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Prairie Gates

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8. The kneeling thing was performative and silly...the firing of the kneelers is performative and silly

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Fri Sep 26, 2025, 10:53 PM

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Sorry, but the whole "taking a knee" thing was always, always goofy. The picture is embarrassing.

Firing the people involved in this goofy performative display is vindictive and assholistic.

Everybody is wrong here.

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