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In your thorough reading of the article, did you pick up on the fact

that another girl also didn't kneel but was not singled out or retaliated against. Did that cause you to think that MAYBE there are other factors at play? Or no, wait, let me guess, you're buying the explanation that the other girls parents called their daughter's division 1 soccer coach and "warned him not to retaliate". LOL.

Look, I'm not saying there's nothing at all here, but I've dealt with enough malcontents in my career to know that complaints such as this are rarely as straightforward as presented by the complainer. Hence my skepticism. Feel free to eat it up though. I don't really care much one way or the other. Just as I didn't care that much when Colin Kaepernick claimed he was being unfairly retaliated against. You didn't seem to care then either. Why the change of heart?

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Posted: 04/19/2021 at 5:25PM

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