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Sep 7, 2018 4:39 AM
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poopofdestiny
They also died for those other people's right to heckle him about it, still other people's right to call those people hypocrites... etc...
turdslayer
I agree....but it shouldn't be the reason he sucks at football
wobblecopterr
As obnoxious as the quibbling from both sides is, many important things would go unnoticed if we didn’t fight about them.
DurteeDaiperz
As a veteran, the silent majority of us don't give a shit one way or another about this petty bullshit.
lrodriguez
he is not sincere.
keeeenny
I don’t get it. Everyone is mad just because he was kneeling instead of standing. That’s all he did. How terrible
Tesseract09
1/2 I still think American's are weird for this idea of "disrespecting the flag". It just seems nationalistic propaganda.
Tesseract09
2/2 Desecration by letting it touch the ground etc I understand as offensive, but disrespecting is odd.
nutsacrilegious
No, dumbass. When you're on the clock at work in uniform you do what your employer says.
mrteagle
So if your employer told you to gargle his schlong you'd be down?
nutsacrilegious
You're...you're not actually that stupid are you? Whoooosh went the point right over your head.
mrteagle
I'll take that as a yes you would. Open wide kiddo.
KiltedinSeattle
He has a right to do what he will, as long as he's willing to accept that actions have consequences. I have the right to disagree with him.
WizardHarryDresden
And I have the right to love little boys ;)
KiltedinSeattle
Thank you for chiming in, Reverend.
WizardHarryDresden
You got something against little boys?
KiltedinSeattle
Hey- you do you...until they're at least the age of consent.
WizardHarryDresden
Woah now cowboy, what nasty little thoughts are you thinking
HitlersOven
Hellboy86
What do you disagree with if you don't mind me asking?
KiltedinSeattle
I believe that when you are employed by someone you should save your protests for your own time. Neither his protest, nor my disagreement1/2
KiltedinSeattle
makes either one of us less patriotic. I see the Anthem as aspirational, whereas he believes we haven't lived up to that aspiration, yet.
BloodofHeroes
Yep.. died for his right to disrespect the flag and the military.. does not mean said right is right.
Nerdgoggles
Refusing to stand for the anthem, in protest of government corruption, isn't disrespecting veterans: go to the VA if you want to see that.
BloodofHeroes
You can disagree all you want... doesn't make you any less wrong. The flag is NOT our government, it is for our people.
BloodofHeroes
And because VA is being disrespectful in a different way does not negate the disrespect Kaepernick shows.
OhMyGodWhoTheHellCaaares
As a veteran: don't tell me what I served for you fart sucking fuck bag. I fought for his right to sit and your right to complain about it/1
OhMyGodWhoTheHellCaaares
And as long as no one is being physically hurt by someone else's actions? Who cares? I don't care about how it makes you feel because/2
OhMyGodWhoTheHellCaaares
Everyone in this day and age can find something to be offended by. Leave my brothers and sisters and I out of your bullshit argument. 3/3
KiltedinSeattle
Absolutely! Thank you for making a great point. You guys fought for the rights of ALL of us and disagreeing with each other doesn't make 1/2
KiltedinSeattle
either one "unpatriotic". I support his right to kneel just as I have the right to think he was a b-list quarterback after his 2nd year.
mal5341
What if I told you that some veterans think he's being disrespectful and others support his right to do this? Veterans aren't a monolith.
whenfirstiappeariseemmysterious
What? They've been lying to me about the Univeteran?
StitchardRamireztheKnitStalker
And some don't care if he kneels or stands but still think he's a dick
KiltedinSeattle
And you are also 100% within your rights to think so! I thought he was a dick LONG before this controversy!
StitchardRamireztheKnitStalker
Nope, you're a racist now, he's perfect and any deviation on that idea means you're a trump supporting nazi
KiltedinSeattle
Alrighty then! Better start sewing my new robes!
poopofdestiny
Some veterans think both, at the same time. We're funny people like that.
KiltedinSeattle
Yup! And it's 100% their right to do so. You're catching on! It's possible to disagree & still be patriotic.
nutsacrilegious
But when you do it at work on the clock in uniform then you're speaking FOR your employer. Getting it yet?
KiltedinSeattle
Which falls into the "consequences" category. You have the right to protest and may have to suffer consequences from those who disagree.
BloodofHeroes
As a veteran I support his RIGHT to do it. But I don't support his method or reasoning behind his disrespect of the flag being his mantra.
sevensided
As a veteran, I wonder how kneeling, a traditional respectful pose, was cast as disrespectful.
ratfaceddog
Mantra?