RE: What is the controversy surrounding #takeaknee
October 3, 2017 at 2:48 pm
(This post was last modified: October 3, 2017 at 2:52 pm by bennyboy.)
Am I the only one who gets the sense that these pro athletes are basically the highest-paid slaves ever? The message seems to be "We'll pay you, and you will tow the line. You will support the powers that be, you will show due respect, you will BEHAVE. You will fucking BEHAVE the way you are told, because while you have millions, you must not forget that we have billions, and you will never be one of us."
They are expressing their freedom, as accorded them by the constitution of the United States of America, and in a particularly harmless and peaceful manner. How could embracing the constitution in the face of an oppressive governmental force (read: the police) ever be seen as anything but patriotic?
As far as I'm concerned, the level of outrage among blacks in the US is totally justified, and borders on justification for exercising their second amendment rights-- to bear arms against an oppressive government. It is with incredible forbearance of the citizens of some of these communities that there are not hundreds of dead cops already, IMO. And, interestingly for us, I'd mostly credit that with the high levels of Christianity to be found among them.
They are expressing their freedom, as accorded them by the constitution of the United States of America, and in a particularly harmless and peaceful manner. How could embracing the constitution in the face of an oppressive governmental force (read: the police) ever be seen as anything but patriotic?
As far as I'm concerned, the level of outrage among blacks in the US is totally justified, and borders on justification for exercising their second amendment rights-- to bear arms against an oppressive government. It is with incredible forbearance of the citizens of some of these communities that there are not hundreds of dead cops already, IMO. And, interestingly for us, I'd mostly credit that with the high levels of Christianity to be found among them.
