BLM/Police Reform protests

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  1. luftmensch

    luftmensch Member+

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    United States
    May 4, 2006
    Petaluma
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Same here, and my first was Clinton '92. I've voted third party on occasion (though never for president), but never once voted R, and I don't expect that to change.
     
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  2. ceezmad

    ceezmad Member+

    Mar 4, 2010
    Chicago
    Club:
    Chicago Red Stars
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Probably already posted since is from Sunday, but good to see this.

    I am sure it happens a lot.

     
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  3. Kazuma

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    Chelsea
    Jul 30, 2007
    Detroit
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    Chelsea FC
    When I was 16, I was marching in the homecoming parade (yay sports) and remember seeing some GOP voters protest Kerry. At a high school homecoming parade. The town I grew up in was country club Republican but seeing that made me disgusted.

    That, and the GOP's penchant for hypocrisy. Especially on sex.
     
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  4. superdave

    superdave Member+

    Jul 14, 1999
    VB, VA
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    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Anyone have thoughts as to why this has led to marches in foreign nations? I just have a hard time believing people There care that much about this issue. Is it just a general "Trump is a moral monster and the US is rotten, y'all get your shit together" movement? Is it really about George Floyd?

    Well, actually, the leader for each party is elected. It's not based on seniority.
     
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  5. celito

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    Palmeiras
    Brazil
    Feb 28, 2005
    USA
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    Palmeiras Sao Paulo
    Nat'l Team:
    Brazil
    Class warfare.
     
  6. Boandlkramer

    Boandlkramer Member+

    Apr 9, 2009
    Samma Weltmeister!
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    FC Bayern München
    Nat'l Team:
    Germany
    I spoke with my in-laws about this. It’s a universal problem. Especially with France and their colonial ties.
     
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  7. Cascarino's Pizzeria

    Apr 29, 2001
    New Jersey, USA
    Tiger's released a statement

    Tiger Woods is speaking out for the first time since George Floyd’s death, saying his heart goes out to Floyd, his family and everyone who is hurting right now.

    The 44-year-old golfer broke his silence with a statement on his Twitter account Monday night.

    “I have always had the utmost respect for our law enforcement,” Woods said. “They train so diligently to understand how, when and where to use force. This shocking tragedy clearly crossed that line.”

    https://www.espn.com/golf/story?id=29253589&src=desktop
     
  8. xtomx

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    Chicago Fire
    Sep 6, 2001
    Northern Wisconsin, but not far from civilization
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    He came in second on my high school mock vote in 1980. Carter was third.
     
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  9. xtomx

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    Chicago Fire
    Sep 6, 2001
    Northern Wisconsin, but not far from civilization
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    ...leader of the Senate and then run in 8 years.
     
  10. ceezmad

    ceezmad Member+

    Mar 4, 2010
    Chicago
    Club:
    Chicago Red Stars
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    The leader of the party yes, committee chairs while technically are elected do tend to go based on seniority, now there are many committees so Senators do have a chance of leading a committee here and there, So yes he could be elected to the main job or will some day head a committee as some senior members retire (or lose).

    Now while seats are picked based on seniority, a party does not necessary to follow it, so some high leadership position could technically happen. It seems hard based on traditions, but it is not impossible.
     
  11. Bootsy Collins

    Bootsy Collins Player of the Year

    Oct 18, 2004
    Capitol Hill
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    DC United
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    United States
    Power abruptly went out for a chunk of Capitol Hill around where we live about 10 minutes ago.
     
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  12. Bootsy Collins

    Bootsy Collins Player of the Year

    Oct 18, 2004
    Capitol Hill
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    United States
    Power back.
     
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  13. The Jitty Slitter

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    Bayern München
    Germany
    Jul 23, 2004
    Fascist Hellscape
    Club:
    FC Sankt Pauli
    Nat'l Team:
    Belgium
    How do you think Killary controls the media and global banking if not via a secret paramilitary army?
     
  14. Auriaprottu

    Auriaprottu Member+

    Atlanta Damn United
    Apr 1, 2002
    The back of the bus
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    Atlanta
    Nat'l Team:
    --other--
    Tiger's shocked... This is the same gullible mofo who thought he could just ******** random women in cheap motels without paying them enough to keep their mouths shut. That may work for a one-night stand, but if you want to continue a private affair, you have to put them up in nice digs. Jeter paid his dates nicely, and he was single.

    I bet Barkley and MJ weren't shocked. Tiger's father wouldn't have been shocked.
     
  15. Yoshou

    Yoshou Fan of the CCL Champ

    May 12, 2009
    Seattle
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    Seattle Sounders
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Tiger should have stayed quiet...
     
  16. The Jitty Slitter

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    Bayern München
    Germany
    Jul 23, 2004
    Fascist Hellscape
    Club:
    FC Sankt Pauli
    Nat'l Team:
    Belgium
    I think you guys underestimate the extent to which Trump dominates conversation all over the world.
     
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  17. luftmensch

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    Los Angeles Galaxy
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    United States
    I thought his statement seemed a little...tepid.
     
  18. luftmensch

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    May 4, 2006
    Petaluma
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    Los Angeles Galaxy
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Yeah, funny how an impulsive demented ignoramus at the helm of the greatest military machine the world's ever known leads to that.
     
  19. Auriaprottu

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    Atlanta Damn United
    Apr 1, 2002
    The back of the bus
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    Atlanta
    Nat'l Team:
    --other--
    No, it isn't. But the bolded is true, so it's all good.
     
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  20. sitruc

    sitruc Member+

    Jul 25, 2006
    Virginia
    https://twitter.com/AstasiaWill/with_replies
    I never liked her when she took over United's social media accounts coming from the Panthers. She has become worse after going to work for that team. I keep forgetting that I follow her. I assume she made her account private after this backlash. I think I was still following to see the hypocrisy.
    There's not enough in the title of this thread.
     
  21. soccernutter

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    Tottenham Hotspur
    Aug 22, 2001
    Near the mountains.
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    Tottenham Hotspur FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Did anybody else think "File Transfer Protocol?"
     
  22. soccernutter

    soccernutter Moderator
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    Tottenham Hotspur
    Aug 22, 2001
    Near the mountains.
    Club:
    Tottenham Hotspur FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    It depends on the country/location/individual. Some it could be the solidarity in anti-racism. Some it could be anti-police brutality. Some it could be the aforementioned class warfare. Some it could be anti-Individual One. Some it could be anti-US militarism.
     
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  23. soccernutter

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    Tottenham Hotspur
    Aug 22, 2001
    Near the mountains.
    Club:
    Tottenham Hotspur FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Leader of the Senate is the 2nd or 3rd most power position in the US if not the world. It would be hard to give it up once held. Personally, I'd rather have him, a Black man, lead the Senate.
    Black out Tuesday?
    Who is this "you guys" you speak of?
     
  24. charlie15

    charlie15 Member+

    Mar 9, 2000
    Bethesda, Md
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    ******** Tiger and the horse he rode on......Yeah, ******** hum.
     
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  25. charlie15

    charlie15 Member+

    Mar 9, 2000
    Bethesda, Md
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Huh......What?o_O....Did I miss the sarcasm?
     

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