These national anthem protestors just don’t get it at all. There are times when you HAVE to drop politics. For example, when the US sends troops overseas for a significant conflict. The goal of every citizen should be to support the troops and get them back home successfully. Disagreed with the need to send troops on a few occasions, but once they were sent and American life’s were on the line, I stopped the politics and got behind the effort.
“These national anthem protestors just don’t get it at all.”
No, they don’t, they don’t have a clue, and were you to shove a microphone in any one of their faces and ask, “What exactly are you protesting, can you provide evidence of what you assert, and what good has come of your protest?”, there’d be a lot of “Umm” and dead air...
All I see is my father, who passed away in 2002, served 4 years in the USAF as a fighter pilot and 27 years in the MDANG, retiring as a full bird...and his father who was a Captain in the Army Air Corp in WWII flying reconnaissance in the South Pacific...and my great-great grandfather who served in the 91st PA Volunteers, mustered in before the Battle of Manassas, was shot through the neck at two days before the battle of Spotsylvania, recovered, was at Appomattox and mustered out in July 1865...and my son now who serves in the MDANG as a 35G...
They don’t get it, they say they are protesting, “Inequality”, no, they are putting their middle fingers right up in the faces of those that pay their way...many have fought and died for their right to protest, and I support their right to protest, but just because you have a First Amendment right to speech does not mean that speech is not without consequence...have a good day, NFL, best of luck to you...