NFL pissed-Eminem took knee for Kaepernick

[LetMyPeopleVote]

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[Xolodno]

1. I barely even noticed it.

And thought it was part of the act.

[BlackSkimmer]

75. Same here, I loved the halftime show.

I've always liked Eminem. I just thought that was the ending. I've seen him do it before.

[Mary in S. Carolina]

2. Dang I missed it!!

Good for you Eminem!!!!

[malaise]

80. Ever so subtle but profound

[ancianita]

115. Here ya go!

[Mary in S. Carolina]

121. Wow - this was great!

Thank you for posting. A ton of talent on one stage this is amazing - thank you Pepsi!!!!!!

[Blue Owl]

3. In yo face mothafuckers!

[LetMyPeopleVote]

4. This makes me smile

Link to tweet

[vercetti2021]

5. Yes!!! So much yes!!!

meme of the year?

[JustAnotherGen]

8. Awesome

[bahboo]

18. oh I love this....

[IronLionZion]

39. They're probably too dumb to remember he campaigned for Biden/Harris

and will share some faux outrage on this

[Master_Monstruwacan]

114. Not an Eminem fan, but I'm glad he did it

But I seriously have to wonder why any Black performer would agree to perform for the NFL without demanding Kaepernick's reinstatement as a condition. Same goes for NFL players. They turned their back on him.

[JustAnotherGen]

6. Good

He's authentic, rich - and I'm sure is saying *sue me*. He literally has a song What I Am. They don't know who they are messing with.

[Deuxcents]

7. ✊

[Ace Rothstein]

9. The SB Halftime show was probably the last thing left in his career that he hadn't done.

Now that he's done it, I doubt he cares if the won't let him do it again.

[SmittyWerben]

26. I would not be surprised if Em took this job just to kneel as a statement

of support for black empowerment in the NFL and the US in general.

[Ace Rothstein]

37. You very well may be right.

He's a pretty outspoken guy and doesn't care about upsetting people to make a point. I don't mean any of that in a bad way.

[cannabis_flower]

