Your last two sentences again indicate how those who criticize those who kneel miss the point of the kneeling. It has NOTHING to do with the miltary. It's all about the inequities that continue in our society. This opinion piece from today's NY Times is most enlightening.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/09/opinion/african-americ...Regardless of their motivations,the players actions during the National Anthem are perceived by the general public as being anti-military.
There is an old saying in politics,"if you're defending,you're losing".
To me,that's what the players are up against here.
They can say anything they want about why they are doing what they're doing,its what the public sees that carries the most weight.
rpbobcat, thanks. To me this is like those who wish to protest war at funerals of KIAs. Disrespect the Colors/Anthem, sorry, they stand for what is right in this country. I still believe that.
it is very dangerous and even unamerican when people equate the anthem and the flag solely to the military. given their comments, rpbobcat and bcat2 want our country to become a military state. worshipping military power and commitment above individual rights and freedoms. this is certainly not what our forefathers visioned. sad and unacceptable view of our county.
You should go back and reread my post.
I was merely responding to Allen's post about kneeling having nothing to do with the military.
My post dealt with people's perception of what NFL players kneeling means.
I also fail to see how you can interpret my comments as,in some way, equating the National Anthem,only to the military,or that I "worship military power".
As far as individual rights and freedoms,they are paramount to the principals this country was founded on.
But how do you propose to defend those rights, against our enemies, without a strong,hopefully the strongest in the world, military ?