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It's funny how leftist are fine with conservatives being kicked off Twitter/Facebook/Youtube "because it's a private business", then totally do a 180 when it comes to the kneeling issue in the NFL.
Guess NFL owners finally realized that millionaire black guys complaining about oppression wasn't the marketing victory the Democrats claimed it would be.
What's even more disrespectful than the act of kneeling is the decision to punish those who kneel. We are a nation of many stripes and colors. Our opinions and beliefs are varied, and our tolerance of those differences forms the bedrock of our identity as Americans.
Democrats: Twitter and Facebook, as private entities, should be free to censor, shadowban, and eliminate ordinary people's User accounts of unpopular speech.
Also Democrats: The NFL and their franchises, as private entities, has no business requiring their paid employees on company time to stand for the flag or stay in the locker room.
We all understand that the "kneeling" in public during a football game is to get attention paid to an issue where it would be ignored otherwi
Goran_K saysYou're kidding right?
Not in the least.
What issue would that be?
Not really. Since one group are Employees on Company Time, and the other group are ordinary people using a service.
The horrible oppression of 6 figure+ ball players, that people spit in cop's faces and get away with it, and that everybody is trying to storm into the USA for theAmeriKKKan Nazi Abusequality of life.
Look at everything they advertise on TV, is ANY OF IT worth having? .....My God, did you see what poisons are going into McDonalds fries?
krc says
We all understand that the "kneeling" in public during a football game is to get attention paid to an issue where it would be ignored otherwi
CovfefeButDeadly says
What issue would that be?
FYI
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000691077/article/colin-kaepernick-explains-why-he-sat-during-national-anthem
Just remember, when Tim Tebow prayed, it caused Left Wing outrage
"How DARE you mix religion with the national pasttime!"
Just remember, when Tim Tebow prayed, it caused Left Wing outrage
"How DARE you mix religion with the national pasttime!"
As a result the NFL announced it would punish religious displays on the field with fines/suspension.
Then a Muslim player did it, after the rules were changed, but the NFL bowed to Left Wing Outage and didn't pursue Penalties.
Now the Left Wing's attitude can be summed up as:
"Ban Non-Islamic Religious Sentiment displayed on the field, but allow extremist, divisive Political sentiment. But definitely no prayers to Jesus!"
"When Chiefs safety Husain Abdullah picked off Tom Brady and returned it for a touchdown, he said a quick prayer.
But unlike Tim Tebow doing the same thing when he got to the end zone, Abdullah was flagged."
There wasn't any regulation until AFTER Tebow, when the NFL put in rules on religious expression on the field.
Liberals tend to forget this one conveniently...
Inconvenient Truth strikes back
FortWayne saysLiberals tend to forget this one conveniently...
Inconvenient Truth strikes back
No, Liberals know fact from fiction.
Trump supporters never do.
krc sayskrc says
We all understand that the "kneeling" in public during a football game is to get attention paid to an issue where it would be ignored otherwi
CovfefeButDeadly says
What issue would that be?
FYI
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000691077/article/colin-kaepernick-explains-why-he-sat-during-national-anthem
So non quantifiable fairy tales.
Ok.
Apparently not.
CovfefeButDeadly sayskrc sayskrc says
We all understand that the "kneeling" in public during a football game is to get attention paid to an issue where it would be ignored otherwi
CovfefeButDeadly says
What issue would that be?
FYI
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000691077/article/colin-kaepernick-explains-why-he-sat-during-national-anthem
So non quantifiable fairy tales.
Ok.
Except religious celebrations were allowed so that pretty much kills your narrative. Tebow wasn't penalized as I posted earlier.
I guess I need to repeat myself yet again.
When Tebow was kneeling for Jesus, mostly around 2011, there were no NFL restrictions on end zone praying.
AFTER, key word after.
After after after like in after shave or afterburn
AFTER
AFTER
AFTER Tebow
The NFL adopted broader and firmed restrictions on striking poses on the field, sometime around 2013.
THEN, that is AFTER The NFL strengthened enforcement on end-zone "celebrations" were in place, THEN Abdullah did his Muslim thing. When the Refs went to apply the new more stringent rule for the first time, the same people who bitched about Tebow's kneeling, screamed "Muh Islam!" over Abdullah, and the NFL refused to back the Refs.
TwoScoopsOfDragonEnergy saysI guess I need to repeat myself yet again.
When Tebow was kneeling for Jesus, mostly around 2011, there were no NFL restrictions on end zone praying.
AFTER, key word after.
After after after like in after shave or afterburn
AFTER
AFTER
AFTER Tebow
The NFL adopted broader and firmed restrictions on striking poses on the field, sometime around 2013.
Except the restrictions WOULD NOT HAVE AFFECTED TEBOW
Your entire premise is bullshit. It's all BS.
The only player to get penalized for a religious celebration was Muslim. You have it exactly backwards.
Wrong. The regulation was updated BECAUSE of Tebow, to limit to a few seconds (3?) any demonstrations in the end zone.
And the eyeblack ban was definitely in response to biblical message
Nope. You are wrong. Please show any source to support the NFL change had anything to do with Tebow or religion.
The NFL did the right thing and the players should be happy they can stay in the hallway/lockers for the anthem. Fucking media whore hypocrites now running running around whining "oh it's like denying Martin Luther King the passage over the bridge he was crossing during his protest yada yada". This has exactly zero to do with MLK and is actually an insult to MLK. MLK didn't get paid millions of dollars by his employer to do work (play football), he was protesting racial injustice in his free time, in fact he made it his mission and is rightfully remembered for his cause. The NFL players are free to do so as well, but not during the games when working for their employer. Don't care much about the NFL but it's only logical they don't get signed. They should shove their phony lawsuits up their asses.
CovfefeButDeadly saysApparently not.
CovfefeButDeadly sayskrc sayskrc says
We all understand that the "kneeling" in public during a football game is to get attention paid to an issue where it would be ignored otherwi
CovfefeButDeadly says
What issue would that be?
FYI
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000691077/article/colin-kaepernick-explains-why-he-sat-during-national-anthem
So non quantifiable fairy tales.
Ok.
lol--which "fact" do you suppose krc is getting wrong.
There would not be an "issue" if the people kneeling were white would there ?
Feux Follets saysThere would not be an "issue" if the people kneeling were white would there ?
Of course there would be.
When it comes to Colin Kaepernick’s continuing protest, everyone’s on the same page about one thing: choosing not to stand for the national anthem is a recognizable sign of protest. It only makes sense as a statement because standing is customary.
The History of the National Anthem in Sports.
I thought all the Lefties wanted us to be more like Europe.
all other persons present should face the flag and stand at attention with their right hand over the heart, and men not in uniform, if applicable, should remove their headdress with their right hand and hold it at the left shoulder, the hand being over the heart; and
Infraction
Notice any minorities in the crowd on pit row ?
Sniper saysInteresting, as hard as I look, I don't see a single person kneeling during the national anthem at NASCAR races
Watch them all now do you especially the anthem part ? Not much into NASCAR myself let alone to make sure I would catch the Anthem before each one just to see who is doing what.
Interesting, as hard as I look, I don't see a single person kneeling during the national anthem at NASCAR races. There certainly is a hell of a lot more people on pit road than there is on the sidelines of a NFL game. Surely you would expect a few kneelers, right?
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"ATLANTA -- NFL owners have unanimously approved a new national anthem policy that requires players to stand if they are on the field during the performance but gives them the option to remain in the locker room if they prefer, it was announced Wednesday."
http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/23582533/nfl-owners-approve-new-national-anthem-policy