Posted on 10/14/2018 4:19:16 PM PDT by 11th_VA
Once again, a protester took action during the national anthem prior to an NFL game, speaking out on a cause important to them and using the anthem and an NFL game as a platform for their views. But this time, the protester wasn’t a player, and he wasn’t speaking out against racial inequality.
During Sunday’s national anthem, an as-yet-unidentified protester raised a “Stop Abortion / Vote Republican” sign and walked across the roof of AT&T Stadium’s field suites just prior to the Dallas Cowboys’ game against the Jacksonville Jaguars.
According to observers on the scene, the protester carried a sign with “Stop Abortion” on one side, and “Vote Republican” on the other. Security officials guided the man back toward the seats, and it did not appear he was asked to leave, according to local reports.
Player protests during the national anthem, which dominated the league most of last season, have dwindled to almost nothing, with most players choosing to focus their efforts on more productive, less provocative efforts. The protests — which were always silent, without signs or movement — drew sharp condemnation from a significant slice of America for being disrespectful, even unpatriotic.
Of course, just like the players, the unnamed protester has the freedom to say whatever he wishes during the anthem ...
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I hope to help it’s not a new trend.
It makes us just like them.
Hell*
Sorry. Autocorrect.
...and the Cowboys were so inspired that they thrashed one of the teams in last year’s AFC Championship Game. They should let him try it again. < /sarc >
Did the cowgirls win? I wasn’t watching
I disagree, that's exactly what we need to do............And it's about damn time.
This is just reverse psychology, trying to turn people against Republicans.
I hope people know better and don’t fall for it.
I don’t care whether the message is conservative, black, white, liberal or whatever. As far as I am concerned, the National Anthem is not the time to demonstrate.
“I hope to help it’s not a new trend.
It makes us just like them.”
Not sure what you are trying to say here:
Looks to me that on one hand you hope to help (indicating approval), but then you seem to lament that doing this only brings us down to their level (indicating disapproval).
Please clarify.
Nothing wrong with protesting for good instead of the evil from the usual suspects.
See my reply to myself #3.
But to your question, I disapprove.
Still not watching. I was an avid fan until the game became a social experiment. When goodell became commissioner, the game is no longer entertaining.
I don’t mind the protest. I mind it DURING the national anthem. It muddies the message.
I went to a Monster Truck event yesterday evening with family members from 2 years of age to older than dirt (that one was me :>)
During the singing of the National Anthem everyone stood patriotically and at the end cheered and clapped.
What a good feeling that was!
Why do Democrats hate unborn babies?
“It makes us just like them.”
I have to agree with Artemis on this one. Let the wacko libs parade around like the fools that they are.
We are better than that.
You have a valid point there.
You would kneel and let the lions eat you to the approvaal of the onlookers in the arena
Bush took the same high road........and where did it get us? Shall we start with the three year Valerie Plame affair? It bears an odd resemblance to Trump and the Russians...........
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