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I t has become political because our President, irate at the NFL personally for so many years has made it such........hate the protests but it was a very small thing destined to die before Trump.
"On three N.F.L. teams, nearly all the football players skipped the national anthem altogether. Dozens of others, from London to Los Angeles, knelt or locked arms on the sidelines, joined by several team owners in a league normally friendly to President Trump. Some of the sport’s biggest stars joined the kind of demonstration they have steadfastly avoided.
It was an unusual, sweeping wave of protest and defiance on the sidelines of the country’s most popular game, generated by Mr. Trump’s stream of calls to fire players who have declined to stand for the national anthem in order to raise awareness of police brutality and racial injustice.
What had been a modest round of anthem demonstrations this season led by a handful of African-American players mushroomed and morphed into a nationwide, diverse rebuke to Mr. Trump, with even some of his staunchest supporters in the N.F.L., including several owners, joining in or condemning Mr. Trump for divisiveness.
Julius Thomas, a Miami Dolphins tight end who had previously stood for the anthem, knelt for it on Sunday with several players.
“To have the president trying to intimidate people — I wanted to send a message that I don’t condone that,” Thomas said, echoing the opinion of most N.F.L. players. “I’m not O.K. with somebody trying to prevent someone from standing up for what they think is important.”
Fueled by Trump’s Tweets, Anthem Protests Grow to a Nationwide Rebuke - The New York Times |
The thread was not about Trump. It is about Roger Goodell who has made over $200 million since becoming NFL commissioner. His antics are devastating the NFL.
We now have the NAACP claiming the Star Spangle Banner is racist and demands it be stricken from our society.
If it has escaped some we have liberal whites supporting blacks demands that we re-write our nation's history. This situation worsens by the day.
who will the radical liberals come for next?
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