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https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/9/28/16378846/nfl-protests-trump-nick-wright

Quote:To drive this point home, he explained the origins of the protest: “Colin Kaepernick was sitting. He wasn’t kneeling. He was sitting. Why did he start to kneel? Because he got with a Navy SEAL, Nate Boyer. Talked with Nate Boyer. Nate Boyer, who sacrificed as much as anyone can for this country without giving their life or limb. Nate Boyer says he respects Kaep and says, ‘Hey, it would sit better with us if you kneel.’ Kaep says, ‘No problem. I can still get my point across.’”


In short, Kaepernick and other protesters have actually worked with military veterans to be minimally offensive. To this end, Wright pointed out that none of the players involved have actually gone on television and used the protests to slam the military or American ideals.

“I have not heard one soundbite of a player being anti-military, of a player outwardly attacking the fundamentals of what this country is supposed to be,” he said. “This is a protest about whether or not the country has fulfilled its promise of equal protection under the law to all of its citizenry. And that conversation is one no one wants to have. That conversation is uncomfortable for people. So people literally drape themselves in the flag as a defense of it.”