61. I'm just gonna put this here

May I have your attention, please?
May I have your attention, please?
Will the real Slim Shady please stand up?
I repeat, will the real Slim Shady please stand up?
We're gonna have a problem here
Y'all act like you never seen a white person before
Jaws all on the floor like Pam like Tommy just burst in the door
And started whoopin' her ass worse than before
They first were divorced, throwin' her over furniture (agh!)
It's the return of the "ah, wait, no way, you're kidding
He didn't just say what I think he did, did he?"
And Dr. Dre said, nothing, you idiots!
Dr. Dre's dead, he's locked in my basement (ha ha!)
Feminist women love Eminem
"Chicka, chicka, chicka, Slim Shady, I'm sick of him
Look at him, walkin' around, grabbin' his you-know-what
Flippin' the you-know-who"
"Yeah, but he's so cute though"
Yeah, I probably got a couple of screws up in my head loose
But no worse than what's goin' on in your parents' bedrooms
Sometimes I wanna get on TV and just let loose
But can't, but it's cool for Tom Green to hump a dead moose
"My bum is on your lips, my bum is on your lips"
And if I'm lucky, you might just give it a little kiss
And that's the message that we deliver to little kids
And expect them not to know what a woman's clitoris is
Of course they're gonna know what intercourse is
By the time they hit fourth grade
They've got the Discovery Channel, don't they?
We ain't nothin' but mammals, well, some of us, cannibals
Who cut other people open like cantaloupes
But if we can hump dead animals and antelopes
Then there's no reason that a man and another man can't elope
But if you feel like I feel, I got the antidote
Women, wave your pantyhose, sing the chorus, and it goes
I'm Slim Shady, yes, I'm the real Shady
All you other Slim Shadys are just imitating
So won't the real Slim Shady please stand up
Please stand up, please stand up?
'Cause I'm Slim Shady, yes, I'm the real Shady
All you other Slim Shadys are just imitating
So won't the real Slim Shady please stand up
Please stand up, please stand up?
Will Smith don't gotta cuss in his raps to sell records
Well, I do, so fuck him and fuck you too!
You think I give a damn about a Grammy?
Half of you critics can't even stomach me, let alone stand me
"But Slim, what if you win, wouldn't it be weird?"
Why, so you guys could just lie to get me here?
So you can sit me here next to Britney Spears?
Shit, Christina Aguilera better switch me chairs
So I can sit next to Carson Daly and Fred Durst
And hear 'em argue over who she gave head to first
Little bitch put me on blast on MTV
"Yeah, he's cute, but I think he's married to Kim, hee-hee"
I should download her audio on MP3
And show the whole world how you gave Eminem VD
I'm sick of you little girl and boy groups
All you do is annoy me, so I have been sent here to destroy you
And there's a million of us just like me
Who cuss like me, who just don't give a fuck like me
Who dress like me, walk, talk and act like me
And just might be the next best thing, but not quite me
'Cause I'm Slim Shady, yes, I'm the real Shady
All you other Slim Shadys are just imitating
So won't the real Slim Shady please stand up
Please stand up, please stand up?
'Cause I'm Slim Shady, yes, I'm the real Shady
All you other Slim Shadys are just imitating
So won't the real Slim Shady please stand up
Please stand up, please stand up?
I'm like a head trip to listen to, 'cause I'm only givin' you
Things you joke about with your friends inside your livin' room
The only difference is I got the balls to say it in front of y'all
And I don't gotta be false or sugarcoat it at all
I just get on the mic and spit it
And whether you like to admit it, I just shit it
Better than ninety percent of you rappers out can
Then you wonder, "how can
Kids eat up these albums like Valiums?"
It's funny, 'cause at the rate I'm going, when I'm thirty
I'll be the only person in the nursing home flirting
Pinching nurse's asses when I'm jacking off with Jergens
And I'm jerking, but this whole bag of Viagra isn't working
And every single person is a Slim Shady lurking
He could be working at Burger King, spittin' on your onion rings
Or in the parking lot, circling, screaming, "I don't give a fuck!"
With his windows down and his system up
So will the real Shady please stand up
And put one of those fingers on each hand up?
And be proud to be outta your mind and outta control
And one more time, loud as you can, how does it go?
I'm Slim Shady, yes, I'm the real Shady
All you other Slim Shadys are just imitating
So won't the real Slim Shady please stand up
Please stand up, please stand up?
'Cause I'm Slim Shady, yes, I'm the real Shady
All you other Slim Shadys are just imitating
So won't the real Slim Shady please stand up
Please stand up, please stand up?
'Cause I'm Slim Shady, yes, I'm the real Shady
All you other Slim Shadys are just imitating
So won't the real Slim Shady please stand up
Please stand up, please stand up?
'Cause I'm Slim Shady, yes, I'm the real Shady
All you other Slim Shadys are just imitating
So won't the real Slim Shady please stand up
Please stand up, please stand up?
Ha ha, I guess there's a Slim Shady in all of us
Fuck it, let's all stand up!

[Delphinus]

62. I am old.

I am grateful you posted the video and the words.

[ancianita]

116. Here's my favorite, though I love a lot of his stuff.

This is the one that got the crowd roaring.

[MN2theMax]

10. I missed it

But

[badhair77]

11. I thought it was part of the act in moving to the next performer.

Good for him.

[oldsoftie]

63. Which is what everyone watching thought.

He does this is his shows often

[lame54]

12. How disrespectful...

He should have driven a truck on-stage

Now, that's how you protest

[Traildogbob]

14. He could have

Flown a confederate flag and a Nazi flag. No disrespect with those. But take a knee, awe hell no.

[KS Toronado]

48. Would have loved to see him use his 1st Amendment rights of free speech

To burn a confederate flag and a Nazi flag.
best half time show ever

[Traildogbob]

55. True that!

[Evolve Dammit]

77. Good point

[reACTIONary]

20. +10 nt

[highplainsdem]

13. Good for him! Article from Sports Illustrated's The Spun:

https://thespun.com/more/top-stories/nfl-fans-react-to-eminems-halftime-show-move

[Cha]

15. Ain't that a shame.

[Loki Liesmith]

16. They don't really care.

[Cosmocat]

22. Correct

nm

[CrackityJones75]

58. Right?

[stopdiggin]

17. my first thought too

p*ss off a few fans - BFD - like they're not going to watch NFL next year?

second thought: Let's see - you did sign a big name rap artist for your halftime show right? And you thought - maybe the Dick Van Dyke show? Leave it to Beaver?
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[mitch96]

30. "And you thought - maybe".... Exactally... And if the NFL "warned" him not to do it...

