The Real Reason Behind Kaepernick Outrage

Unsealed.org ^ | 9/10/16 | Dolley

[amessenger4god]

Why are people so angry over an NFL player that refused to stand for the National Anthem?    Hundreds of thousands of words have been written on the subject and I won't rehash any of them, but I'd ask you to consider the reason people are outraged and why it matters.

Sports fan is a shortened form of the original term, sports fanatic.  Fanatic is defined as a person filled with excessive and single-minded zeal (great energy or enthusiasm in pursuit of a cause or an objective), especially for an extreme religious or political cause.  A religion can be defined as a pursuit or interest to which someone ascribes supreme importance.

We all know these folks, the ones that come to work on Monday depressed because their team lost.  Sports fans across the world spend their time, talent, and money supporting "their team".  They raise their hands and sing praises and cheers in loud voices.  There is nothing wrong with healthy spectator sports, time with friends, and having a good time at an event.  In a balanced life and mind, the wholesome good time of competition and sport is a gift from God but there is another side.

Sports Devotion

As society has moved away from the acknowledgement of the Most High, other things have moved into His place.  Matthew 6:21 For where your treasure is so will your heart be.  How many follow every play, watch every interview, devote entire weekends to tailgate and game day, how many stand and cheer and pour their entire attention into a game?  Have sports become too important in their lives?  Do they neglect their family and other important activities during "the season"?

The Sports Fan Couch Potato

Before my husband was saved, I called myself a "Football Widow".  I had no idea how many games were played Saturday through Monday.  If we were not watching a game, we were watching sports TV, and I would be alone every home game.  He'd leave in the morning and return late in the evening chilled to the bone and reeking of stale beer.  He was looking for something to fill the hole, looking for something to be devoted to, and in the end, sports were better than drugs, spending, or women.

Sports Worship

Sports has become an idol, in the sense that fans are "devoted" and "zealous".  We are warned against this in Scripture:

1 John 5:21 Little children, keep yourselves from idols.

1 Corinthians 10:14 ESV Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry.

Judges 10:14 ESV Go and cry out to the gods whom you have chosen; let them save you in the time of your distress.

Extreme Weather Fans

So if sports are a god, then people expect them to behave like a god.  They should be honorable and fair and their players should be righteous and good.  As such, when a god does not behave people react with extreme indignation.

FIFA Bribery Corruption

The lesser gods of players are not forgiven for their sins, Kaepernick is just the latest.  Micheal Vick, Tom Brady, Ray Lewis, Lance Armstrong, Joe Paterno, OJ Simpson all have exhibited personal behavior unbecoming to a god and the public has been brutal in its condemnation.

Disgraced Swimmer

This is the real reason behind the Kaepernick uproar; not a spoiled, rich athlete who should know better, simply an object of worship who is not worthy of the devotion.  In the end, only one is worthy, the Savior of the world, Jesus Christ.

[chesley]

Or it could be just because he disrespected the entire country, his team, his fans, and frankly, his unworthy self.

Disrespect breeds anger.

[EarlT357]

Maybe its because nothing that low life idot said was an original thought of his.

Rather he did what he did, to gain favor with his BLM/Muslim fiancé! He did it for PUSSY! No two ways about it!

[Mr. Jeeves]

The couch potato picture is exactly how the Clinton camp views Trump voters. :)

[BenLurkin]

Packers fans are probably the best in all of pro sports.

[Lurkinanloomin]

They get paid millions of US dollars to play a game.

The league they play in is the National Football League.

The nation is the United States of America.

Love it or leave it

[I want the USA back]

He is a member of two of the most highly privileged government-certified groups in this country, and yet he complains. He has power over any White Christian. Power to claim victim status at any moment, and to get money from the “White privilege” group.

He can claim moral superiority over anyone not in his victim groups. Normally that has White Christians bowing down, beating their breasts and begging forgiveness - but this comes from someone who makes more money in a month than most make in 10 years, and it comes after 8 years of constant harassment of Whites by Blacks, after years of the knockout “game” played on old Whites, after dozens of cops killed in the name of the BLM crowd without a word from the enabler-in-chief.

Maybe most people have had enough and are telling this guy to pound sand.

[snappahead]

100% correct

[Vince Ferrer]

Sports is a “safe space” from politics and political correctness.
When political correctness intrudes on sports, it is always rejected.

[butlerweave]

No National Anthem then they should get no tax payer support ,build your own stadiums

[Lorianne]

Now he did criticize Clinton and imply she should have been indicted. And he did criticize Obama, saying he hasn’t done anything for black people. And Trump of course. The media did not report much on those comments.

But he did have a valid point about un-equal justice and the lack of the rule of law. Not reason enough in my mind to not stand for the anthem, but that’s his decision.

I wish they would publicize more of what he said. It wasn’t just about BLM

[Lorianne]

They should not get that anyway ... but it is my understanding it is up to local voters whether they want to tax themselves to pay for stadiums. They can vote to tax themselves if they want, although I would vote against it if I lived in any city considering such a thing.

Is there any Federal money going to the NFL? Or any other sports team? I wouldn’t agree with that.

[Mustangman]

I have friends who knew Kapernick back in high school. He was a privileged kid. He was never considered to be that bright by his friends...always bouncing around....but of course he was a good football player. He has no clue about how great life is in this country, how wonderful our police are, and what a tool he is for letting himself be used by the political left. I’m from the inner city myself (Oakland). Trust me. We don’t want less police. We want more police. A guy from Turlock CA wouldn’t know this though.

[dhs12345]

Shut up and play. After all, some of us are paying thousands dollars to watch a game and don’t want to hear some prima dona whine about whatever political issue is in the news.

[spel_grammer_an_punct_polise]

Maybe, just maybe it is this reason:

[Sooner Gal]

I don’t. He’s gotten far too much publicity as it is.

[cloudmountain]

I have friends who knew Kapernick back in high school. He was a privileged kid. He was never considered to be that bright by his friends...always bouncing around....but of course he was a good football player. He has no clue about how great life is in this country, how wonderful our police are, and what a tool he is for letting himself be used by the political left. I’m from the inner city myself (Oakland). Trust me. We don’t want less police. We want more police. A guy from Turlock CA wouldn’t know this though.

I think that he should be shipped off to ANY third world country and spend a month, no, a week, no, a day, no AN HOUR there and see how soon he would be screamin', cryin', pleadin', lying on the floor, drumming his heels, BEGGING to get back to the nasty ole USA.

Major league WHINER, big baby, immature ahole, etc. Pick one.

[cloudmountain]

OUTSTANDING graphic and comment.

[cloudmountain]

MY GOODNESS, the snow photo is extraordinary!

BRRRRRRRRRRRR!!

[kdmhcdcfld]

What the flag and the National Anthem represent transcend whatever petty issues that have gotten Kaepernick’s underwear in a bunch.