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Posted on 07/03/2019 3:23:55 PM PDT by jeb184
Edited on 07/03/2019 3:33:21 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
WASHINGTON, DC: Nike has pulled its Betsy Ross American Flag shoe from the shelves. Why? NFL has-been Colin Kaepernick’s complaining that the Betsy Ross flag a symbol of white supremacy. Nike said they didn’t want to potentially “offend” anybody. Surprise to Nike, they are offending a significant portion of the American public.
But spitting on America, and her freedom has become a way of life in 2019. Not only for Nike and Kaepernick but also Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) and soccer’s Rapino as well.
Democrats attack America and the 4th of July Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez lies about America and Americans. She regularly calls border detention centers ‘concentration camps”. AOC offends the rule of law and the legacy of the Holocaust by trying to portray America as some sort of Nazi police state. Shamelessly lying about women being forced to drink from toilets. All while voting against providing funds to help the very people she is screaming about. Cheering on those who would boycott sending beds to the children.
Only times are changing. American’s are standing up to demand the truth. And AOC is getting some serious push-back to her statements.
Reverend Samuel Rodriguez, a Hispanic pastor who had advised Presidents Trump, Obama, and George W. Bush on immigration reform, saying:
“I read the reports, saw the news clips. I just wanted to see what was actually happening in order to better enable our efforts to find a fair and a just solution to our broken immigration system…” “To my surprise, I saw something drastically different from the stories I’ve been hearing in our national discourse. Even as a veteran of immigration advocacy in the U.S., I was shocked at the misinformation of the crisis at the border…” “We found no soiled diapers, no deplorable conditions and no lack of basic necessities…”
Democrats, candidates and congressional rank and file, are complaining about the 4th of July ceremony on the Mall. How dare the President have tanks and military equipment on display. For using the Fourth of July celebration to remember not only the sacrifices of America’s warriors but also the military dominance. However, this is not unique to President Trump.
Recognizing our military strength, both in the personnel that serves and the tanks and planes that support them is appropriate.
Kaepernick and Nike: Hating America Does Kaepernick or Nike even know what the 4th of July is all about? How can you celebrate the Declaration of Independence and the Revolutionary War without acknowledging the 13 colonies struggle against the greatest power on the Earth at that time?
It is anti-historical while being quasi-hysterical. It simply makes no sense.
Beggin the question of when did Colin Kaepernick become the arbiter of what is patriotic and decent in America? I cannot think of a more divisive figure. First, he is the poster boy for disrespecting our flag, our veterans, and the National Anthem. He single-handedly turns every single sporting event into a symbol of what he decides is wrong with America. Leading us to World Cup soccer.
USA Women’s soccer and Megan Rapinoe: Hating America His legacy continues with the antics of the ‘star’ and team captain of the USA women’s soccer Megan Rapinoe, Rapinoe was told she must stand for the National Anthem. But she stands stock, refusing to respect our anthem.
She is representing America on the world stage and she disrespects our country by figuratively spitting on our national anthem.
Why? Because she hates Trump. Rapinoe should be off the team. And though it may trigger her, she needs to know it is not about her or her feelings. In playing on the World Stage on one of America’s teams, she is representing America. And she has no right to hate America so publicly.
She has single-handedly insulted her country and damaged her sport with her comment that she would not attend a White House ceremony if her team wins the World Cup. No one cares if her team wins. She has ruined any sense of national pride that would come from their success.
Like Kaepernick, her anti-American message resonates too clearly to be distorted.
Those hating America, like Rapinoe do not represent me or my country. Neither does Kaepernick. No wonder the ratings for women’s soccer are. in the toilet. Little wonder there is no interest or pride in their victories for America. Rapinoe is out for herself. Kaepernick is out for himself. They don’t give a damn about America. That is obvious.
Nike coddles China, attacks America Nike is a brutal multinational company that coddles authoritarian regimes and has obviously chosen an anti- American strategy in their marketing. 70% of Nike sales are overseas. They clearly think they can cater to “inner city; attitudes, prop up Kaepernicks’ race hatred toward this country and insult the history of the United States.
Nike was previously criticized for using child labor in sweatshop conditions to produce their shoes. (‘We Blew It’: Nike Admits to Mistakes Over Child Labor)
Nike recently canceled a shoe design at the request of China because it was developed by a pro-democracy activist. However, they have smeared the reputation of Betsy Ross, the colonial flag of the 13 colonies, and the United States, and they don’t care. Many believe the shoe and Kaepernick’s response was a well-planned marketing ploy. (Nike’s brand is beholden to the moral authority of Colin Kaepernick, who now has a weird amount of responsibility for a spokesperson)
Betsy Ross was an American patriot and hero Betsy Ross was an independent woman and a seamstress with her own business. But whether she designed that first flag, or even knew General Washington, is debated.
Other than the say-so of her distant relatives, there is no evidence supporting Ross’ design and creation of the first American flag. However, much circumstantial evidence against her role includes no records of a flag design committee, no evidence that George Washington even knew who Betsy Ross was, and no mention in letters or diaries that have surfaced from the period. Betsy Ross was paid a significant sum by the Pennsylvania State Navy Board to make flags, but there’s no details about what those flags were. – The Betsy Ross Flag: 5 Things You Didn’t Know About This American Icon Regardless of who designed and made the first American flag, it represents the 13 original colonies and the birth of freedom for a new independent Republic. A new form of government based on the principles of freedom and self-determination.
