Several Mississippi college basketball players kneel during anthem over a nearby Confederacy rally: report

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Several college athletes in Mississippi took a knee on Saturday as “The Star-Spangled Banner” played ahead of their basketball game.

The symbolic action by members of the men’s Ole Miss team came in response to a Confederacy rally unfolding near their arena, according to The Associated Press.

The team was facing off against Georgia, and as the squad lined up near the foul line for the national anthem, six players knelt down, as documented by a photo of the action. Two more players reportedly joined them as the song neared its close.

Not far away, a pair of pro-Confederate groups had staged a march in favor of a Confederate statue in the area, according to WLBT.

Various student groups held counterprotests on campus on Thursday and Friday. On Saturday, one began on the city square and ended at the Confederate monument in the heart of the Ole Miss campus.





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This isn't the place to protest......your job is to play basketball, & if you're good enough, go to the NBA.
 

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Not sure I understand what a Confederate protest has to do with the Star Spangled Banner?
 

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This isn't the place to protest......your job is to play basketball, & if you're good enough, go to the NBA.


You're talking to a proud member of the U.S Army.

We fight for freedom like this.

Damm straight they can protest.

This is America not Korea or China and don't you forget it.
 

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You're talking to a proud member of the U.S Army.

We fight for freedom like this.

Damm straight they can protest.

This is America not Korea or China and don't you forget it.




Why protest against the actual things that give you the right & freedom to protest in the first place??

It's like a dog biting the hand of the guy who feeds him.

Take away the freedom and then you not only don't get the right to protest but you also get punished.

Maybe this country needs to go communist for just one year to get some points across and get things back in order.
 

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Why protest against the actual things that give you the right & freedom to protest in the first place??

It's like a dog biting the hand of the guy who feeds him.

Take away the freedom and then you not only don't get the right to protest but you also get punished.

Maybe this country needs to go communist for just one year to get some points across and get things back in order.


What actual things?

Please tell me you aren't one of those people that incorrectly believe they are protesting against America or something like that?

The protests are against the injustices in America.

The injustices may or may not be exaggerated but that doesn't matter to me.

I'll repeat.This is America not China or Korea.They can and should protest to their heart's content.

As long as it's peaceful I do not know why it bothers people so much.

It seems there's more serious things to worry about in this country.
 

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Why protest against the actual things that give you the right & freedom to protest in the first place??

It's like a dog biting the hand of the guy who feeds him.

Take away the freedom and then you not only don't get the right to protest but you also get punished.

Maybe this country needs to go communist for just one year to get some points across and get things back in order.


If you think the country is in bad shape because of some harmless kids counterprotesting and THAT'S the reason we need to go communist for a year

'to get some points across and get things back in order' then you are oblivious to real issues in America.
 
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It will only get worse.

Blacks are feeling empowered these days. They need to be slapped down and reminded a couple things
 

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