Joe speaks out

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(05-31-2020, 08:06 PM)BacknDaDey Wrote: I wonder how many in Cincy Jungle thinks "Taking a Knee" is problematic now with what is going on around the country?

There was a lot of posters in here who was against Colin Kaepernick for "Taking a Knee". It supposedly brought the wrong
kind of attention and distraction to the League and to a team. I bet you see a whole lot of players "Taking a Knee" this season
and rightfully so. All the owners and GM's were oh so wrong for black-balling him. Would teams now consider him as a worthy backup
quarterback? Should the Bengals offer an invite to camp?

Just some thoughts.

(06-01-2020, 08:51 AM)bengalfan74 Wrote: 100% agree

There's a time and a place to protest and during the national anthem is not the time.

Bingo and I'm not even American.

You NEVER besmirch your country and those that HAVE sacrificed, to make your cause known.

CK was absolutely justified in his protest and many of us have agreed with him since day 1.

But not during the anthem; selfish and not the right place/time.

Before the anthem, every PA announcer says, "to honour America/Canada/whatever country." You're protesting against police brutality, wtf does that have to do with the country itself, that is to be honoured?

A more pointed protest, would be to wear his own cleats, with a protest message or something of that nature, so that every second he's on the screen, people can be reminded of why he's protesting; surely though, he didn't do this because his selfishness of keeping the money he would be assuredly fined with, is more important than the cause he's protesting.

Taking a knee, the action of which (at that specific time) is shitting on the country where you were born, given life, education, a job that less than 5000 in the world have, millions, etc., is beyond selfish and dismissive of the actual thing he is protesting.

Had he done it more tastefully and in the proper setting (or, doing something like the cleat suggestion above), I guarantee you he would still be playing, still in the public light, bringing awareness to his cause AND he'd be lauded for using his platform for good, instead of being vilified.