(09-27-2017, 11:13 AM)The Eleventh Doctor Wrote: Just want to say that I know many people in the military who don't think it's disrespectful toward them at all.  In fact, Colin Kaepernick originally just sat for the anthem.  Then a military vet asked him to kneel instead to show his protest.  So what did he do?  He listened, and decided to kneel instead.  If people take that as a 'screw you to the military', well that's their prerogative.  But Kaepernick actually took the advice of a veteran, which to me looks more like he's trying to be respectful.  

People love to say they support our vets.  Then we do absolutely nothing for them when it comes to actually helping them out.  It's nice virtue signaling to say "STAND FOR THE FLAG OR GET OUT!", but it does nothing for the many veterans in need.  If you want to help your veterans, donate to charities like Fisher House (Which has an A+ charity rating btw).  Of course there's many other great charities out there that support our veterans too.

If you want to quit watching football, that's your decision.  I don't really care one way or another.  But if you care about the vets at all, at least try to help them out.  If you get a refund on your tickets, maybe you should donate it to one of those great charities?  If it's really about the veterans, then helping them out is the best thing you can do.

While people love to point out how little is done for the military, do people know how many things are actually done for our military?  The numbers are crazy.  So its kind of like calling out like calling out the negative that's done by NFL players, you miss the good things that are done.

By the way, over 40,000 military charities that raise over 2.5 billion dollars.  Somehow people keep saying nothing is done to help them out....

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