(06-06-2020, 07:27 AM)SeldomRite Wrote:

(06-05-2020, 10:37 PM)JackCity Wrote: National identity displays are inherently political. Players protesting is also expressing their national identity.. You just don't like what they are saying

It was good to see that Brees finally let up on the dishonest notion that players taking a knee ever had anything whatsoever to do with respect for soldiers and veterans or that attempting to force people to salute a symbol of the country is in any way consistent with the notion of a truly free country.

If anything the systematic repression of people he refused to acknowledge was the true disrespect to people that died for the rights of people in the USA to have life liberty and pursuit of happiness.

I support Bress’ freedom of speech, did he have to make an apology? No not one bit. Did he deserve the vitriol? Yes.

My father, grandfather and great uncles all served in the Army and Navy, fought in WWII and Vietnam. After those wars were over they came back home and were beaten by racists cops and civilians and still had to conform to segregation. One of my great uncles died in a sundown in Mississippi. My father who was extremely close with my uncle still carries grief and guilt to this day about witnessing his death in person.

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