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Originally Posted by manaboutown
Her words and actions clearly demonstrate she bitterly hates the USA. Requesting the National Anthem not be played at her games and kneeling when the National Anthem is played are abhorrently anti-American.
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I disagree. She likely "takes a knee" to protest racism and race and gender inequality The average woman makes 30% less wages in the same job as a man - a woman does NOT have to be black to protest that fact. America's birth in Colonial times came about by PROTESTS (give me liberty or give me death. Protests are American, NOT unAmerican. The quote is "TOWARD a more perfect union". No country has achieved a perfect union of its citizens - certainly NOT the US.
So, Brittany Griner protested by taking a knee - there are millions of "other Brittanys" that would, also, protest if they had HER platform. And there are millions of white men that would have traveled to Russia to play any sport if they could have made the MONEY that she did. And a few of them would have forgotten something illegal in their suitcase as they tried to board a plane ( every day of the year some guns turn up at a US airport). I imagine that about 75% of those people FORGOT that a gun was in their coat pocket or somewhere in a suitcase.
In general, I find it surprising that there is so much ANIMOSITY toward Brittany. Especially taking Russia's side over a US citizen. Personally, if I were to guess, I would say that the animosity is part of the recent, general lack of cohesion among all the various ethnic groups of the US. And Russia encourages this ! They have learned that UNITED the US stands tall, but DIVIDED the US falls on its collective face !!!!!!!!!