Posted on 11/30/2017 11:31:42 AM PST by AbolishCSEU
Did they lock arms? That’s just as bad.
Actually, kneeling, locking arms, standing there silent and pathetic, or even actually singing with their hands over their hearts, it doesn’t really matter. We KNOW what’s going on. And we have all the evidence we need that players standing now were kneeling weeks ago. The cat is out of the bag.
If you’re a raging alcoholic, and your boss says to stop drinking on the job, unless you get into a program to reevaluate your life and genuinely stop, you’re probably just going to conceal it better. If you’ve bought into the idea that you’re a victim of racism your entire life or you’re an idiot that thinks sticking with your team is more important than respecting your country, then you’re probably not going to change the way you think; you’re just going to conceal it to try to make people forget about it. Too bad. You’ve already been recorded showing your true colors on camera.
Also, I’ve felt for a long time that military tributes are just increasingly used as a kludge to help a company’s marketing or smooth over PR disasters. I don’t buy into it. When we sing the songs of the armed forces and honor all their members at my church around Independence Day, I believe that most people there genuinely respect those people. When I see expensive flyovers and flashy tributes that feel completely empty, I just get annoyed. Maybe if the NFL would commit to donating $100 million to military charities as opposed to “social justice” causes, I’d even start to consider that they might be serious. Never gonna happen.
My dad visited over Thanksgiving.
He is old, and likes his football, so we sat and watched football over several days. I saw more football then than in the last decade, easily.
I analyzed the entire thing and found that I am no longer interested. Too scripted. Too orchestrated. Far too many females involved for absolutely no reason. What’s next, trannies providing color commentary?
It was all too slick, and the social engineering was apparent.
On the other hand, I went to a college game (Rice vs. Army West Point) a while back, and Army scored against Rice 3 times in the first 6 minutes, about. It was fun and they even sold beer.
That's when it's really going to hit the NFL.
Another way to frame it is:
“The NFL is spending $100 million to tell white people they suck and black people they’re aggrieved”.
No more thug ball. The shine is tarnished-damage is done.
I read somewhere that 12 players knelt at various games this past week.
Don’t know about the number locking arms, which I think is worse.
The big test for the NFL comes when 2018 season tickets go on sale.
The fact that the Packers suck without Aaron Rodgers may have something to do with it.
The NFL just agreed to a shakedown of $100 million for the radical black leftist. Nothing is getting better, in fact the NFL just got a lot worse. Idiots...
People get enough politics... they want football to be a break from that sort of thing.
I think I’ve come up with a good analogy of what I reasonably expect during the National Anthem from the players:
Suppose an American team plays in the Olympics and finishes 2nd or 3rd, so they would be on the podium during the ceremonial playing of the winning team’s National Anthem.
Further suppose that the winning team is from a country that most Americans find reprehensible (take your pick). So, what would I expect from the athletes with “U S A” printed on their jerseys during the playing of the reprehensible country’s National Anthem? I would expect them to stand there on their part of the podium politely and respectfully. It’s not a time to make a political statement about the winning team’s country.
For NFL players it’s not a time to be a Democrat or a Republican; it’s not a time to be a Black-American or a White-American; it’s time to be an American and at the very least stand politely and respectfully.
Just saying..........
It’s auto correct.
As a combat vet i take issue with dissing the flag. Writing from a phone on line at the store
Slanderer
I love the flag and all that it means.......
Not sure where you get "Slanderer"...or were you signing off like that?
Ha!!
Ease up on the accusations
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