Are you planning to watch NFL football games this season?

And I guess I'm stuck reminding you that insulting the flag and nation is not, nor has ever been the goal, it's just your perception. If you think that's issue then you haven't been paying attention. At all.

Again.

 

It's clearly one goal which is illustrated by the timing of these protests.

 

Nah it's more than that. Quite a few players are now doing it, mostly black.

 

There is still time for NFL owners to still to sell their NFL franchises before all the subsidies go away.
Kind of an IQ test.

"As pointed out by Georgia State University’s Center for Sport and Urban Policy, 54 ballparks, arenas, and stadiums in North America have received nearly $11 billion in public funding since 2006 alone. Taxpayers got to vote on funding for just 15 of those facilities, with just eight getting approval.

In all, roughly $9.3 billion has been spent without a taxpayer vote on the matter."
FORBES, Your Tax Dollars At Play: How Stadium Tax Scams Pick Fans' Pockets, By Jason Notte, Aug 17, 2018.

 

Protests aren't about timing.

 

They always are. Otherwise, they'd be randomly doing them while out at McDonalds or anywhere in their daily lives. They do it there, then, for a reason.

 

Bullshit

Kaepernik already debunked that lie before libs used it

Here’s what he told NFL.com’s Steve Wyche:

“I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses Black people and people of color. To me, this is bigger than football and it would be selfish on my part to look the other way. There are bodies in the street and people getting paid leave and getting away with murder.”

 

Insulting our nations flag was always the goal

See post 282 above

Maybe libs who are becoming globalists just hate national flags

 

Well, yeah. That's the point, otherwise no one's gonna notice you if you're not doing it where the most spotlight is.

 

I commend you for actually taking a big boy step and quoting Kap's whole statement and not just the part you think sounds cool. Furthermore, no one's ever thought that maybe they put too much stock in a flag and symbols and not enough in what they actually represent.

 

And they choose the specific moment when the flag is being honored.

 

I wish that would happen

But the pwners only have to bribe key politicians to keep the money flowing

 

Our flag represents the finest nation that ever existed

 

Yes, that's the idea. It's supposed to make you pay attention.

The ironic thing is had people just shrugged their shoulders and ignored Kap when he said that, we wouldn't be talking about this issue at all. Period.

 

They can get all the attention in the world without defecating on the flag. They're celebrities. They're attention-getters 24/7.

 

I dont mind taking a few minutes to condemn stupid players who insult our flag

All they had to do to make this go away is stop taking a knee

Now my motto is

Take a knee, break a knee

Then we wil all have something to cheer about

 

They are not educated people who know what they are doing

 

"Finest" is a bit of a stretch given our track record.

 

They weren't defecating on it, just kneeling for a cause. Also, would you even know half of the names of the other guys who stood with Kap if he did nothing?

 

Sounds like a dickheaded thing to wish on people just because they don't see things your way.

 

Do you stand during the national anthem every time it plays? Do you really want to live in a country that forces citizens to pay homage to the flag? Forced patriotism? Really? There are some countries where you are forced to pay homage to the flag and the dear leader. I'm extremely grateful to not have been born in one of those countries, and I don't want to see my country go in that direction.

I hope you lose this war. Forced patriotism sounds icky.

 

Better than any other

 

In public yes

 

Now. Maybe.

 

So you are only patriotic when in public? What's the standing for, then? Why is it okay for you to disrespect the flag in private? Disrespect is disrespect.