OT: Brees still doesn't get it

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Over the past few months, his relationship with management has
turned sour. He requested a trade last spring, which never came. He also
has spent most of the offseason rehabilitating from operations to his
left (non-throwing) shoulder, his hand and knee. His recovery left him
unable to fully compete with Blaine Gabbert for months and has him seemingly in a bind to regain his starting job.

He made his preseason debut against the Packers
and played in the second quarter, completing two of six passes for 14
yards. He looked as rusty as you'd expect from someone who has not
played since last November.

Following the game, and without any knowledge of Kaepernick's
non-football behavior, coach Chip Kelly said that there has never been
any discussion about cutting Kaepernick. Rapoport added Saturday that
Kelly will make "football decisions" on Kaepernick, despite the quarterback's comments.

From that link.

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@mblack said:

@savannahskol said:

@greediron said:

Brees was put on the spot and answered with an honest answer about how he felt about the flag and the national anthem.  So that equals racism and hate.  If you don't see hate in those responses, then you are beyond reason.  People that knew him cursing him out, fans that buy his jersey chanting F Brees. 

Whatever, at this point I wouldn't care if the whole NFL just crumbled and became a waste land.  A bunch of uber-privledged men willing to tear it all down.

I was wasting time last night googling "most charitable/philanthropic/generous"  NFL players.  
There were about 10 such lists, spread out over the years from various sites.  

Now of course Brees makes way more than average, and can "afford" to be more generous than the average player.  Brees was on almost every list, usually towards very top. 

I would like to see a list "charity per salary amount", but couldnt find one.  

And what would this prove?

What we already know.  Conservatives are more generous with their money.  Liberals are more generous with everyone else's money. 

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@AGRforever said:

@mblack said:

@savannahskol said:

@greediron said:

Brees was put on the spot and answered with an honest answer about how he felt about the flag and the national anthem.  So that equals racism and hate.  If you don't see hate in those responses, then you are beyond reason.  People that knew him cursing him out, fans that buy his jersey chanting F Brees. 

Whatever, at this point I wouldn't care if the whole NFL just crumbled and became a waste land.  A bunch of uber-privledged men willing to tear it all down.

I was wasting time last night googling "most charitable/philanthropic/generous"  NFL players.  
There were about 10 such lists, spread out over the years from various sites.  

Now of course Brees makes way more than average, and can "afford" to be more generous than the average player.  Brees was on almost every list, usually towards very top. 

I would like to see a list "charity per salary amount", but couldnt find one.  

And what would this prove?

What we already know.  Conservatives are more generous with their money.  Liberals are more generous with everyone else's money. 

So it does not prove anything if we already know right? Clap for yourself

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@mblack said:

@AGRforever said:

@mblack said:

@savannahskol said:

@greediron said:

Brees was put on the spot and answered with an honest answer about how he felt about the flag and the national anthem.  So that equals racism and hate.  If you don't see hate in those responses, then you are beyond reason.  People that knew him cursing him out, fans that buy his jersey chanting F Brees. 

Whatever, at this point I wouldn't care if the whole NFL just crumbled and became a waste land.  A bunch of uber-privledged men willing to tear it all down.

I was wasting time last night googling "most charitable/philanthropic/generous"  NFL players.  
There were about 10 such lists, spread out over the years from various sites.  

Now of course Brees makes way more than average, and can "afford" to be more generous than the average player.  Brees was on almost every list, usually towards very top. 

I would like to see a list "charity per salary amount", but couldnt find one.  

And what would this prove?

What we already know.  Conservatives are more generous with their money.  Liberals are more generous with everyone else's money. 

So it does not prove anything if we already know right? Clap for yourself

https://www.philanthropyroundtable.org/a...generosity
Heavy vs. Light Charitable Giving
by Party Registration

Among
Democrats, Independents, and Republicans alike, almost exactly half of
the group averaged $100-$999 in annual charitable donations at the time
of this 2005 poll. There was virtually no difference among the parties
in the size of that moderate-giving group, so those results were not
included in the graph to the left.
If,
however, you zero in on giving that is heavier or lighter than the
middle range (the bars pictured here), you find that the parties differ a
lot. Democrats and Independents both had many zero-to-very-light givers
(less than $100 for the year), and modest numbers of heavier givers.
Republicans, in comparison, had comparatively few skinflints, and
numerous serious donors—31 percent sharing at least $1,000 with charity,
versus 17 percent among Democrats, and 20 percent among Independents.

