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Just a point, but nobody who's ever taken a knee for the anthem has ever claimed it was about the military. In fact if you remember when all this started, Kap was sitting, not kneeling for the anthem. A Navy seal talked to him and said it could be seen as disrespectful to the military and suggested he take a knee instead as a compromise... which he did.
The kneeling thing isn't anti-military. It's anti-police.
I'm not black... but I think you're racist. Feel free to freak out.
Come on Man. There's more to life than bigotry and racism.
You seem to have a big racial chip on your shoulder. The 60's were a turbulent time and the ugliness and horrific scenes you describe were indeed horrible.
But times have changed. Time to move on man. That was 50 years ago.
Maybe you should try to love your neighbor, instead of mistrusting him.
This is filled with a lot of wrong views and false narratives. The ad campaign as a whole (Serena included) has been getting nothing but rave reviews.
The fact that a man from the military met with Kap and said, "please don't sit, kneel. It's what the military does to respect its fallen brethren... But most of all its as if you're taking a knee to pray for both the country and the changes needed."
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/veteran-kaepernick-take-a-knee-anthem/
I dont get how such hate can be spewed out in this forum. I respect all of you but I am African American and I lived 18 years of my life (30 now) in a oppressed society, violent society, and racist world (Im from St. Louis, Mo). But even the simplest person has to see what the ad means. It is the thought that every elite athlete has, "Im willing to sacrifice everything for one thing." These athletes give up time, health, fun, etc for a end goal. Kaepernick had a different end goal. Malcolm X, Ghandi, MLK, etc all caused conflicts in their religion and countries but are now idolized because they had the foresight to sacrifice it all for the greater good. We all live different lives and my struggles arent you guys struggles but what you need to realize is GOD is more important than ANYTHING on this Earth (including a flag). So at the end of the day you shouldn't judge anyone thats God's job.
The idea that Kapernick has “sacrificed everything” is a joke. It isn’t that most of us don’t realize and aren’t concerned with some over reaches of power or violence against blacks. That’s reality and justifiably brought up. But don’t glorify this has-been who has sacrificed nothing in order to stay in the spotlight. Ok... I’m done and agree that we should focus on what unites us: a love for the Dawgs and a hatred of things orange.
Hate to get political here, but there are so many hardcore extreme right people on this forum who are so naive, but that's what you expect from a large portion of the UGA fanbase from the south. I guess everyone forgot how certain people who made sacrifices for our freedom and better equality sometimes had to break the law or get out of their comfort zone in order to address the issues in this country that weren't right at all.
FYI to anyone using Pat Tillman for justification...you look stup*d:
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Converse FTW
Time will judge my stance. Time always allows truth and love to rise above hate and bigotry. The only things I hate more than racism are gamecocks, gators, commadors, elephants, tigers, Vols, hogs, aggies,and land sharks ....Mississippi State you get a slight pass, can’t hate a bulldog.
I concur. But I would prefer Tillman be the face of the ad bc he actually did sacrifice things. Kap took a stand and has suffered the consequences. None of which was death
All I have to say to this is -- ALL LIVES MATTER--! Killing anyone no matter the sex, race, job, sexual orientation, political position or anything else are all equally bad and should be shunned by each and every one of us.
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“Sacrifice” is subjective and could have different meanings. Pat Tillman clearly paid the ultimate sacrifice as others who choose to serve, fight, and lay down their lives for our country. There’s no greater sacrifice in respect to that.
Kap is/was a declining QB. I doubt he thought he’d be out of the league when he chose to sit/kneel two years ago but he did donate $1M to community improvement relations even while unemployed, and has been ridiculed more than any player in recent memory. I see that as a form of sacrifice, just lesser in comparison.
Powerful.
Violence only begets violence.
I use a Chinese laundry...just kidding, it's Asian though.....