Posted on 09/23/2017 12:22:04 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
At a political rally in Alabama, President Donald Trump encouraged American football fans to “leave the stadium” when they see “those people” taking a knee during the playing of the national anthem. The predominately white crowd chanted “U-S-A” in affirmation, and Trump urged NFL owners to “Get that son of a bitch off the field” for “disrespecting” the flag.
Again, we see that President Trump is stoking white prejudice and fears to position himself as the heavy-handed authoritarian who can reclaim order - even in the NFL. Trump threw down the gauntlet and the NFL needs to decide: is it on the side of their players and employees or are they selling a fantasy in football about equality and progress in America?
What Trump and many NFL owners want fans to believe is that the players, many of whom are Black, are not impacted by the hostile political and racial climate of the United States. Three weeks into the football season and the NFL is still silent about the blacklisting of Colin Kaepernick for his protest rather than his play. This silence is deafening at a time when NFL players are requesting a month dedicated to activism and social justice.....
(Excerpt) Read more at nbcnews.com ...
If we really hated the NFL and blacks we couldn’t have done a more effective number on them that they’re doing to themselves.
I don’t hate either...I just want both of them to fade away.
Black millionaires living lives people only dream of lecturing struggling working class whites about white privilege and how blacks get a raw deal in our society.
Dignity of its players? Seriously, DISRESPECTING OUR FLAG is now about “Dignity” are they freakin SERIOUS!!
It’s about the Red White and Blue.
Not the Black or White.
I saw him play the NO Saints last year. The Saints had a terrible defense (I'm a Saints fan).
From what I remember of that game, Colin was like 1-9 passing with a QB rating of about 45.
You fire people are incompetent.
NBC = Numb-Skull Broadcast System, or rather Nothing-but-Numb-skulls Broadcast System.
They don’t have to stand, we don’t have to watch them.
Kaepernick went way beyond civil disobedience. He endorsed cop killers and Fidel Castro.
It’s about time the NFL and NBA reflected the ethnic proportions of this country.
There needs to be a quota system (just like in government hiring and college admissions).
Blacks should get no more than 12% of the team player slots.
There is nothing dignified about these millionaire idiots trying to paint themselves as victims.
As if kneeling is not explicitly racial.
“Again, we see that President Trump is stoking white prejudice ...”
Where in the H did they get that? His comments pertained to the US flag and the disrespectors thereof.
Another “teacher”.....
http://www.cla.temple.edu/cj/faculty/nicole-gonzalez-van-cleve/
The authoress of this bilge.
Where have you been? The U.S. flag is a symbol of white privilege.
NBC claim that we are living in a “hostile political and racial climate of the United States” is an outrageous lie.
Racism is the dominant activity of the left. When they sit down and shut up and start living decent, respectful lives all of this “racism” will go away.
Will Americans Stand Up to the NBC and Its Professional Liars, Race Baiters and Degenerates?
Winning teams need to stop going to the white house. Clearly they don’t know how to behave. So let it go. This tradition has run its course.
The thug culture was the major cause of his change of heart. Once the old canard that "sports build character" was shown to be a crock of crap, the only pro sports he'd watch were tennis and golf. Were he still alive, I would be getting a call today from mom telling me "your father is madder than hops" and is generally roasting Roger Goodell and the NFL players with his wrong-side-of-the-tracks/USAF NCO profanity collection.
Mr. niteowl77
Now there’s dignity in insulting the customers who make it possible for you to be paid well?
Now there’s dignity in insulting the customers who make it possible for you to be paid well?
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