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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIn defiance of Trump, every player took a knee at MLB return
July 23, 2020
By Bob Brigham
President Donald Trump has long complained about players taking a knee before professional sporting events to protest police brutality.
But as Major League Baseball returned on Thursday night, every single player took a knee.
Link to tweet
Link to tweet
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https://www.rawstory.com/2020/07/in-defiance-of-trump-every-player-took-a-knee-at-mlb-return/
50 Shades Of Blue
(9,999 posts)triron
(22,003 posts)chia
(2,244 posts)Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)krkaufman
(13,435 posts)Game was Nats vs Yankees.
Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)Chump will be throwing out the first pitch. I'm hoping both teams take a knee during the anthem.
CaptYossarian
(6,448 posts)teams to have a Black player.
BTW, what's Tim Tebow doing lately? He was always on one knee for some reason.
Stallion
(6,474 posts)you promised
Mariana
(14,857 posts)The players stood for the anthem.
DonaldsRump
(7,715 posts)He is so detested that all persons of GOODWILL detest him, regardless of party affiliation.
For those that still love Trump, in my universe, you ARE NOT A PERSON OF GOODWILL.
Thanks, Trump, for making the distinction so clear!
Maeve
(42,282 posts)https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2020/07/23/yankees-nationals-mlb-opening-day/?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-high_nats-blog%3Aprime-time%2Fpromo#link-I4VSLI4Z5JGFXCQRONXXUPFZGQ
scarletwoman
(31,893 posts)HotTeaBag
(1,206 posts)Good enough for me.
scarletwoman
(31,893 posts)zipplewrath
(16,646 posts)Suppose we all kneeled prior to the Anthem, to recognize the promises unkept and then stood for the Anthem recognized the potential of the future?
Martin Eden
(12,868 posts)Not quite the same statement (or slap in the face to Trump) if they stood for the anthem.
zentrum
(9,865 posts)Kind of the centrist's way.
Still, it's an important image.
And underscores the fact that Fauci was there and threw out the first ball. The combination, Fauci+Kneeling is quite a message.
Tom Rinaldo
(22,913 posts)The entire point of kneeling during the national anthem originally was to call attention to injustice in America. It wasn't literally about the anthem, it was a means to, in the most powerful way possible, demonstrate that our nation was falling painfully short of our ideals. What those players, and MLB itself, did last night, was an an extremely powerful statement. No one could be unclear of the meaning of what took place on the field last night. They did what they did because Black Lives Matter. The message is what counts, not whether or not it was delivered in the most protest laden manner possible. Baseball is by far the whitest of the top four professional team sports in America, with roots that go back to the Reconstruction era. This was opening day during the pandemic. It was a unanimous statement. That was huge.
malaise
(269,004 posts)Americans have moved on. The end is nigh!
ProfessorGAC
(65,044 posts)They did it to flip him off.
Yeah, I know the stood for the anthem, and PINO is still on "disrespecting the flag", but they did the kneel first, then stood to say " Now what?"
Leghorn21
(13,524 posts)PLAY BALL!!!
Doodley
(9,092 posts)greenjar_01
(6,477 posts)FYI.
scarletwoman
(31,893 posts)ProfessorGAC
(65,044 posts)I think it was orchestrated.
Kneel for the cause, then stand for anthem.
It was a "whatcha gonna do now" move that was the middle finger to those that refused to get the point.
BTW, Mookie Betts DID take a knee during the anthem.
They protested anyway, then by standing, gave them nothing to complain about.
I think the players won, not the wrong side!
Mariana
(14,857 posts)to avoid offending the RWers. And the RWers are very happy about this. They made the anthem into their sacred cow, and now the anthem isn't being "disrespected". They never gave a fuck what the players did at any other time. As far as they're concerned, they've won.
