04-10-2018, 01:47 PM
(04-10-2018, 01:39 PM)Devils Advocate Wrote: It’s not a political issue, it’s a human rights issue — it’s about police brutality.
If you wanna say it’s political, fine. But let’s not forget who brought the politics into in the first place; the NFL for (requiring?) the anthem pregame festivities. Take the anthem out, if it’s such a divisive issue. It really is an unnecessary thing.
Right-o. It's all perspective, too. I know someone who was making it clear he wasn't watching the NFL because of the kneeling and I said that's his choice, but there were 3 guys kneeling at the time but also over 100 happy looking vets on the field holding a giant American flag and 40,000+ people in the stands not kneeling at the same time.
From a marketing standpoint, the NFL is firmly entrenched in pro-flag territory. Not to mention 50% of the commercials seem to be about how awesome it is to be in the military because you can join that awesome credit union, and so on. I'd be getting way too deep here, but the reason the flag itself is such a political thing/tool is due to certain political factions using it as a marketing tool for decades. It's smart business, but I can also see how even the flag of this country itself has become a "your side vs my side" sort of thing.
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