49ERS QUARTERBACK CALLING Her NECK DECIDED NOT TO STAND FOR
THE NATIONAL ANTHEM, AND SOME FOOTBALL FANS ARE NOT STANDING
FOR THAT KIND OF BEHAVIOR.
THE REASON WHY HE DID THIS WAS
POLITICALLY MOTIVATED THAT HE
WAS TRYING TO MAKE A POINT ABOUT THE CLASS MATTER, ABOUT SOME OF
THE POLICE BRUTALITY AGAINST THE BLACK COMMUNITY, AND HE RELEASED
A STATEMENT ABOUT IT THAT HE SAYS I AM NOT GOING TO STAND UP
TO SHOW PRIDE IN A FLAG FOR A COUNTRY THAT OPPRESSES BLACK
PEOPLE AND PEOPLE OF COLOR.
TO ME, THIS IS BIGGER THAN FOOTBALL
AND IT WOULD BE SELFISH ON MY PART TO LOOK THE OTHER WAY.
THEIR BODIES IN THE STREET AND PEOPLE GETTING PAID LEAVE AND
GETTING AWAY WITH MURDER.
OF
COURSE, SOME PEOPLE WERE IN FAVOR OF THIS TYPE OF POLITICAL
SPEECH, OTHERS NOT SO MUCH.
OKAY, OBVIOUSLY LATER HIS HOUSE BURNED DOWN.
AS I WAS WATCHING THAT AND LIKE, OH MY GOD, PLEASE BE CAREFUL.
IF THIS IS WHAT YOU FEEL LIKE YOU NEED TO DO, FIND.
JUST BE CAREFUL.
JUST IN CASE YOU THOUGHT I WASN'T KIDDING, HIS HOUSE DID
NOT EARN DOWN AS FOR AS WE NOTE THAT 12% OF THE GUYS ALIKE OH
YEAH, I'VE TO PUT IT OUT.
I DO KNOW WHAT TO DO NEXT.
HE HAS A
LOT OF CRITICISM AND IN IS GOING TO TELL YOU MORE ABOUT IT.
1ST
OFF, IT WAS THE RIGHT THING.
YES.
WHAT I HAVE DONE A?
NOTE THAT WHAT DO I MEAN BY THAT?
I LOVE THE AMERICAN FLAG.
I HAVE TALKED ABOUT IT A LOT
BEFORE.
THAT FLAG IS NOT THEIRS, IT IS ALL OF OURS.
I
BELIEVE IN IDEAS AND PENCILS OF AMERICA, SO I STAND FOR THE
ANTHEM AND I THINK THAT IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
YOU FIGHT
WITHIN THE SYSTEM TO SET UP A GOOD SYSTEM FOR A STABILITY
SUCCEED.
IT IS NOT WHAT I WOULD'VE DONE, BUT THE REASON I
LIKE IT IS BECAUSE IT IS AN ATHLETE WHO HAS SOME SORT OF
SPELL AS YOU CAN TELL BECAUSE OF
THE EXTREME REACTION AND HE CAN PUT THE SPOTLIGHT ON AN ISSUE
THAT MATTERS SO WE GET TO THE
RIGHT FIX.
I HAPPEN TO DISAGREE WITH THE MANNER IN WHICH HE DID
IT BUT I THINK THAT IS A LOT LESS IMPORTANT THAN THE FACT
THAT HE IS WILLING TO RISK THINGS AND THIS IS NOT A GUY WHO
IS NOT WELL-ESTABLISHED.
I HAD HIM ON MY FANTASY TEAM.
HE
PULVERIZED MY TEAM MISSING
HANDEDLY.
I HAVE NO LOVE FOR:.
HE IS AT LEAST TAKING A STANCE.
FOR EXAMPLE ASKED LEBRON JAMES TO TAKE MORE OF A STANCE WHEN
THEY SHOT TO MERE RICE, AND THEN THEY CHARGED HIS FAMILY $500 TO
TRANSPORT HIS BODY BACK TO THE
HOSPITAL.
LUCKILY, THAT WAS SO EGREGIOUS THAT THEY WALK THAT
BACK THE NEXT DAY, BUT LEBRON JAMES ONCE WERE A T-SHIRT AND
THEN LATER AT THE OLYMPICS, THE OTHER STARS DID SOMETHING AND
YADA YADA, HE COULD HAVE SET OUT
A GAME AND IT WOULD HAVE MADE GIGANTIC NEWS AND WHEN IT MAKES
NEWS, IT AT LEAST STARTS A
CONVERSATION ABOUT LOOK, PEOPLE ARE ANGRY.
WHAT ARE THEY ANGRY ABOUT?
OH, MAYBE WE GET SOME OTHER AMERICANS TO THINK, HEY,
PERHAPS IF IT WERE MY KID WHO WERE BEING SHOT WHEN HE WAS
12 YEARS OLD WITH A TOY GUN, I WOULD BE SUPER MAD AND I
WOULD WANT TO FIX THE SYSTEM.
UNFORTUNATELY, THAT IS NOT HOW MOST PEOPLE WHO ARE CRITICS
OF Her NECK HAVE RESPONDED IN THIS CASE.
RIGHT, I WILL GIVE YOU ANOTHER EXAMPLE.
ONE MAN BY THE
NAME OF MAN TELLING RIGHTS, GET THE HELL OUT OF OUR COUNTRY IF
YOU DON'T WANT TO STAND FOR OUR
NATIONAL ANTHEM,:.
THIS NATION HAS MEDIUM MILLIONS.
