Jesus Christ your words are so inspiring.
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I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. I’m a vet. Two of my brothers were vets. This men have the right to kneel. They are protesting unfair treatment of blacks! They have that right and they are right.
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What a terrible time to protest. No one goes to a sport event to see your politics. If they all feel this is such a huge issue, quit playing football, and become a cop, judge, or something else that might actually help the situation.
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Or the NFL could stop the jingoistic practice of playing the national anthem before every game. But you're probably not really serious about taking politics out of sports.
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Sure they could. But it’s the NFL choice to play it. Not mine, yours, or the players. Also, way to project your bullshit.
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They have a First Amendment right to freedom of speech, and they're trying to help others while you're just sitting at a computer screen. Your Twitter handle says "Libertarian." If you're truly a Libertarian, you'd recognize their liberty to do what they choose.
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Jesus! Where did I ever say they couldn’t protest, or that they shouldn’t? I just disagree with the timing. Not a hard position to understand.
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The timing is actually fantastic. The best time to protest is a time when people are paying attention. So you may think the timing is poor, but the timing is not the issue. The anthem was never the issue, and the military was never the issue.
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Actually it is. If you’re trying to bring attention to a problem, you might not want to piss off a bunch of people while doing so. I know it’s not about the military, or the anthem. I never said it was.
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The intention was never to "piss anybody off." Every individual has a responsibility to get the facts before formulating an opinion. And those who believe that it is about the military do not have their facts straight. That's their responsibility, not the players'.
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Choosing to kneel during the Anthem was a poor choice in the first place.
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From a strategic perspective, anthem kneeling is actually a fantastic choice. The first step to a successful protest is getting people to pay attention. And this is definitely getting people's attention. So it's actually not a poor choice, but a smart and calculated move.
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It is not actually. Everyone was already aware of what was going on and the kneeling has accomplished nothing except controversy and making us aware of what was already known. If anything it has caused division and has hurt the NFL.
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It's actually increased awareness quite a bit. You may have known about police brutality beforehand and I certainly did, but there are thousands of Americans who are not as politically active who were oblivious to the issue until they turned on the TV and saw the players kneeling
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In addition, it's helped nonprofits dedicated to ending police brutality raise quite a bit of money. Keep in mind that the players make more than the average American, and have a higher profile. So their status alone as NFL players increases awareness, and helps fund nonprofits.
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As for causing division, that division existed long before the players started kneeling. You can't blame the players for something that began long before their time.
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The NFL can blame them. No debate there.
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What can the NFL blame them for? Political division has existed since the formation of the United States, and even before that. This is a historical issue, not an NFL issue.
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