RainCaster
(10,877 posts)Across the NLB, NBA, NFL...
onetexan
(13,041 posts)demigoddess
(6,641 posts)Kitchari
(2,166 posts)Throughout all sports
scarletwoman
(31,893 posts)What they did was a nice gesture, but not really what I would call defiant - they kept to the safe side of symbolic action.
SiliconValley_Dem
(1,656 posts)scarletwoman
(31,893 posts)Lokee11
(235 posts)it was just that - a gesture, I dare say they just do not get it!
No half-steppin'!
FDT
LiberalLovinLug
(14,173 posts)We should be supportive of this action. I know its tempting to demand all or nothing, in this angry time. But take a breath, step back, and see that this is still something. Not nothing. Do folks really think that from now on, players must kneel during the anthem going forward? Not gonna happen.
This is still in support of BLM. That is still in defiance of the fat orange racist. This still gets publicity. Trump will definitely see it as a slap in the face.A rejection of his racist language. And so will Americans in general. And at the same time it cuts the legs out from under the Trump cult giving them no recourse. Yes, it was important that Kaepernick and others kneeled during the anthem in that moment in history, to raise the issue's importance. But IMO this is a good strategy going forward.
scarletwoman
(31,893 posts)warmfeet
(3,321 posts)I would love to take a knee in a more specific location.
I cannot divulge the exact location due to, well, personal concerns from scrornge authorities of diminished cognitive abilities. Whew, skated on that one I think.
Ilsa
(61,695 posts)helpisontheway
(5,008 posts)Politicub
(12,165 posts)cyndensco
(1,697 posts)CatWoman
(79,302 posts)awesome!!!!!
Prof.Higgins
(194 posts)in the Washington National's uniform with his name on the back snd sporting a face mask with the team's logo on it. To top off this historic honor for Fauci, he added to the legendary moment by throwing the ball 5 yards to the left of the catcher, which was jocularly described by the commentary team as a little bit outside. This can be seen on replay after a couple innings into ESPN broadcast, but I expect an MSNBC evening host or two might be playing the clip!
TexasBushwhacker
(20,190 posts)PurgedVoter
(2,218 posts)This has touched me.
sdfernando
(4,935 posts)Doesnt he realize that the more he pushes this the more PATRIOTIC kneeling becomes?
liberalla
(9,248 posts)spanone
(135,838 posts)liberalla
(9,248 posts)I love it!
Mariana
(14,857 posts)They didn't kneel during the anthem.
liberalla
(9,248 posts)Mariana
(14,857 posts)liberalla
(9,248 posts)Hamlette
(15,412 posts)and totally asportual. Way to go guys!
Pisces
(5,599 posts)TexasBushwhacker
(20,190 posts)The Trumptastic wife of my boss wouldn't watch the game because Dr. Fauci was throwing the first pitch (even though he's advised every President since Ronald Reagan), so she missed the mass kneeling.
not_the_one
(2,227 posts)where Bubba Wallace was booed, then the crowd cheered when he crashed?
roscoeroscoe
(1,370 posts)Nc
not_the_one
(2,227 posts)Just 17 laps into the qualifying event, Michael McDowell in the No. 34 Ford appeared to turn Wallace in the No. 43 Chevrolet into the wall, which totally destroyed the car.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)GOOD for them!
We advance.
live love laugh
(13,110 posts)Cha
(297,240 posts)fans? Sorry, I haven't been keeping up with what's been going on?
Mahalo, catbyte The Nationals!
lark
(23,102 posts)Excellent for MLB, I am very proud of them!!
Mariana
(14,857 posts)He doesn't want them to kneel during the anthem, and they didn't. They didn't defy Trump at all. They obeyed him.
FakeNoose
(32,639 posts)Mariana
(14,857 posts)That all Trump and the RW care about, so this made them happy.
Maraya1969
(22,480 posts)tazmaniac
(114 posts)SWBTATTReg
(22,129 posts)yuiyoshida
(41,831 posts)because everyone took a knee.
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)Goosebumps.