Anthem Protest Bengals

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(08-23-2017, 06:13 PM)bengalfan74 Wrote: Agreed Bonnie,

I have an Uncle who was a prisoner of war during WW2, his B-24 Liberator was shot down during a Ploesti oil field raid. He just passed away a couple years ago. And another uncle who won 2 purple hearts and bronze stars in Vietnam. I served in the U.S. Navy.

Here's my stance and I'll never change it. Protest all you want however you want, except during our National Anthem. And don't disgrace our flag ! EVER To many people have suffered and died for that flag for ALL of us to be here.

Sorry for your loss, and thankful for their service. My dad has 13 brothers and sisters. Huge Irish Catholic family, my dad had 2 brothers in WW2 both was part of the invasion on D-day, a sister in WW2 that was a shuttle or escort pilot for a Colonel i believe, another brother in the Korean War. My dad was in Vietnam, was even on the same ship with another brother of his till they split them up. Then he served in Vietnam on the riverboats. Somehow everyone lived and returned home.

So I'm going to be a little biased on this topic of course. But when you see what these young men and woman went threw, and you see the raising of the American flag at Iwo Jima, it's hard for military personal not to be offended by this.

Everyone has the right to protest peacefully and have freedom of speech but not if it's in a disrespectful way. In a culture where everyone that gets offended at the silliest things causing these ridiculous laws to be made to protect the feelings of these snowflakes, is it too much to ask that these players find another way to take a stance that doesn't involve the flag, the Anthem and the people who faught and lost their lives over that flag.

You want to protest police brutality, go protest near a police station. Give back to your community, have lectures at schools and town halls. Or is that all too difficult. Taking a knee does nothing, it's just a lazy and easiest way to give people the impression that your making a difference when your not. Your just causing more anger and social and racial tension.