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Apparently the guy has no idea what he is doing. He is disrespecting our country by not wanting to pledge his allegiance to it. This is what it is all about.
Except for the inconvenient fact that kneeling in support of some football players has absolutely nothing to do with disrespecting the nation or pledging allegiance to it.
Do you have any idea how many times this 97-year-old veteran has cited the pledge of allegiance? Probably more times than you can count.
I have no problem pledging my allegiance to America. I believe you do. I was never forced. It is natural but apparently you have a problem with it.
I have no problem with it - I do it if I'm somewhere it is done. I also have no problem with people using their rights to do something else. That's pretty much the fundamental position of our Constitution and the founding of our country - free will.
The NFL has rules and one is they must pledge allegiance.
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