The flag, then and now, is not a symbol of oppression or slavery. It represents the birth of America. Every added star representing a new state in our union. The red and white stripes representing paying homage to the original thirteen colonies. The Betsy Ross flag represents the birth of freedom in America. A small band of colonies fighting off the yoke of oppression from the greatest power on earth. How does that represent white supremacy” Why does Colin Kaepernick and Nike get to tell us which symbols of our past are offensive and which are not?
Is the flag of our founding fathers offensive because they say so?
Of course not.
Nike and Kaepernick: A deliberately offensive and cynical marketing stunt. What Nike and Kaepernick are doing is highly offensive. Intentionally insulting to the United States. Timed for maximum media exposure just days before the 4th of July. A calculated stunt, designed to enrage Americans. Well, it worked.
Obviously, the people Nike seeks to offend are the 50% of Americans not buying into anything Kaepernick has to say.
So, much of America is enraged. Nike and Kaepernick don’t care. Mission accomplished. The image of the USA is smeared around the globe, but Nike gets a massive amount of free advertising. And the Betsy Ross flag shoes, those that made it to the stores, are selling for $2,500 a pair. (Nike Flag Shoes Selling for $2,500 on Secondary Market StockX) How much do you want to bet Kaepernick has at least one pair?
What happened to American Patriotism I’m old enough to remember Armed Forces Day. Especially overseas, while growing up on military bases around the world, on Armed Forces Day you got to see the tanks on an Army base, board ships on a Naval Base, and see fighter jets up close on Air Force bases.
It was a celebration of national pride and the men, and women, who fight to keep our nation free.
Well maybe not according to Democrats, Nike, Kaepernick, AOC, or Rappinoe. Nike’s stunt has gotten them the publicity they wanted. It has also irrevocably branded them as anti-American. Just another multinational conglomerate that cares more about its marketing and sales than the country that made it possible to exist.
If it has to insult America on the 4th of July to make grater marketing point around the world then so be it. That they used Kaepernick as their foil to explain their reasoning just makes it all the more insulting. Nike clearly sees its sales around the world and its relations with China to be a more important consideration. Fine. I haven’t used a Nike product in years, and I certainly never will again. They have probably figured that into the equation.
Kaepernick and Nike: Ungrateful hypocrites As for Kaepernick, he is the most ungrateful $100 million dollars Americans I know of. If he is so concerned with black America you would think he might acknowledge the extent to which Donald Trump has done more for black Americans in two years, than Barack Obama did in eight.
Democrats, like AOC, who object to the 4th of July celebration while they call our border detention facilities concentration camps show exactly what kind of Americans they really are. They hate our country. Hate our President. They are destroying our society with hatred and lies.
It is all ridiculous and dangerously offensive.
Building a better America without Nike and Kaepernick et al. Our progress toward a better society that embraces our values has been steady, hard-fought, and not without controversy. Emancipation for slaves, equality and voting rights for blacks and women. The creation of a great society, and the blessings of the nation we know today. All growth milestones for this young nation.
America isn’t perfect, but it is far more perfect than it has ever been.
It has always been a beacon for the development of the better angels of mankind. Americans are sick of Nike, and Colin Kaepernick and radical members of the Democrat party spitting on America. Spitting on the 4th of July. Desecrating our heritage. Lying about our history.
For one day, for the 4th of July, can’t we all just be Americans for once. Just for one day.
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I don’t understand what they think they’re going to replace America with? What’s their model of the “better country” ?
Some sort of global elite running things, and countries as administrative subdivisions.
These people wish to put the rest of us into concentration camps, make no mistake about it. Their rhetoric is nothing but justification to reintroduce the unconstitutional takeover of the government and introduce what happened to Haiti in 1805 or Nazi Germany in 1933.
Next time, fer sure...
I wear Brooks, a better fit and the most comfortable shoe I've ever owned.
Funny how John and Yoko "imagined" another country they could move to to pay lower taxes.
I fly the Betsy Ross flag every 4th of July. This year isn’t any different.
I can’t help but think that the money Nike is paying this Kaepernick character is an amount that probably covers a great deal (if not the entire total) of what they pay all of their labour to make the shoes to begin with.
"About a quarter of the shoes New Balance sells in America are churned out of the company's five New England factories, an oddity at a time when 98% of the shoes sold in the U.S. are imported. But New Balance also acknowledges that only about 70% of the value of its Made in USA shoes reflects domestic content and labor."The brand I usually buy. They last many miles.
This country freed millions of people, and inspired millions of others about the possibility of freedom. Cracking open a brew, and basking in the glory of Old Glory. And thanking my Creator that he placed me right here, right now.
My wife loves her Brooks tennis shoes.
NB also makes AAAA wide shoes.
I wear their size 12 AAAA for ninety percent of my outdoor activities and walking.
Just ordered some New Balance today.
I’m pretty sure they’re an American brand.
It’s what we got in USAF Basic Training...
It’s amazing to me that Trump has somehow hoodwinked the Dems into protesting Independence Day.
Yeah, who needs Nike anyway?
The 42 times Socialists tried to create a true eternal Communist utopia they, "didn't do it right". 
Next time, fer sure...
The Big Three (formally) will not be carrying Trump’s celebration July 4.
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