NFL Protest

[WhoDeyandtheBlowFish]

(09-29-2017, 03:29 PM)Nebuchadnezzar Wrote: The public doesn't see a protest to bring attention to police brutality of African Americans. No, they see ungrateful millionaires protesting a country that gave them their fame and fortune.

I know the majority of NFL players are not millionaires but the majority of the public does not. Then when the originator of the protest is seen and portrayed as a Communist who hates the country who loved him, his protest becomes about him hating the country and not police brutality.

I'm talking about perception here, not reality. The perception is that most of the public now sees the entire NFL as spitting on the country and wiping their asses with the symbol of that country. I know that isn't what the players wanted but that's what they got because of how they protested.

Agreed.  The perception of the protest has been hijacked.  Which isn't surprising when you think that the majority of people who have this misconception think the original cause of the protest is a myth.

I see this argument all the time.  You're rich.  You play in the NFL.  Why are you protesting????

It's like people don't know what empathy is.  It's possible to be sympathetic to a cause even if it doesn't effect you directly.