NHL, Tampa Bay Lightening black player kneels for National Anthem (unemployed, Iraq)

[Gusano]

Originally Posted by moneill

Says you?

Of course the Black fist has been used as a symbol of black power, it most definitely is not within the same context of the Nazi salute.

The Fist as a Symbol of Black Power – Black Power in American Memory

The Nazis killed some six million Jews and went to war with how many countries?

That Nazi salute represents that.

The fist -- black fist -- doesn't represent the black people killing millions.

It has been used as a sign of support for oppression and therefore a symbol of fighting oppression.

Not the same at all.

Says you?

Two sides of the same coin. I don’t support either one and believe both equally offensive. Farrakhan would kill all whites and has espoused that.

[Gusano]

Originally Posted by Bureaucat

I’m more shocked that there’s a black hockey player than that he knelt for the national anthem.

I think there are about thirty, IIRC.

[EvilEyeFleegle]

Originally Posted by Gusano

Says you?

Two sides of the same coin. I don’t support either one and believe both equally offensive. Farrakhan would kill all whites and has espoused that.

So one Black crazy dude speaks for all Blacks?

[Gusano]

Originally Posted by EvilEyeFleegle

So one Black crazy dude speaks for all Blacks?

No, that’s what is called an example.

If you don’t find the black power fist offensive, that’s fine. You are entitled to your opinion, but there are people who do find it offensive. We are entitled to our opinion. You don’t have to like it.

[EvilEyeFleegle]

Originally Posted by Gusano

No, that’s what is called an example.

If you don’t find the black power fist offensive, that’s fine. You are entitled to your opinion, but there are people who do find it offensive. We are entitled to our opinion. You don’t have to like it.

Tis' true--and I think everyone has the right to dissent, including you. As long as one does not try to advocate making anyone's right to dissent illegal, I'm cool with it.

[Camaro5]

I wish these snowflakes would leave the NHL out of it. It's the only decent league left that doesn't have a bunch of whiners, but I guess there's at least one. The liberals just have to ruin everything for their bleeding-heart causes.

I doubt very much that NHL organizations and coaches are going to put up with that crap. They don't need or want the distraction. That guy could very well find himself in the minors riding a bus to Saskatoon or some other god forsaken place.

[odanny]

So he didn’t kneel but the OP started a thread that says he kneeled?

Alrighty then.

[HockeyMac18]

Originally Posted by Gusano

Says you?

Two sides of the same coin. I don’t support either one and believe both equally offensive. Farrakhan would kill all whites and has espoused that.

Two sides of the same coin????

Wow...

[HockeyMac18]

Originally Posted by Bureaucat

I’m more shocked that there’s a black hockey player than that he knelt for the national anthem.

There are a great deal of black players in the NHL now, and have been for a while. Some of the most exciting ones to watch happen to be black.

[TEPLimey]

Originally Posted by Two boys

I am not brainwashed. I respect our flag and our country. Protests are allowed.......IMO, not during the national anthem. Why don't they do it at kickoff time?

Why are protests "not allowed" during the national anthem?