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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"Inspired and Inspiring": 10-Year-Old Boy Scout Wins Praise After Taking a Knee During Pledge.
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A 10-year-old Boy Scout won the praise of a local mayor as well as online observers Friday when the story of his decision to peacefully protest during the Pledge of Allegiance went viral.
Liam Holmes and his Cub Scout Pack had been invited to recite the pledge at a city council meeting at City Hall in Durham, North Carolina on Monday. After a discussion with his father about professional athletes who have taken a knee in recent years to protest police brutality and the police shootings of unarmed black Americans, Holmes decided to stage his own demonstration.
Liam Holmes and his Cub Scout Pack had been invited to recite the pledge at a city council meeting at City Hall in Durham, North Carolina on Monday. After a discussion with his father about professional athletes who have taken a knee in recent years to protest police brutality and the police shootings of unarmed black Americans, Holmes decided to stage his own demonstration.
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https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/02/08/inspired-and-inspiring-10-year-old-boy-scout-wins-praise-after-taking-knee-during?cd-origin=rss&utm_term=%22Inspired%20and%20Inspiring%22%3A%2010-Year-
Can we expect Trump to attack the 10 year old boy?
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"Inspired and Inspiring": 10-Year-Old Boy Scout Wins Praise After Taking a Knee During Pledge. (Original Post)
guillaumeb
Feb 2019
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Leghorn21
(13,524 posts)1. Liam Holmes:
RESPECT
sheshe2
(83,750 posts)2. He is a beautiful child.
These are the ones we have been waiting for.
sheshe2
(83,750 posts)3. Bravo to this sweet boy.
Thank you.
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)4. The future.
A future that the GOP fears.
They seem to know nothing other than fear. I would feel sorry for there poor pitiful selves, yet I don't.
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)6. Fear is fuel for the GOP.
It used to be fear of the Communists, and Russia, but ever since Russia started funding Trump, and the GOP through the NRA, that fear of Russia is gone and the same old fear of the non-white people has come back.