Will we see players kneel?

[Shake n Blake]

(09-24-2017, 03:03 PM)Johnny Cupcakes Wrote: I can appreciate that you're passionate about it, and I understand why.  My father is a veteran.  One of my brothers is a veteran.  I graduated high school 3 months before 9/11, so most of my friends became military men and are now veterans.  So I get the sense of patriotism, tradition, and unity associated with the american flag and the Star Spangled Banner.  I'm around it just as much as most people, and appreciate it.  Also, this is not a way that I would protest personally.  I appreciate veterans....from my family, to my friends, to you.  

BUT....The reason attached to these protests is incredibly valid, and ALL Americans should be on board with that.  I would think that veterans would be more on board with it, seeing as how they were an active part of the fight to preserve, promote, and progress the rights of the people of the United States.

Some of your complaints about it, are also my complaints about it.  I wish that it were being done differently, but above all, it needs to be done.

Respectful answer and I appreciate that. Not everyone agrees that the issue is as big or widespread as some say, but I'm open to being shown otherwise.

Problem is, the protests aren't leading to any real talk. I see a bunch of rhetoric and empty divisive actions, but no one coming with facts from a neutral source. Or answers on how to fix the perceived problem. Not talking about you, but rather the folks who are central in all of this.

(09-24-2017, 03:09 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: Can you imagine if this message board just combined Bengals Noise and P&R? Holy nightmare fuel, Batman!

We should be busy talking about how many times Marvin Lewis will be shown on TV clapping, not politics. Give it a bit longer at this rate and kids will turn on their cartoons and animals in the cartoon will be discussing social inequality in the food chain, and the weather channel will be giving you not the % of rain, but the % chance your workday will be interrupted by protests. You'll turn on like a music channel and half the time they'll play that handful of horrible Toby Keith songs from right after 9/11, and the other half of the time they'll play "F the police" by NWA on loop. Go to McDonald's "That's a cheeseburger and coke. Would you like some social revolution against The Man with that?"

Lol... hyperbole, but only just.

Give it 20 years man. This is the new normal and soon the younger generations won't remember what it was like before all this political posturing.