09-29-2017, 01:09 PM
(09-29-2017, 08:22 AM)Crazyjdawg Wrote: No. Disrespect is such an understatement it's absurd to act like it's just "disrespectful." To call it disrespectful is to put it on a lower tier, as to devalue what the protest is actually about.
I understand why people aren't happy with the way that the protest was held - via kneeling during the anthem. That makes sense to me and I understand why it offends them.
But to put 'kneeling during the anthem' and 'the murder of innocent black people by an authority of the government on a consistent and unreasonable basis' on the same level of "disrespectful" is a false equivalency that I am not okay with.
People should be outraged about the latter, not the former.
Why dont the black athletes protest the white people being murdered by the cops too then? I think people would more likely get on board with backing people up if it was equal. Even though the percentage is higher there are still twice as many white people killed by the police as blacks.
I guess I am different. If I see an unarmed black/white man gunned down by cops when he is complying, then I am equally pissed off and I want answers. When I see a cop doing his job and a career criminal is resisting arrest and he gets shot, too damn bad.