How did they know he was gonna do it?? Did he tell them? Did the NFL tell the performers to
"be nice and don't make waves"?? uff
m

[stopdiggin]

41. little suspicious on that point too.

"And under no circumstances may you engage in any hand gestures or body movements that might be construed as supportive of, or reflecting on, any political or social movement .... "

Uh-huh. Seein' that happening.

[oldsoftie]

64. I think the whole thing is made up.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

19. NFL CYA

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[stopdiggin]

49. Or - could be that they never said any such thing

in the first place. (they apparently watched him do the same thing during rehearsals all week).
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[Cosmocat]

21. NFL isn't "pissed"

He asked, they said no to avoid the blowback from the jackasses.

They don't care that he did it either way.

[lambchopp59]

23. I'm with Kaep

Still doing my part to piss off the religulous right. Right on EM.

[xmas74]

24. I don't think he cares

He made a statement and was able to take a knee. As someone in his age group there are definitely days where being able to do that-and get up-are tricky.

I'm impressed all round.

[GoCubsGo]

25. Tough shit, NFL.

I was only half-watching it, because I was also streaming the Puppy Bowl on my laptop, so I was partly watching that, too. I saw a guy kneeling. Didn't realize it was Eminem, or why he was kneeling, but good for him. They should be happy he didn't perform his hit, "We Hate Trump."

[DBoon]

27. So how will the NFL penalize Eminem?

What can they do about it?

[Deuxcents]

28. They've done the best thing by getting into this discussion

Even our DU posters didn’t recognize it at first but now, we all know. Good job.

[TheProle]

33. No

At best, this discussion is an unnecessary diversion from real things that matter. At worst, it makes people who take the story at face value look gullible and uninformed, eroding the credibility of those who perpetuate it.

[ancianita]

117. Not a damn thing.

Dre bought and brought that whole stage.

[TheProle]

29. Fake news.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/13/sports/football/nfl-eminem-kneel-super-bowl-halftime.html

[USALiberal]

31. That's not correct, they knew he was doing it.....

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/13/sports/football/nfl-eminem-kneel-super-bowl-halftime.html

[AZLD4Candidate]

32. Taking a new is bad. Getting felonies and beating your partner however. . .

And being a dick like Antonio Brown.

Way to pick your battles, NFL.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

34. Here's Eminem's #BidenHarris ad, just to complete the meltdown:

Link to tweet

[Unwind Your Mind]

45. That's a good ad

I had never seen it, thanks for posting

[lookyhereyou]

72. good and beautiful

clear and tasteful

[Budi]

100. K & R Great Ad.

Maybe its not the EM kneel they object to so much as the plug for BIDEN/HARRIS.

Just sayin.

In that case, tough shitties!

It's a perfect Ad.

[leighbythesea2]

35. Gen X

Is trending on twitter.
Which is so rare.
But someone correctly said we are the generation of "ok sure, but imma do what i want". Case in point.
The NFL prob doesn't really care.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

36. Fuck em

And I'm and NFL fan.

[Ferrets are Cool]

38. That makes me happy. Fuck um.

[Sympthsical]

40. Spreading misinformation

It was known he was doing it.

Not the first time this twitter account has spread untrue things.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

42. Do you ever tire of being WRONG?

Link to tweet

[Sympthsical]

46. Maybe check a news source before twitter?

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/02/13/sports/super-bowl-rams-bengals#nfl-eminem-kneel-super-bowl-halftime

[LetMyPeopleVote]

52. You trust the NYT? That is amusing

I cancelled my subscription to the NYT due to the unfair coverage of Hillary Clinton. The NYT and Haberman helped elect TFG

Link to tweet

“The 2-year frenzy over the emails was a political Rorschach test where everyone saw something different in what was ultimately nothing. Call it sexism, Republican depravity, ratings-hungry media, it’s time we acknowledge it was bullshit, and write that into the history books.” – Hillary Clinton

