Anthem Protest Bengals

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(08-23-2017, 07:41 PM)TKUHL Wrote: 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.

Agreed, 

And thanks to you and yours for their service !

(08-23-2017, 08:14 PM)Wyche Wrote: I've remained mum on my position so I'll give it. I'm against police brutality against anyone. If someone thinks it doesn't happen or that cops don't exaggerate charges and what happened or plant evidence....you're simply thinking wrong.

As for this...as TKUHL put it....in summation....there are many other ways.  Hell....the sumbitch could have held a press conference FFS.

I don't watch sports or go to concerts to hear your political view.  I stay out of PnR because I've already hashed those battles and I can tell ya NEITHER side likes my politics of accountability and compromise. So I just keep it to myself.

I don't like Trump...or HilLIARry....but Roger Waters' incessant bellyaching (thank God I saw clips of the show before I bought tickets) during his whole The Wall shows kept me from going.  I don't want my entertainment muddled with politics. I want my entertainment to be an escape. Waters also has ample opportunity to speak his platform.  Do it on your own time Roger....and not on my ticket dime. Don't cram it down my throat....I don't cram my views down anyone else's. No wonder the rest of the band wouldn't reunite with you.

Same goes for CK....you have/had a platform. Use it.  I find his method distasteful....but he could have given a presser or pre/postgame interview and got his message out, a message on his helmet or something. I'd be fine with that. Calling attention to YOURSELF during the anthem reeks of being an attention ***** to me....not an activist.....and like I said....show some class and respect to those that died or lost loved ones in order for you to make millions playing a GAME.

Agreed,

And I'll go on to say this. I as well choose to remain silent on most, nearly all PnR because I'm not really here to argue that stuff. I just wanna talk Bengals and football. I've avoided this thread for a couple days now.

I have no problem with anybody protesting whatever they want in a peaceful respectful manner. Like you said at the Police station, Courthouse or whatever. Start a website, twitter, pass out flyers, etc.

It's just that IMHO during the anthem is not the place or time. There are a ton of things wrong in this country, I don't dispute that in any way. Police brutality is real, abuse of power is real, racism is real. But if that flag was not still flying they would not be making millions playing a game. Men and women have died, white, black, hispanic, asian, you name it for them to live the lifestyle they and we do. Despite all it's problems this is still the Greatest Country in the world, if you don't believe that take off and try it elsewhere !