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| Louisiana-Lafayette suspends 4 for explicit anti-Trump video | |
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| dcbl | Nov 12 2016, 07:04 AM Post #1 |
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Louisiana-Lafayette suspends 4 for explicit anti-Trump video Louisiana-Lafayette football coach Mark Hudspeth has suspended four players for their role in a video of players singing a song that says “(Expletive) Donald Trump,” according to Tim Buckley of The Advertiser. |
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| dcbl | Nov 12 2016, 07:05 AM Post #2 |
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Awesome - it's about time that we someone suffer consequences for their inappropriate actions. If more of this happened in America today, we would have less of these ridiculous "protests" and none of the riots. Hope we see more stories with happy endings like this one... |
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| Zon | Nov 12 2016, 07:12 AM Post #3 |
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Yups, that nasty thing called "freedom of speech" has to go. |
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| CautionaryTales | Nov 12 2016, 07:14 AM Post #4 |
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One of the earliest objectives. And we deserve it. |
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Have you paid your internet taxes? | |
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| dcbl | Nov 12 2016, 07:23 AM Post #5 |
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this has been addressed & discussed ad nauseam on these boards you are free to speak and say whatever you want you ARE NOT free to avoid the consequences of your speech and/or behavior
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| CautionaryTales | Nov 12 2016, 07:42 AM Post #6 |
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And the consequences of our actions... they are even more ominous. I welcome those consequences. |
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| Zon | Nov 12 2016, 08:01 AM Post #7 |
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So athletes can't express their political opinions? |
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| thoughtless | Nov 12 2016, 08:16 AM Post #8 |
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I'm a fan of free speech, but if the video was public, and the four were clearly identified as players, and the team has a policy that forbids using the team identification to promote a political agenda and/or using profanity, then the suspension is valid. |
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| dcbl | Nov 12 2016, 08:23 AM Post #9 |
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sure they can, as private citizens as representatives of their team, no so much the suspensions were legit it is also worth noting that their coach had defended them a few days earlier (we'll call that "recruiting") this is a school in Louisiana - schools tend to need donations form wealthy alumni for their athletic and academic programs wealthy alumni in Louisiana tend to land on the political right side of the spectrum the school really didn't have a choice in this situation |
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| Deleted User | Nov 12 2016, 08:37 AM Post #10 |
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Seems at odds with 1st Amendment at a state (gubmint) university. I wonder if the person(s) who recorded and then released it was/were suspended also? I doubt those players had any intention of it being public. |
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| Zon | Nov 12 2016, 08:54 AM Post #11 |
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If this is a commercially based decision, fair enough. What set me off to react in this thread is the sentiment you expressed in the second post of this topic is that all dissent to Trump should be silenced: If more of this happened in America today, we would have less of these ridiculous "protests" and none of the riots. Now, riots are inexcusable. But people have a fundamental right to protest. It's a bit disconcerting that you think that protests should be silenced, just because you disagree with them. |
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| dcbl | Nov 12 2016, 10:01 AM Post #12 |
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I'm sure there were commercial implications in the decision I do not think that dissent to Trump should be silenced; I am just frustrated with the violence of the protests & the property damage Seems to have become the new normal in the United States, leftists don't get what they want & there is hell to pay Protest peacefully - fine Statr breaking windows & endangering the physical safety of those you disagree with - not so much |
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| Member014 | Nov 12 2016, 10:06 AM Post #13 |
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Thank you Coach Mark Hudspeth. I am a very big fan of the Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns. |
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| clone | Nov 12 2016, 10:31 AM Post #14 |
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Only liberals can choose not to go down the road to widespread, systematic violence. | |
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