Anthem Protest Bengals

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(08-24-2017, 11:31 AM)Vlad Wrote: Its bigger than just offending someone. If I have to explain you wouldn't understand.

I guess so.  We've seen you have a far greater ability to let the actions of strangers get up your ass than I do, that's for sure.  Forcing people to stand for the anthem cheapens it for those of us who do it willingly.  So far the only owner I've seen who has said "Stand up or you're fired" is Jerry Jones.  I suppose the rest of those owners have 24 hours to say the same or the patriotism brigade will be changing their allegiances.

(08-24-2017, 05:44 PM)Devils Advocate Wrote: There is positively zero evidence to support american being 'the greatest country ever'. None. Actually, there's plenty of facts proving otherwise. 

Maybe servicemen/woman died defending our freedoms, maybe. However I'd like to know when & where this took place. Was it WW2? I suppose I could be convinced but outside of that one war, no they have not defended our rights. Look no further than the topic of this thread for evidence of that. 

Sorry, but anyone that disagrees with any form of protest is nothing more than a useful idiot. Therein lies the shame of this whole topic. Good luck hashing it out. They have you right where they want you & you don't even realize it.

A lot of it comes down to people finding their own gripes/protests/complaints with this country to be "for the good of the country" and the gripes/protests/complaints they don't agree with to be offensive or against the troops, or treasonous.