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guillaumeb

(42,641 posts)
Sat Feb 9, 2019, 06:24 PM Feb 2019

"Inspired and Inspiring": 10-Year-Old Boy Scout Wins Praise After Taking a Knee During Pledge.

From the article:

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.


To read more:

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 OP
Liam Holmes: Leghorn21 Feb 2019 #1
He is a beautiful child. sheshe2 Feb 2019 #2
Bravo to this sweet boy. sheshe2 Feb 2019 #3
The future. guillaumeb Feb 2019 #4
Yep. sheshe2 Feb 2019 #5
Fear is fuel for the GOP. guillaumeb Feb 2019 #6

sheshe2

(83,750 posts)
5. Yep.
Sat Feb 9, 2019, 07:17 PM
Feb 2019

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.
Sat Feb 9, 2019, 07:19 PM
Feb 2019

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.

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