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.
I would not be surprised if he gets decked with a lose baseball every time he goes ouy to bat. I bet he gets hit on the knees.
Amen, my FRiend.
It’s getting way out of control.
Hopefully MLB will handle this differently than Goodell and the NFL, not that give a whit.
There’s hockey.
There’s curling.
How about yodeling competitions?
Same story, perhaps, but two different sources. What’s the Big Deal?
It’s Saturday———give them until midnight Monday.
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Auto racing! No one would notice, if only losers disrespected the flag.
Give it a rest...4 posts before his? That means tjey were both working in posting it at the same time.
Many good comments on the other thread as well.
They really should be combined. Doesn’t matter which title or whose posting.
Why do you care? How does it affect you?
Rugby!
NASCAR
Lighten up Lightman
The FR community would be better served by having all the comments on a single thread rather than spread across multiples.
Duplications many hours or days apart happen and are understandable...
I always thought that inferiors kneeled before their lord or master, willingly or unwillingly. Not sure these morons really chose the best way to convey their message.
Maybe we could persuade them to go all the way and prostrate themselves.
In case you didn’t bother to notice, the other article was written by a different commentator and in a different source. So calm down.
Free Maxwell’s Equations...
America needs you, Rick Monday.
Can these idiots even speak ENGLISH..geez Ive seen illegal aliens speak more proper English than these thugs born in the US
Well aren’t you a stupid dumb ass. Different article different source. But sheesh you think you know everything.
Why do people like you even bother to respond ? Are you trying out for the admin monitor position? You failed so miserably that I don’t know what keeps you from nibbling on the cold blued steel of your mommies pistol. Next time check with mommy before you sheesh IDK make a dumb ass of yourself.
Another article about the suicidal culture war we are in sheesh it might matter to someone other than your thread patrolling self.
It doesn’t look like a duplicate. Different publications, different authors,...
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