08-22-2017, 09:40 PM
Can we please stop making Kaepernick out to be some great civil rights activist? He lost all credibility when he wore socks depicting cops as pigs (and defended Castro). He resulted to childish name calling but is looked upon as some grand moral figure.
Now, we can argue all day about race relations in this country. We can argue if they are protesting a false narrative perpetuated from the fringes on each side. Are we perfect? No, of course not. However, this is the best country on the planet for so many reasons. One of them being that we can all go watch a football game once a week in the fall.
These players absolutely have the right to do this if they want. No one is really arguing that aspect of it. Coach Dungy said it best though. He said the players must ask themselves what exactly are they trying to accomplish by doing it. Will kneeling make the world a better place after? Most responses to "why" are that they want to bring awareness and start discussion. Ok, but the "discussion" has been more divisive than anything. Groups on each side just screaming at each other. Do you really think anything has improved because of these protests?
The focus should be on where do we go from here? What is the next step to improve society? Or are we just going to more and more players kneeling, more arguing, and more and more people getting PO'ed at each other.
Now, we can argue all day about race relations in this country. We can argue if they are protesting a false narrative perpetuated from the fringes on each side. Are we perfect? No, of course not. However, this is the best country on the planet for so many reasons. One of them being that we can all go watch a football game once a week in the fall.
These players absolutely have the right to do this if they want. No one is really arguing that aspect of it. Coach Dungy said it best though. He said the players must ask themselves what exactly are they trying to accomplish by doing it. Will kneeling make the world a better place after? Most responses to "why" are that they want to bring awareness and start discussion. Ok, but the "discussion" has been more divisive than anything. Groups on each side just screaming at each other. Do you really think anything has improved because of these protests?
The focus should be on where do we go from here? What is the next step to improve society? Or are we just going to more and more players kneeling, more arguing, and more and more people getting PO'ed at each other.
