(05-26-2018, 06:27 PM)Rajvik Wrote:(05-24-2018, 05:49 PM)Matrix Dragon Wrote: Those footballers were more patriotic than the Orange Hobo will ever be.
Alright, how the ever loving hell do you figure that?
"My country, right or wrong, if right, to be kept right, and if wrong, to be set right."
Those footballers are protesting what they see as a problem with their country. They are doing it in a peaceful manner, without violence. Lining up and standing for the national anthem isn't some grand NFL tradition dating back decades. It's done because the american military is paying the NFL to do it as an advertising measure. (So I find their claims of this ban being out of respect for the flag hilariously disgusting but anyway...) And honestly, if you're speaking out on an issue you feel your country has failed on, doing it during your nations anthem is the best spot to do it.
Trump and his colleagues are demanding blind adoration of the flag, and now he's making statements about kicking people out of the country for daring to protest. This is after his failure to speak up after violent protests, after police shootings. This is after his claims of 'very fine people on both sides. That's why a bunch of people running around a field with a ball are more patriotic than him. They're actually respecting their nation by trying to look after it.