I respect Ben Carson, but not in the political arena.
Especially not in this. I don’t see Trump budging on this at all...and he shouldn’t.
I like Ben Carson. He’s a smart, affable man. The last two times I’ve seen him mentioned in the news, he’s been suggesting that people need to calm down and back away from being so eager to give and take offense. That’s hard for me to argue with right now. While I think it’s foolish, this anthem crouch demonstration isn’t on my Top 100 list of things to worry about. The more I’d like it to go away, the more I think a couple of million people should just quietly ignore it and the people staging the gesture. Stop feeding your energy to it. I raised six kids. I’ve noticed that planting one seed of doubt and changing the subject deflates more immaturity than a hundred yells, threats, or swings of the belt.
With all due respect to Dr. Carson, the kneeling is NOT about ending police brutality.
That process is already underway. You will not find one person out there who isn’t shocked and horrified by what happened to George Floyd and determined that it should never happen again in our country. Not one.
And all the symbolism frankly won’t do a damned thing to help that come about.
Plus when you examine all of Colin Kaepernick’s statements over the past few years it’s clear that the kneeling is really about something more sinister than that.