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Originally Posted by Guest
I absolutely respect those groups rights to do whatever they want...it is their right.
An expression I have always believed.....said by many over the years in different ways.
When fascism comes to America it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross.
My addition to that would be accompanied by loss of discussion and a complete loss of respect for honesty and character.
And you won't even feel it. Suddenly you will have lost all the personal freedoms you thought could never be lost.
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Thank you. These pseudo patriotic folks with their knee-jerk reactions are not looking at the deeper insult to our Constitution. In a uniquely American appeal to look at the racist brutality displayed against African American men by the police, the players are using the only platform available to them in a quiet and respectful way. That is their right under the First Amendment. To punish them for it, with lies about "disrespect for the military", is shortsighted at best and dangerous at worst.