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(08-14-2018, 12:29 AM)Shake n Blake Wrote: Still waiting to hear about all the positive strides being made by kneeling.

So far all I see is division. Even those on the left have to admit that not everyone agrees with their take that kneeling is not a disrespectful act. I would like to believe that the opinion of roughly half the country counts for something.

So if half the country is upset by the action (a negative)...where is the positive? There should be a massive positive to offset the obvious negative, which is division.

The fact that people are unwillingly to understand why a protest occurs and decide that their interpretation of the motives behind it is the only explanation for it does not make the protest a bad thing, nor is it the requirement of those protesting to change what they are doing to accommodate inflexible people. 

Many players do much more than just kneel or link arms together. Many are out in their communities helping. Many are expressing their views even as Trump says that they have no clue why they are protesting. Many are articulating their opinions in an intelligent fashion as the President of the United States rants incoherently on twitter and uses profanity to express his hatred of a movement he apparently does not understand or is unwillingly to understand. For many, this has also become a symbol of unity between players in the face of the person currently holding the most powerful office in the world calling for them to be fired because of their beliefs. 

So why does the burden fall on them to do more and more when "half the country" is unwilling to rid themselves of their ignorance surrounding the actions of these athletes?