What is the controversy surrounding #takeaknee

[Amarok]

But arguing that taking a kneel is itself a largely empty gesture because all it does is draw attention to racial issues that are currently omnipresent in the news anyway, and does bugger all to stop it (possibly because the underlying issues are so entrenched that nothing short of nuking humanity off the face of the earth will stop it), well, that also makes sense.

But none of that is an excuse for silence . Beta position is pure fatalism .

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People pay money to watch games. They do not pay money to watch preachy scolds make them uncomfortable.

Tough shit . 

But honey, I had to beat you because I love you so much."

You can't abuse a flag .it can't suffer .Nor can you abuse a nation by criticizing it.  

Foreign policy in Syria
The disproportionate suicide rates of white men.
The Holocaust of innocent unborn children
Date Rape
Don't like Trump
Don't like Obama
Save the Whales
VA hospital wait times
Animal rights

Yup it's called freedom of speech sorry if it inconvenience you . And slippery slope fallacy .

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Initially he sat during the anthem. Apart from the anthem, he was seen wearing socks depicting police officers as pigs. He later cleaned it up a bit by kneeling, but don't act like he's full of respect for police or the US. He isn't.

1. Why would he show respect to the organization that disrespects his whole race . Why would he respect a country that treats his people like shit. 

And this sad attempt a villainizing  him is very telling .

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A lot of people are patriotic in the US.

A lot of people are jingoists in US