Originally Posted by Baby Lee:
Brees' entire point was about respecting the pain soldiers experienced seeing the flag and anthem presentation being disregarded. Your position is that the soldiers shouldn't be pained and should be gratified instead because protest is occurring. First off, that is policing the emotions of the soldiers in a manner your seem loathe to do to . . . other aggrieved entities. Second, if protest at solemn occasions is patriotism, then the purposes of the protest or the nature of the solemn occasion should not matter, . . . again according to your logic.
Kneeling, in no way, disrespects the flag or the anthem. Even you understand that. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Baby Lee:
Nah, just done with you. My take is on this forum. In the esteemed words of your attention raisers, . . . educate yourself.
Lol at dodging the most simple, straightforward question. Shows your true colors - pure smarmy bad faith. When you know you can't win - bail.
I'll give you one more chance - why is kneeling disrespecting the flag and/or the troops - but "home of the CHIEFS" is not?
Should be super easy to poke holes in my argument, no? [Reply]
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Smith and Carlos were largely ostracized by the US sporting establishment and they were subject to criticism. Time magazine on October 25, 1968, wrote: "'Faster, Higher, Stronger' is the motto of the Olympic Games. 'Angrier, nastier, uglier' better describes the scene in Mexico City last week."[18][19] Back home, both Smith and Carlos were subject to abuse and they and their families received death threats.[20] Brent Musburger, a writer for the Chicago American before rising to prominence at CBS Sports and ESPN, described Smith and Carlos as "a couple of black-skinned storm troopers" who were "ignoble," "juvenile," and "unimaginative."[21]
But hey, just takes 40 years for the public to come around.
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Smith and Carlos received an Arthur Ashe Courage Award at the 2008 ESPY Awards honoring their action.[27]
Originally Posted by staylor26:
But wearing a Castro shirt and pig socks was disrespectful and flat out hypocritical.
He’s a phony. He method of protest made no sense and distracted from his message. He never had anything of value to say. No real solutions.
Loser.
Yeah, I'm not going to defend either of those. But, that's him. A lot of players knelt without those things and were clearly not being disrespectful to the flag or anthem. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Pitt Gorilla:
Yeah, I'm not going to defend either of those. But, that's him. A lot of players knelt without those things and were clearly not being disrespectful to the flag or anthem.
I have absolutely no problem with the kneeling.
Just think it didn’t make much sense and distracted from the issue which he also failed to ever really address or provide solutions too. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Baby Lee:
This from the guy who welched on a pledge to leave, then went around the internet recruiting minions to brigade the forum.
All you want is war. If someone says something reasonable, you reinterpret it for something inflammatory or confrontational.
You personify so much that is wrong with the world.
Dollars to donuts he supports ANTIFA if not an actual member.:-) [Reply]