Back in 2016, their reporter Maggie Haberman amplified the Hillary Clinton conspiracy which Trump campaigned on. I and many other conservatives who supported Trump (including others like me who learned this was a mistake) did our best to get this to the masses to say ‘Hillary Clinton was an irresponsible leader and unfit to be President.’ At the time I was spreading this lie, I didn’t know it was a lie, and the fact that the Times writer amplified it, even more, made us believe we were right and this possibly persuaded undecided electoral voters to pick Trump. Little did I know that I would eventually learn that Hillary Clinton was exonerated of any wrongdoing, and I apologized for my part in spreading this lie.,,,,,

Maggy Haberman and the not-so-liberal media the NY Times owe Hillary Clinton a public apology.

We all owe a thank you to Nick Merill for informing all of us about a disservice to the public emanating from the Old Gray Lady when it suddenly began to betray its motto of publishing “all the news that’s fit to print.”

Link to tweet

[Sympthsical]

53. LOL, that subject change, tho

A twitter account with a suspect relationship with the truth or a NYT report with people who saw the rehearsals all week?

Tough choice.

I'm still laughing about the subject change out of the blue when hit with the truth. That was a swing.

[USALiberal]

66. Lol! Lighten the hell up! Nt

[stopdiggin]

69. No. calling out misinformatin

(and sources that frequently promote such) is quite defensible. (and a service to the community) In this case - the story represented in the OP just isn't quite true. So - don't double down when held to account.

[Dr. Strange]

79. ESPN?

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/33285754/nfl-says-was-aware-eminem-kneel-super-bowl-lvi-half-show-stand-way

[Cha]

103. Exactly! NYT is NOT to be

trusted.. trumPushers!

[BlackSkimmer]

73. I think I trust the NYTimes over some rando on Twitter.

Thank you.

[Budi]

101. ROFL. NYTIMES!!! That bastien of truth 😅 also has a Twitter acct

NYTimes Homepage or NYTimes Twitter Page
...hmmm..who ya gonna believe?

[Nixie]

71. Oh, and glad to see this post is just fine.....

Ahem.

[stopdiggin]

43. thanks.

and thanks also for pointing out that there are certain 'sources' - that we should maybe learn to take with a large grain of salt.

[Sympthsical]

47. I think there's a vested interest in the account

Basing my guess on past experience.

That said, this all spread quickly.

I doubt anyone’s hating the publicity, even if it’s drummed up under false pretense.

[Nixie]

68. Isn't that Twitter not on the BS bandwagon?

That must be the real problem.

[bullwinkle428]

78. "NFL denies objections to Eminem" equals "Putin denies plans to invade Ukraine"

[Hav]

81. So what would you need to change your mind

that the story in the OP with zero sources and a cringe meme is not true while the denial of the NFL that they knew what was about to happen by watching the rehearsals and didn't object is so unbelievable for you?
What you wrote seems like a self-fulfilling conspiracy theory where every fact to counter the claim by the official source is part of the conspiracy.

For me, Eminem coming out and saying the NFL objected to it would make me rather believe him and not the NFL. But until that happens, clickbait twitter accounts are surely at the bottom of my list of people I'd trust for anything.

[George II]

85. The fact that they knew he was going to do it doesn't mean they didn't tell him not to...

...and they're not angry that he did.

[Sympthsical]

87. Source for this?

Twitter isn't a source.

So . . . source?

Or is this a

v

[George II]

88. Source for what? This is what I said:

"The fact that they knew he was going to do it doesn't mean they didn't tell him not to...

...and they're not angry that he did."

[Sympthsical]

89. There is no source for the original claim

None. Zero. Zip.

Not a single major media source for it. You'd think it'd be somewhere.

Why do people care whether or not mom and dad are pissed off about something? Some seem awfully invested.

You're making a positive claim. "They are angry." Ok. Prove it. Have a source.

[George II]

97. There are a number of reports on the original claim. Of course if the NFL denies it...

...so everyone believes them.

And I never said anything close to "they are angry".

[Nixie]

90. LOL about Twitter not being a source. One Congressperson

posts almost nothing but Twitter and it’s posted here regularly as a “source.” Remember?

