What Exactly Does Disrespecting The Flag At An NFL Game Have To Do With Fighting 'Injustice?'

Townhall.com ^ | May 26, 2018 | John Hawkins

[Liz]

Colin Kaepernick chose protesting the flag at the game because he knew something so incendiary would be extremely
polarizing and would get him attention, good and bad. Other NFL players copied him because they wanted attention.

These guys are confused. Football is a game.... not a political activist meeting.

[blam]

"See: 1968 Olympics.
No nfl for me.

Me too!

Roll Tide

[RedMonqey]

Congress indeed passed a law dealing with decorum during the national anthem. But the etiquette is merely a suggestion, not a legal obligation.

[\/\/ayne]

I think the kneeling phenomenon proves the thought that football players are coddled through college and don't learn much. It's the best proof we can see of that.

They are just too ignorant to know what they are doing. They don't understand how to look up statistics and see that more minorities aren't being killed by police.

[Rummyfan]

There’s more to the perp’s story than that though. He was under house arrest but had recently been released. He had a long history of theft auto - and burglary. PanIcked or not he killed Officer Ciprio. He will be going away for life.

[BobL]

Yea, I hadn’t followed it that close. What you imply is probably right - he was likely running more due to his personal circumstances, than BLM. But I like blaming BLM anyway, since they are definitely responsible for cold-blooded killings of cops.

[IrishBrigade]

‘...it let the inmates run the asylum for way too long.’

race-baiting blacks have hit on the perfect scam...the end game is to have criminality to go unpunished, at least to an extent; they also have seen that no matter the amount of appeasement doled out, it will not be enough to satisfy that end, in fact it will only serve to highlight further inequities and oppression...and whites for some reason exhibit no awareness of limits to the grievances, and will always grant more...like I say, quite the scam...

[IrishBrigade]

‘I predict that pro football will never recover.’

that may be the case as long as high grade football insists on only accepting blacks as players...in my area a few years back, our local school produced a player who amassed eye popping stats, and was an acknowledged home run threat at any time; next town over a black player played half the season, with ‘injuries’ and missed the two big rival games...so who gets the full ride to college, and who gets to walk on...?

[IrishBrigade]

‘They don’t understand how to look up statistics and see that more minorities aren’t being killed by police.’

many of them get that perfectly well; but acknowledging that ruins the scam, and that’s the bigger crime to them...

[Crucial]

Weakening America only encourages injustice.

[Democrats hate too much]

Kaepernick is just a sociopath having fun.

[bert]

no, he is a misguided blackman being paid to cause trouble

[ridesthemiles]

I love the fact that the push for body cameras on all police officers has proven that the perps are the ones who are misbehaving.

They wanted more transparency-—and now there are miles of videos showing the cops are NOT wrong.

The latest one—the BB ‘player’ in Milwaukee makes me laugh.

The cops told him a number of times to take his hands out of his pockets. He didn’t. He got tased. He deserved it.

He does NOT deserve all the favorable publicity Robin Roberts & others are bestowing onto him.

[Rummyfan]

But I like blaming BLM anyway, since they are definitely responsible for cold-blooded killings of cops.

Im happy to blame BLM, and Moseley-Braun deserves some blame here too as she approved his release.

[Kartographer]

Do I think it's voluntary? I would hope it was! I remember starting my public school day with the Pledge of Allegiance and the Lords Prayer, it didn't hurt me, didn't brain wash me or make me a minion to something or someone.

This daily routine did teach me that a civilized society only functions well if it has a shared basic morality and a healthy respect for the work and sacrifices of those who have passed before, efforts that made possible the freedoms we share and enjoy to this day. It instilled a sense of duty that I upon maturity would become responsible to defend and protect that which was given to me for those that followed.

The Bible puts it well: "Render to all what is due them: tax to whom tax is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honor to whom honor." Romans 13:7

So to show a little honor and respect to those that made and make it possible to gather together in peace and safety to share a fine spring, summer or fall day sporting event seems fitting and right and to begrudge it very small and petty.

[\/\/ayne]

‘They don’t understand how to look up statistics and see that more minorities aren’t being killed by police.’

Many of them get that perfectly well; but acknowledging that ruins the scam, and that’s the bigger crime to them...

The age-old question often asked of liberals: "Are you stupid or just lying?"

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

You don’t have to listen to these guys for any length of time to know that they hate their country and hate anything that isn’t black culture. They can be forced by their front-office pander to me all day long, I’m not funding their jobs anymore, end of story.

[Right Wing Assault]

You think we are dealing with rocket scientists here?

Ha, ha! Sometimes the obvious answer is the simplest. I should have got that one.

[Seaplaner]

What does the national anthem have to do with sports?

We are from different planets.

I usually just differ from libertarians when it comes to narcotics legalization, but I had no idea that you disliked patriotic recitations before football games.

BTW, one suspects that Hanoi Jane and Bill Ayers agree with the premise of your question.