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I know one thing. You don’t have to be black to be aware of the credibility Jim Brown has regarding civil rights. His sports numbers speak for themselves. He has a lot of acting credits to his name, and when Jim Brown speaks, I believe a lot of people listen.
Will they listen now? Doubtful. Like Dak Prescott, Cowboys QB, Brown has chosen to speak his own mind, not just follow the crowd. Well, apparently the ‘black community’ doesn’t like that. There has been a lot of public pushback on Dak for his anti-kneeling position. I don’t think those harassing Dak have the guts to do the same to Brown.
Brown has more on his civil rights/SJW resume than ALL the NFL kneelers combined. Throw in all the social media big mouths incessantly whining about the players constitutional rights, and Brown still is WAYYY ahead. Seems like many minorities will gladly champion people like Brown...as long as they stay in their lane, and go with the prevailing mind set. There will never be any progress in race relations as long as blacks who think differently than the crowd are pressured to ‘fall in line’. It completely invalidates the credibility of any given issue they support.
I’m not saying every black NFL player should bow down to Jim Brown, but they sure as heck would gain knowledge and perspective by at least listening to him.
Jim brown is not someone anyone should admire. I despise the man. He has been repeatedly accused of beating women.
that said, I'm not watching football preseason game tonight as much as I terribly miss it. No more NFL football until no more NFL player protests. Period.
Last edited by texan2yankee; 08-09-2018 at 06:45 PM..
How do you know they didn't listen to what he had to say and still decided to keep kneeling? You said that people shouldn't be pressured to conform to one way of thinking so why should players who kneel be pressured to conform to Jim Brown's stance?
I know one thing. You don’t have to be black to be aware of the credibility Jim Brown has regarding civil rights. His sports numbers speak for themselves. He has a lot of acting credits to his name, and when Jim Brown speaks, I believe a lot of people listen.
Will they listen now? Doubtful. Like Dak Prescott, Cowboys QB, Brown has chosen to speak his own mind, not just follow the crowd. Well, apparently the ‘black community’ doesn’t like that. There has been a lot of public pushback on Dak for his anti-kneeling position. I don’t think those harassing Dak have the guts to do the same to Brown.
Brown has more on his civil rights/SJW resume than ALL the NFL kneelers combined. Throw in all the social media big mouths incessantly whining about the players constitutional rights, and Brown still is WAYYY ahead. Seems like many minorities will gladly champion people like Brown...as long as they stay in their lane, and go with the prevailing mind set. There will never be any progress in race relations as long as blacks who think differently than the crowd are pressured to ‘fall in line’. It completely invalidates the credibility of any given issue they support.
I’m not saying every black NFL player should bow down to Jim Brown, but they sure as heck would gain knowledge and perspective by at least listening to him.
"Well, apparently the ‘black community’ doesn’t like that."
I recall Ali giving an outdoor speech mostly attended by blacks.
When he told the to stay in school, avoid drugs, don't commit crimes etc. they BOOED him.
Nothing has changed!
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