Joe speaks out

[*jason*]

(06-01-2020, 02:31 PM)Truck_1_0_1_ Wrote: 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.

His rationale; not mine.... But he chose that time to do it because he, and many others view police brutality against black people as SYSTEMATIC. That brutality is a symptom of the disease, and not the disease itself. They were brought here on slave ships, spent 400 years in chattel slavery, and have been a permanent underclass ever since. I guess you have to walk in their shoes to truly understand it. I see their point of view. Not everyone gets butterflies and tingles when they see the flag or hear the national anthem.