad5dgvpcopkqi-story.html%3foutputType=amp
Having said that, it’s obvious the guy hasn’t thought out his strategy whenever he opens his mouth.
Regarding the use of the flags, I’ll do more research. Nazis clearly use red and black, but the KKK use many flags
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.azcentral.com/amp/1629660001
If you wanna read. So like I said earlier, Nike made a reactionary decision. You can agree with it or not, but UGA isn’t switching to Under Armour...
UA makes me think of Auburn 🌽🌽yuk!,