(08-03-2017, 11:05 PM)Kotite Wrote: But all of that venom rings a little hollow when you never hear how offended these same people are of Arian Foster, ex-Jag Brandon Marshall, Jelani Jenkins, Eric Reid, Eli Harold, T.J. Ward, Kenny Stills and Michael Thomas who all also kneeled for the anthem.  Do US Women's Soccer fans have these same knives out for Megan Rapinoe who did the same thing in support of Kap?

Hello again old friend.  I have missed you terribly. 


You have answered your own question.  The media is packaging this as Kap being blackballed because of kneeling in non violent protest.  As you so eloquently mentioned, there were a lot of athletes that followed suit, the year before the rams had two or three players run onto the field with the hands up don't shoot symbol.  Kap didn't create this big a backlash from that gesture which even I, the owner of the ravens, and a bevy of others that disagree with his point of view stil respect because it still shows some level of humility and respect for the flag.  He created the backlash by SITTING during the anthem to begin with, which left a bad impression, wearing socks that depicted cops as pigs which stepped to close to the "pigs in a blanket, fry em like bacon,"  "What do we want, DEAD COPS, when do we want it NOW" crowd that has precipitated the assassination of dozens of officers including a public shooting rampage in Dallas Texas.  He also destroyed his credibility when he wore a T-Shirt depicting Fidel Castro and proceded to lecture a Cuban Ex-patriot on the reported literacy rates and education spending in the country that persecuted and tore apart his family.  So this isn't just about kneeling or protesting.  This is about being too closely aligned with an anti-American anti-law enforcement sentiment that turns off too many potential viewers.  Since this whole saga has started viewership for the most powerful sports entity in the country is down.  No one is going to step out on a limb and risk their revenue stream and the future of their brand for a back up QB. 

And I wanted to write this before the GF tweet. 

Formalities aside, lets be honest.  This isn't Malcom, this isn't Martin.  this is a punk kid trying to find himself that decided to do something without thinking it through.  There is no need to try and make him into a folk hero.

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