[Sympthsical]

91. Verified direct statements by a person aren't anonymous

But I suspect that is known.

What an odd thing to get attached to.

[Nixie]

92. Aren't there opinions in those "direct statements"?

And what is a “direct statement”? Isn’t that an opinion? Are opinions in Twitter?? Are opinions in Twitter direct statements?? How does this work?

[George II]

104. Wow, I haven't seen that GIF since it was used in a signature! Suddenly my feet are hurting....

....with a "mighty sore toe". Must have injured it when I was visiting the mammal exhibit at the Danbury Zoo.

[Nixie]

110. Yes, it is quite a crutch and catchall. Posting little dancing gifs and old old internet cartoons

seems to some kind of excuse.

It'll be interesting to remember the "signature" bearer of that....

[George II]

105. Deleted - system double posted

[Budi]

98. You seriously follow this twitter acct to accuse such a thing?

You just accused her of being a liar.
How often has this twitter acct spread false things?
Can you give some proof of this accusation?
You know, so the rest of us will be more 'aware'

Enlighten all then, please.
Gee thanks...will wait

[rictofen]

118. DUer Celerity made a detailed post about them

https://upload.democraticunderground.com/100216183774#post19

Or:

https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/occupy-democrats/

https://www.politifact.com/personalities/occupy-democrats/

(Thank you, Celerity)

[Budi]

120. It's on ignore for a good reason.

[TheRealNorth]

44. Had I known...

I would have watched the game.

[Smackdown2019]

50. Ummm entainers BOW when they are done....

DUH! Don't entainers BOW before the audience when they are done with the performance?

[RockRaven]

51. I'm sure the NFL would have preferred he didn't, but I doubt they tried to tell him he couldn't,

because that would only make him more likely to do it anyway, wouldn't it?

It's not like they had any leverage, like withholding payment if he did do it, because they weren't paying him anything.

[Initech]

54. Thank you Eminem!

Trump fans burning their Eminem stuff in 3... 2... 1...

[Cuthbert Allgood]

86. Any Trump supporters still a fan of Eminem

haven't been paying attention anyway.

[SouthBayDem]

119. Just like Reagan mistaking "Born in the USA" for a patriotic song

or Paul Ryan missing the point of Rage Against the Machine songs

[Skittles]

56. thak you Eminem

way cool

[durablend]

57. The Karens are furious I can tell you that much

"Whites were far too unrepresented here. Who do 'those people' think they are?"

Has TFG phoned in his outrage yet?

[twodogsbarking]

59. Better than a knee on the neck; at least to me and other DU folks.

[Withywindle]

60. Not saying Eminem is flawless (lol, far from it) but he's straightforward

Have we all forgotten his anti-Bush song "Mosh" from 2004?

[amuse bouche]

65. The NFL denies this

[whathehell]

67. I do..

The hell with the NFL.

[brooklynite]

70. I don't get my news from memes

There's no evidence that the NFL cared what he did or warned him in the first place.

[BlackSkimmer]

74. It cracks me up how people believe everything on Twitter.

Smh.

[Kingofalldems]

76. Kick this for Trump's secret buddies.

[hippywife]

82. I didn't watch and...

I don't like Eminem (old fogey alert), but what are they gonna do about it? It's not like they pay halftime entertainers.

[Jimbo S]

83. The people he was looking to piss off

most likely changed the channel at the start of the performances. Demographics.

[BobTheSubgenius]

84. Does this not resemble the time Stephen Colbert was booked...

...for the White House Correspondents' Dinner?

[left-of-center2012]

93. NFL not pissed-Eminem took knee

NFL says that's not true, that they were pissed he took a knee:

Responding to media reports that Eminem kneeled in defiance of the football league,
NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy told USA TODAY that such claims are false.

"We watched all elements of the show during multiple rehearsals this week and were aware that Eminem was going to do that," McCarthy said. "A player or coach could have taken a knee and there would have been no repercussions, so there was no reason to tell an artist she or he could not do so."

