The racists will boycott until we stop kneeling. So now the owners have double the reason to become our allies so we don't have 2 kneel.
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Replying to @csilverandgold
the owners gave millions of dollars to the Trump campaign. they will be terrible allies
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Replying to @sammysitstill
Shrug. Sometimes ppl that need something from you are better allies than ppl that "love" you.
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Replying to @csilverandgold @sammysitstill
If they're getting pressure from both ends, we can extract meaningful concessions in order to end the protest. I prefer leverage to love.
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Replying to @csilverandgold @sammysitstill
Idk what the concessions look like bc we're not protesting the NFL directly? But it's asymmetric in our favor, because the protest...
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Replying to @csilverandgold @sammysitstill
Is highly visible, whereas the concessions we'd extract, even if it were, say, cancelling security contracts with racist PDs...
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Replying to @csilverandgold
we can't extract concessions if the protest has been derailed from Police Brutality --> Anthem, Flag, Donald Trump
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Replying to @sammysitstill
Yes we absolutely can. As long as it's police brutality in the minds of the kneeling players, doesn't matter what media narrative is.
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Replying to @csilverandgold @sammysitstill
Media can't stop the protest. Only the players can.
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And the media SURE can't stop the boycott, for those boycotting.
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