(September 28, 2017 at 9:27 am)Lutrinae Wrote:Quote:In an interview with the Tennessean, NFL tight end Delanie Walker took a shot at football fans who are willfully misinterpreting protests during the national anthem, saying they don’t need to come to the games if they can’t deal with it.
“First off, I’m going to say this: We’re not disrespecting the military, the men and women that serve in the Army. That’s not what it’s all about,” Walker explained. “If you look at most of the guys in here – I’ve been in the USO. I support the troops. This is not about that. It’s about equal rights, and that’s all everyone is trying to show, is that we all care about each other.”
Walker then took fans who are threatening to boycott to task, saying, “OK, bye.”
“The fans that don’t want to come to the game? I mean, OK. Bye,” he stated. “I mean, if you feel that’s something, we’re disrespecting you, don’t come to the game. You don’t have to. No one’s telling you to come to the game. It’s your freedom of choice to do that.”
Teammate Logan Ryan backed Walker up, saying, “That’s their choice.”
https://www.rawstory.com/2017/09/bye-nfl...al-rights/
This is precisely how we should always be responding to irrational whiners who always want things their way because they've been brainwashed into thinking they're always right.
No shit, I'm not going to boycott the NFL because some players think a magic sky hero is helping them. But, if you want a lagit reason to protest the NFL, it would be their decades of owners constantly threatening cities that they will leave if the tax payers don't buy them new stadiums. I find it very hard to believe that 32 billionaires cant pool their own profits to pay for their own digs.
Petty to me is demanding forced ritual when the protest isn't even about hating America. But, in the context of both White owners, and white and black players all united in understanding that black players are simply pointing out social inequality I am 100% with them.
