Posted on 09/23/2017 7:05:05 PM PDT by jazusamo
Oakland Athletics catcher Bruce Maxwell became the first Major League Baseball player to kneel during the national anthem Saturday, after President Trump criticized athletes for the form of protest.
Photos from the game show Maxwell kneeling with his hand on his heart and facing the American flag during the national anthem. Teammate Mark Canh was seen placing his hand on Maxwell's shoulder.
Maxwell is the son of a U.S. soldier and was born on a military base in Germany.
His decision to kneel follows comments from Trump during a Friday rally in Alabama in which he called on NFL owners to fire any "son of a b----" players on their teams who kneel during the national anthem before games or disrespect the American flag.
Trump told the crowd they should leave in protest if they see a player kneeling during the anthem.
"When people like yourselves turn on television and you see those people taking the knee when they are playing our great national anthem – the only thing you could do better is if you see it, even if it's one player, leave the stadium," Trump said. "I guarantee things will stop."
Trump doubled down on his comments in a pair of tweets Saturday, saying NFL players who protest the flag or anthem "should find something else to do."
Maxwell, earlier in the day, took to Twitter and Instagram to hit the president over the comments.
"Yeah, f--- this guy! Our president speaks of inequality of man because players are protesting the anthem! F--- this man! Seriously on the highest platform for our country expressing that it is OK for there to be division of man and rights!" he wrote on Instagram .
"This now has gone from just a BlackLives Matter topic to just complete inequality of any man or woman that wants to stand for Their rights!" he also tweeted earlier Saturday.
Former 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick first began the controversy last year when he began kneeling during the national anthem before football games to in a statement against racial injustice and police brutality.
Other football players have followed suit, but Maxwell is the first baseball player to kneel during the anthem.
It may be spilling over to college. UNC is not going to the WH either. Said they couldn’t get a date that worked for everyone.
Somebody needs to be outta the Bigs.
Baseball should be played in the daylight and the World Serious needs to be done by Sept. 30th.
Burn them down too
YOU’RE FIRED!
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Fourth story below your breathtaking post.
Sheesh.
Demand Maxwell’s release.
Love that song - a classic.
Another brainless genius heard from. What a worthless Jerkoff.
Fire his ass.
Disrespecting the Country, the fans, and the game that provides him a living.
You want to “protest” the National Anthem, do it on your OWN time and DIME.
Fans should stand and sing the National Anthem EVERYTIME that asshole walks onto the field.
Same goes with the assclowns in the NFL.
Hope you feel better now, search the title I posted.
I never heard of this Maxwell guy and had to go to several websites searching for pictures. I finally found one where he looks to have a good bit of negro in him but still light enough skin tone to indicate maybe a Caucasian momma. I’m sure some people are proud of him. Being a catcher, he sure has enough experience kneeling.
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| "I am an American fighting man. I serve in the forces guarding our country and our way of life. I am prepared to give my life in their defense." |
MLB has until midnight to fix this or I am out. (Sorry, Rangers. It’s been fun.)
If I wanted to watch retards on TV, I would watch MSNBC.
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NFL
NBA
MLB...
Let’s Go People!
Still have more sports ...
Lots of grown men in stretchy pants
Need to “School” the Goose
That lays the Golden Eggs!
Maybe they’ll have more respect for the flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
I gave up on almost all sports (professional and otherwise) years and years ago - at least in part because you could see this coming as it was becoming more politicized.
Bread and circuses, bread and circuses.
I don’t really care that he comes from a military family; so do many here who were in the military itself. Why should his family meet?
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