Or it’s a matter of the very longstanding notion - stop me if you’ve heard this before - that the national anthem and the flag represent all we hold dear in this country that the military is sworn to protect.

There is a wide gulf between not calling someone an uneducated bigot for having a different emotional connection to flag cermonies and not recognizing that tacit acceptance of racism does not deserve “a cookie.”

I know Deadspin and this series of websites have no issue with the protests during the anthem, and that’s fine. (I personally am not bothered by the kneeling)

there but for the grace of god go i

The most authoritative study I can find states that blacks and hispanics are more than fifty percent more likely to experience some form of force in interactions with the police. https://scholar.harvard.edu/files/fryer/files/main-july_2016.pdf

And not to trigger the BLM people’s hot takes, but that (and the Freddy Grave case) proves to me that its not a white cop vs.black male problem...its out of control cops of any race vs.civilians of any race.

Approved.

The Star Spangled Banner lyrics “the hireling “ refers to the British use of Mercenaries (German Hessians) in the American War of Independence
● The Star Spangled Banner lyrics “...and slave” is a direct reference to the British practice of Impressment (kidnapping American…

I honestly don’t care, but it’s ridiculous to see people pro-protest that don’t understand why some military members are upset.

Fragile snowflakes because they’re choosing to defend something that they literally put their health, safety and life on the line for?

You inability to have a conversation without acting like a petulant child is very indicative of your inability to look at a full situation without bias.

You can keep trying to shoehorn that the Anthem has some direct relationship with the Police, but it’s still not accurate.

I guess you’ve never actually read the words, or understand it’s origins.

The Anthem has nothing to do with the Police, and everything to do with the military. He’s pretty accurate in his refusal of their “award.”

He’s not trying to limit anyone’s speech rights. The players expressed their opinion, and he is expressing his. That’s how it’s supposed to work

I haven’t seen a single message saying he should be denied the right to voice his message. Like you said people simply are saying “they don’t like it” which is a reasonable response.

For the right of free speech, which he is now exercising.

Or he has the same right as the people protesting, you just don’t like the message.

For what it’s worth I think MLB would be better off with a 100 game schedule, and the NBA with a 60 game schedule. They would lose too much money, so it’ll never happen, but it gives more of a breather for the fans and every game is much more important. With a 100 game baseball schedule, every loss hurts. Badly. Every…

Fuck glitter. It is an abomination and a scourge on the land.