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@AGRforever said:

@mblack said:

@AGRforever said:

@mblack said:

@savannahskol said:

@greediron said:

Brees was put on the spot and answered with an honest answer about how he felt about the flag and the national anthem.  So that equals racism and hate.  If you don't see hate in those responses, then you are beyond reason.  People that knew him cursing him out, fans that buy his jersey chanting F Brees. 

Whatever, at this point I wouldn't care if the whole NFL just crumbled and became a waste land.  A bunch of uber-privledged men willing to tear it all down.

I was wasting time last night googling "most charitable/philanthropic/generous"  NFL players.  
There were about 10 such lists, spread out over the years from various sites.  

Now of course Brees makes way more than average, and can "afford" to be more generous than the average player.  Brees was on almost every list, usually towards very top. 

I would like to see a list "charity per salary amount", but couldnt find one.  

And what would this prove?

What we already know.  Conservatives are more generous with their money.  Liberals are more generous with everyone else's money. 

So it does not prove anything if we already know right? Clap for yourself

https://www.philanthropyroundtable.org/a...generosity
Heavy vs. Light Charitable Giving
by Party Registration

Among
Democrats, Independents, and Republicans alike, almost exactly half of
the group averaged $100-$999 in annual charitable donations at the time
of this 2005 poll. There was virtually no difference among the parties
in the size of that moderate-giving group, so those results were not
included in the graph to the left.
If,
however, you zero in on giving that is heavier or lighter than the
middle range (the bars pictured here), you find that the parties differ a
lot. Democrats and Independents both had many zero-to-very-light givers
(less than $100 for the year), and modest numbers of heavier givers.
Republicans, in comparison, had comparatively few skinflints, and
numerous serious donors—31 percent sharing at least $1,000 with charity,
versus 17 percent among Democrats, and 20 percent among Independents.

Sure, they have to repent more for their sins.  

I would like to see what these numbers look like outside of 501 non religious donations.  

I’ll you in on a little secret, most million and billionaires are capitalists (nothing wrong with conscious captalism), highly likelihood of being republican.  They have more money to give as well asmore tax deductions to take advantage of

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@Skodin said:

Sure, they have to repent more for their sins.  

I would like to see what these numbers look like outside of 501 non religious donations.  

I’ll you in on a little secret, most million and billionaires are capitalists (nothing wrong with conscious captalism), highly likelihood of being republican.  They have more money to give as well asmore tax deductions to take advantage of

Bill Gates, Bezos, Zuckerberg, Soros, Buffett, Bloomberg, Oprah,

https://www.aim.org/special-report/left-...ervatives/

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I'm not sure how charitable giving is related to this but, okay.


I just want to add that each time I hear people say they are offended because their ancestors fought for that flag, I wonder if they also see that my black ancestors also fought for that same flag. There was so much controversy when the message was twisted to become 'Kaepernick is disrespecting the military'. He and others have said countless times that it was not an anti-military message.

From Eric Reid:
It baffles me that our protest is still being misconstrued as disrespectful to the country, flag and military personnel. We chose it because it’s exactly the opposite. It has always been my understanding that the brave men and women who fought and died for our country did so to ensure that we could live in a fair and free society, which includes the right to speak out in protest.
It should go without saying that I love my country and I’m proud to be an American. But, to quote James Baldwin, “exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/25/opini...tests.html


Now, if you don't believe Kap's reasons for protest are genuine or valid, then there is no point of discussion really.  But if there is room for thought, this is a great read.

The Awakening of Colin Kaepernick: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/07/sport...tests.html

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https://twitter.com/Cantguardmike/status...2454248454

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@Nichelle said:
I'm not sure how charitable giving is related to this but, okay.


I just want to add that each time I hear people say they are offended because their ancestors fought for that flag, I wonder if they also see that my black ancestors also fought for that same flag. There was so much controversy when the message was twisted to become 'Kaepernick is disrespecting the military'. He and others have said countless times that it was not an anti-military message.

From Eric Reid:
It baffles me that our protest is still being misconstrued as disrespectful to the country, flag and military personnel. We chose it because it’s exactly the opposite. It has always been my understanding that the brave men and women who fought and died for our country did so to ensure that we could live in a fair and free society, which includes the right to speak out in protest.
It should go without saying that I love my country and I’m proud to be an American. But, to quote James Baldwin, “exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/25/opini...tests.html


Now, if you don't believe Kap's reasons for protest are genuine or valid, then there is no point of discussion really.  But if there is room for thought, this is a great read.

The Awakening of Colin Kaepernick: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/07/sport...tests.html

I'll admit that I can get overheated when it comes to politics, but you know what drives me crazy? This "ALL lives matter" thing. To me it's racist as hell, but this guy explains how it's just stupid....

https://twitter.com/15Stephen15/status/1...98720?s=20

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