[Chainmail]

Professional football is a business. It is not in any sense important to our country or vital to any national interest. It's not like football players are doing anything important for the defense of our country or anything like it.

The owners and leaders of that business have refused to support our flag and our country itself when some of their players decided to insult our national identity. Instead of firing or disciplining those players, the NFL and the owners went right along with it and we, their audience are supposed to accept it and then keep right on funding them.

Please don't pretend that these pro-NFL posts are patriotic: they aren't. You are just caving in and waving a white flag so you can enjoy your sport viewing - which is all that it is: watching other men exercise for you.

We need to crush any organization that openly attacks our country - and then if football is that important to you, re-start the sport as a patriotic activity after this current set of NFL and team leaders are shut down.

I strongly suspect that none of you have ever served in our services in wartime: you'd likely have a different view of what you're doing.

[rlmorel]

Chainmail, there are a huge number of veterans who have served, and many who are currently serving in combat areas who don’t see it the same way you do.

[OneVike]

I strongly suspect that none of you have ever served in our services in wartime: you'd likely have a different view of what you're doing.

I strongly suggest you rethink this sentence and maybe consider writing an apology comment for this remark.

Some of us come from the mindset that you don't brag about what you did for your country, you just hand off the torch to another generation and continue living for the future, not wallowing in the past.

Many old soldiers learned this growing up, some stumbled upon it, but it is something many modern day former veterans should seriously consider.

What happened there stays there, it's like Vegas, it stays in Vegas. Only a liberal would use another man's service and disrespect him for it by twisting the very honor said veteran deserves.

No man, and I mean NO MAN, has a right to ever question the service of an honorably discharged soldier.

That my FRiend is over the line.

[Impy]

All I will say sir is you can what you want but I’m not waging war over a few d-bags and their stupid kneeling protests.

Nor I do I wish to wage war on fellow freepers, I hate to see the harsh words that have transpired between youself and a fellow veteran. These threads are for fun, nothing more, and I or Bender will continue them as long as we’re allowed. I’m sorry that upsets you, continue your weekly chastisements if you want, you have that right. God bless.