HASHTAG PIECE OF SHIP.
1ST OF ALL, CONTENT OF HIS POLITICAL ACTIVISM ASIDE, I
FIND IT REALLY INTERESTING WHEN PEOPLE LOSE IT OVER SOMEONE
WHO DOES NOT STAND FOR THE NATIONAL ANTHEM.
DOES THAT MAKE YOU QUESTION YOUR LOVE FOR THIS COUNTRY?
OKAY, HE DOESN'T WANT TO STAND FOR THE NATIONAL ANTHEM.
WIRE HEADS EXPORTING OVER THIS?
EVEN IF IT WAS FOR SOMETHING YOU DON'T AGREE WITH, EVEN IF IT'S
FOR SOMETHING THAT IS STUPID.
LIKE FOR INSTANCE, LET'S SAY HE
DIDN'T WANT TO STAND FOR THE NATIONAL ANTHEM BECAUSE WE
ACTUALLY DID SOMETHING ABOUT POLICE BRUTALITY AND I WAS
AGAINST THAT.
I WOULDN'T BE OFFENDED THAT HE IS NOT STANDING
FOR THE NATIONAL ANTHEM.
THAT IS A FORM OF POLITICAL SPEECH.
I GET OFFENDED WHEN PEOPLE ATTACK ONE ANOTHER VICIOUSLY
WHEN THEY TRY TO TEAR ONE
ANOTHER DOWN VISUALLY VICIOUSLY, WHEN IT DOESN'T ACTUALLY LEAD
TO A DIALOGUE IRONICALLY ENOUGH, THE SAME PEOPLE WHO RUN
AROUND WHINING AND CRYING ABOUT SAFE SPACES ON COLLEGE
CAMPUSES APPARENTLY NEED TO SAVE SPACE FROM CALLING Her NECK
NOT STANDING UP FOR THE NATIONAL ANTHEM.
I CAN RELATE TO THIS BECAUSE HER MEMBER I USED TO BE A
REPUBLICAN AND THIS IS ONE OF THE ISSUES I WAS CONSERVATIVE
ON.
I REMEMBER BEING REALLY MAD
THAT MAHOOD A DO DIDN'T STAND UP FOR THE NATIONAL ANTHEM.
HE WAS
A BASKETBALL PLAYER WHO WAS PRETTY GOOD BACK THEN.
IDENTITY
HUGE DEBATES WITH MY LIBERAL
FRIENDS AND I THOUGHT LOOK YOU'RE SPITTING IN THE EYE OF
THIS COUNTRY THAT HAS PROVIDED FOR YOU AND FOR ALL OF US.
THAT
IS NOT THE PRODUCTIVE WAY TO DO IT.
I STILL BELIEVE THAT IT IS
NOT THE BEST WAY TO DO IT, BUT I'VE MATURED OVER THE YEARS AND
REALIZED, I DON'T AGREE WITH IT, THAT DOES NOT MEAN HE DOES NOT
HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO IT.
IT IS CLEARLY A FORM OF EXPRESSION.
HOW INSANE IT IS THAT THE
SUPREME COURT SAYS CORPORATIONS RHYMING POLITICIANS AS A FORM OF
EXPRESSION BUT THEIR PEOPLE THAT THINK NOTHING FOR THE NATIONAL
ANTHEM IS NOT A FORM OF
EXPRESSION.
OF COURSE IT IS.
I UNDERSTAND NOW THAT THAT IS HIS
OPINION, MAN.
WE GET TO HAVE THOSE IN THIS COUNTRY.
THAT IS
THE WHOLE POINT OF THE COUNTRY.
IF YOU ARE A PATRIOTIC AMERICAN, THEN YOU SHOULD REALIZE AND I
SHOULD'VE REALIZED BACK THEN THAT THIS IS NOT SUCH A BAD
THING TO DO.
IT IS AMERICAN THING TO DO TO DISAGREE AND DISAGREE IN
DIFFERENT WAYS TO SHOW THAT IN DIFFERENT WAYS.
I JUST FEEL LIKE SOMEONE'S PATRIOTISM OR LACK OF SAYS
NOTHING ABOUT ME OR MY LOVE FOR THE COUNTRY.
SOMEONE FEELS LIKE THEY'VE BEEN WRONGED BY THE COUNTRY WHICH
BY THE WAY, MANY AMERICANS DO, I AM NOT GOING TO BE UP IN ARMS
BECAUSE THEY DID NOT RESPECT THE NATIONAL ANTHEM.
I GET IT,
PEOPLE GET ALL UP IN ARMS ABOUT PATRIOTISM, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT
WOULD BE MUCH MORE PATRIOTIC?
DOING THINGS THAT WOULD ACTUALLY HELP FELLOW AMERICANS INSTEAD
OF BRUSHING A GIGANTIC PRIVATE PROBLEM UNDER THE RUG AND
PRETENDING LIKE IT DOES NOT EXIST.
IF YOU ARE REALLY PATRIOTIC, YOU WILL LOOK OUT FOR YOUR FELLOW
AMERICANS BUT THAT IS NOT WHAT WE ARE SEEING IN THE COUNTRY RIGHT
NOW THAT WE LACK EMPATHY, WE ARE ALL VERY INDIVIDUALISTIC.
THIS COUNTRY WAS FOUNDED ON BEING A COMMUNITY AND WORKING
TOGETHER.
WE DON'T DO THAT ANYMORE.
NOW IT'S ALL US VERSUS THEM, I AM OUT FOR MYSELF, EVERYONE
ELSE CAN GO F THEMSELVES.