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Post by klawrencio79 on Oct 16, 2017 16:48:23 GMT
The point of any protest is to bring as much attention as possible to the reason behind the protest. Few in America have as large a platform as an NFL player, and even more so a QB. So he used his platform as he saw fit. Is it really any different than Al Gore talking about global warming, Bono preaching about everything at a U2 concert, or George Clooney talking about African orphans or whatever? You don't have to agree with what Kaepernick is trying to bring attention to (though everyone should), but if you don't like seeing it on tv then maybe that's when you should grab a beer or go to the bathroom. What is being talked about more? The social injustice that these idiots claim to be protesting about or the fact that they are using the platform to disrespect the country? Yes, the motive of social injustice is given, but then the discussion turns to the protest itself. Remember when the bullshit started about how the Redskins name is disrespectful or the Cleveland Indians mascot is disrespectful. The reason liberals gave was that if anyone is offended by it, it is therefore offensive. Why is this any different? If anyone is offended by the kneeling, it is therefore offensive. Just like with the name and mascot, inent of not meaning to be offensive is moot It's talked about more, oddly enough, by the people who believe that social injustice is something that these people have made up in their minds. They attack the messenger and not the message, going so far as to actually say that the message is something else entirely (it's about social injustice, it's not about protesting the flag/this country). They say things like "Kaepernick isn't poor, therefore he has no idea about social injustice," which is so perplexingly stupid that I cannot for the life of me see how anybody can repeat it, and yet they do. It's talked about more because that's what people do in this country when they think you are wrong - they change the tune and put words in your mouth. It's talked about more by people who claim to be constitutional experts when it comes to waving Nazi flags and citing 1st amendment cases, but who disappear like a fart in the wind when someone asks about other constitutional rights that are often ignored, such as due process of law. I don't disagree with you about the Redskins and Indians thing, although I'd go so far as to say that people being upset with teams using a mascot of a people who were the victims of mass genocide is not the same thing as taking a knee in the hopes of saying "hey, something is wrong in this country, let's do something about it." When military personnel are coming out in support of the protesters (and many of them are), then this attack on the form of protest loses its legs. Plus, black people in this country are REPEATEDLY told that their form of protest is unacceptable so I call bullshit on people attaching this form of protest as it represents a peaceful protest that has generated discussion, whether the right wants to hear it or not. |
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