A representative for Eminem did not respond to USA TODAY's request for comment,
and the rapper has not addressed his gesture on social media.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2022/02/13/eminem-takes-knee-super-bowl-halftime-nfl-colin-kaepernick/6779538001/

[LetMyPeopleVote]

94. Who thinks and knows Colin Kaepernick is awesome?

Link to tweet

[Nixie]

96. Exactly. Now everyone is forgetting about Kaepernick

mostly because they want to diminish a Twitter user who doesn’t spout the approved rhetoric. Now the NFL aren’t biased racists with minority hiring problems. It’s very revealing.

[Hav]

106. Nope,

those who are sceptic about the OP are asking a simple question: What is any source at all for the claim that the NFL prohibited it and is pissed about it?
Why are people so damn gullible and believe everything some random dude on Twitter says? It's pure confirmation bias.

[Nixie]

111. Seriously? Who in the NFL would be dumb enough to do that. Can you imagine the

idiot who would allow themselves to be quoted as saying that?? lol

The Kaepernick story is where this originates, so even if you excuse the NFL over this halftime performance for not having anyone dumb enough to say they oppose civil rights activism that Kaepernick brought in prior years, it doesn't mean it didn't happen. Just a refresher, I found an article about the real problem the NFL has with it: it's bad for business. Isn't it still bad for business? Denying civil rights is also bad for business.

Eminem refused to comment, so that tells you something.

https://www.yahoo.com/video/in-light-of-george-floyds-death-ex-nfl-exec-admits-what-we-knew-all-along-protests-ended-colin-kaepernicks-career-175616379.html

"No, this is a former part of the NFL machine. A man who was in the middle of the communication nexus between the league office and ownership groups during the most turbulent moments of Kaepernick’s ultimate demise as an NFL player.

Lockhart was right in the middle of everything. And now he’s saying that despite years of the NFL insisting this wasn’t about Kaepernick’s financial impact on the league, it turns out that, well, that’s exactly what it was.

“[F]or many owners it always came back to the same thing,” Lockhart wrote. “Signing Kaepernick, they thought, was bad for business. An executive from one team that considered signing Kaepernick told me the team projected losing 20% of their season ticket holders if they did. That was a business risk no team was willing to take, whether the owner was a Trump supporter or a bleeding-heart liberal (yes, those do exist). As bad of an image problem it presented for the league and the game, no owner was willing to put the business at risk over this issue.”"

[Hav]

112. Ok, so the NFL would never come out and say it

yet random Twitter person knows all about it without even referencing an anonymous source? That is all what people are asking. Obviously, it's not unthinkable at all that the NFL could be opposed to that gesture but why is it wrong to demand that a claim is verified?

And Eminem would go against the expressed demands of the NFL but then doesn't dare to comment on it when there's nothing to lose and when he could reinforce the message? Makes sense, I guess...

[Nixie]

113. This is an old established debate and it's about

Kaepernick and the NFLs objection to the kneeling, which Goodell later apologized for. Remember when they were trying to push Trump’s message saying it was unpatriotic and an insult to the flag to kneel? They backed out of the politics of it after the George Floyd protests and when kneeling took over multiple teams and they couldn’t get rid of all of them.

Twitter is only a couple hundred characters, so if the entire backstory is lost on some, oh well. The NFL was on the wrong side of this story, and the Tweet is not wrong in remembering that. It’s disingenuous to demand a single source saying that the NFL hates kneeling for this 2022 halftime. If you or others don’t remember the context of this debate, it doesn’t mean other Twitter readers are uninformed.

Eminem also didn’t say that the NFL was hoping and encouraging him to kneel. So his not commenting still has a message of its own.

[tishaLA]

95. In addition to the NFL's denial, I have a hard time believing

that they'd issue some kind of edict recognizing the fight for racial justice when they're facing a lawsuit from a coach about systemic racism in the league. They may as well just go to the bank and hand over bags of money to Brian Flores.

[left-of-center2012]

99. Where is Colin Kaepernick today ?

[robleb]

102. FAKE NEWS

This is the epitome of fake news.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

107. Republican hypocrisy at its finest!

Link to tweet

[Mr. Ected]

108. Pretty sure the NFL is just relieved it wasn't a nipple slip

I'm still in therapy after that faux pas.

[Martin68]

109. Respect!

[LetMyPeopleVote]

122. From Bette Midler

Link to tweet