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Looks like ESPN and the NFL will have another ratings drop.
Yea, what about Fox1? Shannon Sharpe and Skip Bayless have been pretty supportive of protests. However it has already been determined these protests have only had a very little effect on ratings. No real fan will stop watching over them.
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While I understand why people get offended I support the right of players to sit during the anthem as long as it's to bring attention to problems they are truly bothered by rather than just an attention stunt. People hate Kaepernick and while I disagree with some things he's said he has given lots of his money to helping poor in places like Somalia.
Everyone is so up in arms about how "unpatriotic" it is not to stand yet players used to be in the locker room when it was played. When the dept of defense started paying the NFL things got political.
Kap protested peacefully which is what is encouraged, he shouldn't be vilified for it.
If he does it on a Sunday on TV, yeah, vilifying him is justified and appropriate. He is on stage and we are in the audience. We get to applaud or boo his performance.
Hope the NFL tanks from head injury issues, broadcasting and covering up undesirable behavior. The corruption of that organization extends to colleges.
Like to watch it but not any games involving the 'protestors'.
If he does it on a Sunday on TV, yeah, vilifying him is justified and appropriate. He is on stage and we are in the audience. We get to applaud or boo his performance.
Hope the NFL tanks from head injury issues, broadcasting and covering up undesirable behavior. The corruption of that organization extends to colleges.
Like to watch it but not any games involving the 'protestors'.
Or better yet, let's watch how South Park dealed with this issue.
Apparently, freedom of speech and 2nd amendment rights only apply to white people.
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So what happened to all the "freedom of speech" tolerance that the same conservatives on this thread were preaching to us in the threads about the white supremacists protests?
That is absolutely true. Here he is, living in America, breathing our air, taking his paycheck in American dollars, and he still feels the need to make a statement and disrespect our country.
If I were his bosses, he would be driving a garbage truck tomorrow, regardless of how talented he is.
Beast Mode is a multi millionaire. Why would he be driving a garbage truck tomorrow if his boss released him?
What do I have to do with it? I can say anything, make it up or not, it is not like you will ever believe me, but I assure you I have risked more and showed more courage than he ever has in his life so far, and for far, far less money. Hell, i sat in a hospital on and off for a year due to my courageous actions, but I guess a millionaire kneeling during a song is somehow "courageous." Talk about lowering the bar.
I did not state "only people without money or a backup plan can be courageous", please show me where I stated this. What he does is not courageous, he is risking nothing.
This is what you said. And I know what you meant by it.. Listen, many people have little respect for those that criticize the people taking a stand for civil rights.. If someone puts their life at risk for this country it doesn't mean someone else putting what they have on the line for civil rights is less courageous because they have money...
Break away from the herd and stop being led by the nose by conservative propaganda...
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It is easy to be "courageous" when little will happen in a worst case scenario.
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Maybe they should riot and loot too?
