tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901123.post736230066316785824..comments2024-03-15T03:20:38.106-05:00Comments on Brains and Eggs: I sit with Colin KaepernickPDiddiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05851660342241127485noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901123.post-90373727718927152552016-09-01T17:28:25.823-05:002016-09-01T17:28:25.823-05:00Well, my thought is that while the value attached ...Well, my thought is that while the value attached to the flag itself is, indeed, trivial, the fact that so many people do attach so much value, even if it IS trivial ... is precisely what makes flag, or anthem, related, protests non-trivial. (Not that the wingers will listen, but ...)Gadflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13075757287807731373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901123.post-31334820586660609492016-09-01T05:01:13.559-05:002016-09-01T05:01:13.559-05:00He was a better player when he was Chris Jackson.
...He was a better player when he was Chris Jackson.<br /><br />And it's completely trivial (not belittling your experience, but any nationalist outrage connected with the flag is bullshit camoflaged as righteousness).PDiddiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05851660342241127485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901123.post-31322083536390619252016-08-31T22:03:09.929-05:002016-08-31T22:03:09.929-05:00As I note at my "shop," Mahmoud Abdul-Ra...As I note at my "shop," Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf got blamed for this 20 years ago. As a Muslim, had he done it post-9/11, he might have been lynched?<br /><br />And, having once held a Bic lighter to a made-in-China plasticine version of a tricolored object (for which the Democratic presidential candidate once wanted to arrest me), as a contrarian in general, I don't consider it fully trivial. I certainly don't consider the pile-on of NFL-connected lackeys trivial.Gadflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13075757287807731373noreply@blogger.com