Posted on 06/15/2018 10:27:18 AM PDT by Sean_Anthony
In countries, like my birthplace Cuba, afflicted by communism, taking a knee comes not from the freedom of protest given by your First Amendment Rights, but instead, comes as a last plea to God, just prior to being executed
As you all might have noticed, a recent headline news was the story of President Trump disinviting the NFL’s Philadelphia Eagles from a planned White House celebration of the team’s Super Bowl championship – a celebration which has now become sort of a tradition. Less than 24 hours before the players were expected to arrive in the Rose Garden, Trump made his announcement.
Trump’s decision came amid some Eagle players saying they would skip the ceremony in protest to the president and his rhetoric – a movement which started with former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, as the latter pioneered sitting down and/or taking a knee during the playing of the national anthem. Trump’s righteous decision to uninvite the players, not only was a gallant “first-ever” but, just as well, opened the gates for a flood of disparagement and condemnation from the left in the nation, which, then again, should come as no surprise whatsoever, as, no matter what Trump does, even if he were to make every American wealthy tomorrow, liberal-democrats – a term which to me is synonymous with “Marxists / communists”, would find something off-beam with the man. What else is new, I ask?
How you feel about any president or the police or your mother-in-law is irrelevant.
It is the US Flag and the National Anthem; they are the symbols of the nation.
If you aren’t standing respectively then you’re disrespectful.
If you’re in the locker room, you’re a disrespectful coward.
I ain’t watching your crap.
The nfl lost me two years ago. I will not watch this year again. Letting the scum stay in the locker room is unacceptable.
The NFL will eventually be replaced by another league, if we hold the line.
Is name American Football League available?
That would liberal heads explode. Take a knee, take a hike.
My brain was faster than my fingers on that post.
I agree. That goes for the college teams too. Stay in the locker room, lose your Federal funding.
And yet a goodly number of FReepers support their BS. A couple months from now you will see their threads supporting the Steroid Snowflakes.
“SOME” of the players were not coming. How about all but two were not coming. That fact should be the lead
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