I was always moved by the NFL players kneeling, because men who had attained great success within the system were saying that had not been bought off, that they remembered those underserved & disserved. What’s happened to us that we’re so afraid of healthy disagreement & protest?
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Most people view the playing of the national anthem as a sacred moment. They did not view the kneeling as a protest against police brutality. They saw it as disrespect of a sacred moment. The players have a right to protest, but business has a right to not employ them.
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Replying to @DannyCMack
“Most people,” Danny? How do you know? And it shouldn’t matter anyway. People get to have different opinions in America. Freedom means we don’t all have to think the same way; only in a totalitarian society is everybody supposed to toe the line and think and act in the same way.

May 24, 2018 · 8:53 AM UTC

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I think it is perfectly fine to state the obvious. NFL rating went down and attendance at the games were less. Also the league restricting kneeling. The Nation Anthem is sacred. Just pointing out why the protest was ineffect. They had a noble cause and an ineffective strategy.
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How can we call it ineffective, when the entire world now knows about it?
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Also “Most people” drive cars, walk through doors not windows, celebrate Christmas, take off for Memorial Day, drive on the right side of the road, read books from left to right, celebrate Thanksgiving with turkey and stand up for the national anthem because it is a sacred ritual