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originally posted by: TrueBrit
a reply to: Alien Abduct
Thats just it. Many people are suggesting that they do NOT respect the right to protest in the manner dealt with in this thread, even though it does not violate any flag code in any state, or any federal paper or ordinance.
People are saying the fellows ought to be fired from their jobs, or suffer a fine, or some other totally unjustifiable claptrap! I applaud you for having an even hand in the matter, by respecting their rights even though you disagree with their methods, but you appear to be in a slim minority at the moment!
originally posted by: TrueBrit
a reply to: Alien Abduct
It does not worry you at all, that your President is recommending unconstitutional treatment of those who protest in this manner?
originally posted by: jtma508
a reply to: Alien Abduct
Bullsnip. The players protesting in no way affects them 'doing their job'. If your employer decided that he was going to be a 'good Trump patriot' and require everyone to salute the flag every morning and fired your coworker for refusing, he would have his ass sued for violating that worker's Constitutional rights. So says the Supreme Court. If you are a 'true patriot', you respect the laws of the country and the judiciary, not just the symbology. This is a lesson Trump doesn't have the intellectual ability to learn apparently.
originally posted by: TrueBrit
a reply to: Alien Abduct
The employers have largely come out and stated that they support their players.
So that puts Trumps comments in somewhat of a different light.
I'm bothered that earlier today I said I wasn't bothered. I am. There is a time and a place to protest, and during the National Anthem is neither. You're disrespecting men and women that DIED for you. That FOUGHT for you. People of all races, and all creeds, and they put it all on the line for you to have the right to be a disrespectful jackass.
that's what you get under a DNC government.
originally posted by: Ddrneville
Yeah, great country... denies most of it's people basic social needs, provides generous student loans and have one of the highest imprisonment rates on this planet.
But hey, you may carry a gun.
I would crawl under that chair....
originally posted by: TrueBrit
a reply to: Domo1
If you have a problem with these kneeling protests, then you have no idea what the flag you covet is supposed to stand for, nor what the blood you falsely claim to wish to honour, was actually shed for.
originally posted by: 4003fireglo
Are the players protesting racism and police brutality? I ask because no one is talking about the reason why, which is a pretty decent indication the protest failed. Now they have to try something else again, and the next method of protest may be more controversial than this.