Originally Posted by mellinhead

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.