AS OF NOW THERE IS AN ONLINE PETITION WITH ABOUT 61,000
SIGNATURES, ALL TO REMOVE A STATUE OF FORMER NFL PLAYER RAY
LEWIS AFTER HE KNELT AT AN NFL GAME.
HE IS A FORMER BALTIMORE RAVEN.
THE PLOT THICKENS BECAUSE RAY LEWIS SAYS I WAS KNEELING,
BUT I WAS NOT PROTESTING.
HE'S SAYING THAT HE WAS PRAYING, NOT PROTESTING.
THE PLOT THICKENS FURTHER BECAUSE ACCORDING TO THE
BALTIMORE SUN ñ WHAT THE HELL?
>> WHAT IS GOING ON?
THIS IS GOING TO COME ON AS INCREDIBLY AGGRESSIVE BUT
IT MUST BE SAID.
FOR THE MILITARY MEMBERS THAT ARE OFFENDED BY SOMEONE SIMPLY
KNEELING DURING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM, DO YOU CALL LIBERALS
SNOWFLAKES?
DO WE SPEND HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON THE
MILITARY EVERY YEAR SO NO ONE EVER OFFENDS YOU OR HURT YOUR
FEELINGS?
WHAT IS IT HURT YOUR FEELING WHEN SOMEONE IS
PRACTICING THEIR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT IN THE MILDEST WAY
IMAGINABLE?
THEY DON'T LIKE IT WHEN PEOPLE TAKE TO THE STREETS
TO PROTEST OR WHEN SOMEONE IS PEACEFULLY PROTESTING
DURING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM.
CAN WE MOVE ON?
IT IS A FORM OF EXPRESSION PROTECTED BY THE CONSTITUTION.
OBVIOUSLY THIS GUY IS A PRIVATE CITIZEN, IT IS NOT THE
GOVERNMENT TAKING ACTION AGAINST RAY LEWIS.
BUT WHY THE WAY, RAY LEWIS?
REALLY?
YOU ARE PRAYING?
>> YES, I BELIEVE THAT RAY LEWIS WAS PRAYING.
HE GETS REALLY INTENSE.
DIDN'T HE KILL A GUY?
>> HE FAMOUSLYñ HE PLED GUILTY TO AN OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE
CHARGE TO A MURDER.
>>BUT DO YOU BELIEVE HE WAS ACTUALLY PRAYING?
>> I BELIEVE RAY LEWIS WAS PRAYING, YES.
BUT IT'S NOT IMPORTANT WHETHER OR NOT I BELIEVE IT.
I BELIEVE RAY LEWIS WAS LIKE I WAS THERE TO FIX EVERYTHING
BECAUSE I AM RAY LEWIS.
I JUST LIKE HOW CRAZY THIS HAS ALL TURNED INTO.
>> THIS IS HONESTLY THE MOST RIDICULOUS ñ COME ON, IS AN
INTERESTING THEY ARE FIGHTING TO HAVE A STATUE TAKEN DOWN
BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T LIKE SOMEONE PRACTICING THEIR FIRST
AMENDMENT RIGHTS?
>> I AM JUST AS AWARE OF HOW IRONIC THAT IS AND THEY ARE
JUST USING THAT.
>> YOUR GOVERNMENT IS SENDING SOLDIERS TO PREEMPTIVE WAR.
SOLDIERS ARE DYING SO PRIVATE CONTRACTORS CAN GET RICH.
THAT IS OFFENSIVE.
YOU WANT TO SIGN A PETITION, SIGNED THAT ONE.
YOU CARE ABOUT OUR SOLDIERS, THAT IS WHAT YOU SHOULD
CARE ABOUT.
INSTEAD YOU ARE TWIDDLING YOUR THUMBS AND GETTING PETITIONS OUT
THERE OVER RAY LEWIS KNEELING?
GET YOUR PRIORITIES STRAIGHT.
I GET IT, IT OFFENDS YOU.
BUT YOU GETTING OFFENDED IS NOT SOMETHING THAT IS PROTECTED
BY THE CONSTITUTION.
ONE THING YOU SHOULD DO IS THE FACT THAT OUR LEADERS, BOTH
DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS CONTINUOUSLY SUPPORT WAR EFFORTS
THAT PUT OUR SOLDIERS IN HARMS WAY.
THEY SELL YOU THIS BS ABOUT SPREADING DEMOCRACY, BUT
THEY DON'T CARE.
DE-ESCALATE WARS AND OTHER COUNTRIES BECAUSE PRIVATE
CONTRACTORS STAND TO MAKE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
THAT IS OFFENSIVE.
THAT IS WHAT INFURIATES ME.
I ACTUALLY CARE ABOUT OUR SOLDIERS.
I WANT TO DO SOMETHING THAT ENSURES THAT WE ARE NOT
RISKING THEIR LIVES SO OTHERS CAN MAKE MONEY.
BUT HEY, WE ARE DISTRACTED BY THE NFL SO LET'S FOCUS ON THAT.
>> I WATCHED FOOTBALL WITH SOMEONE THAT HAS CANCELED THEIR
FOOTBALL SUBSCRIPTION.
I BELIEVE THAT THIS PERSON IS ANGRY AT FOOTBALL PLAYERS
BECAUSE THIS PERSON LOVES AMERICA.
WHAT I CAN'T WRAP MY MIND AROUND IS HOW YOU CAN'T JUST GO READ
ONE OF THE ORIGINAL KNEELERS, THE GUY THAT KNELT WITH COLIN
KAEPERNICK, YOU CAN'T JUST GO READ HIS COLUMN IN THE NEW YORK
TIMES WHERE HE SAYS EXACTLY WHY HE LEARNED WHY HE SHOULD
NOT BE SITTING.
HE TALKED TO A GREEN BERET AND FOUND OUT WHAT IS THE MOST
RESPECTFUL WAY TO DO IT.
AND HE LAYS OUT THE ENTIRE REASON AND DID NOT WANT TO
BE OFFENSIVE.
THIS WAS SET ON SPORTSCENTER BY SCOTT VAN PELT.
IF YOU ARE MAD AT THAT, OR THE COWBOYS WHO KNELT BEFORE
THE NATIONAL ANTHEM, YOU JUST WANT TO BE MAD.
IF YOU CAN LOOK AT YOURSELF IN THE MIRROR AND SAY TO
YOURSELF I AM NOT MAD ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE, THEN WE CAN
HAVE THE NEXT PART OF THE CONVERSATION.
AS MORE TIME PASSES, AS WE HAVE A LONGER DIALOGUE, AS WE
SEE THE PRESIDENT RE-ESCALATE THIS THING THAT WAS ALMOST
A NON-ISSUE AGAIN ñ
>>AND WE ARE SEEING THAT FROM RAY LEWIS AS WELL.
HE BECOMES A NEWS STORY BECAUSE HE IS PUSSYFOOTING AROUND
WHERE HE WANTS TO LAND ON THIS ISSUE.
WE NEED TO REMEMBER WHY PLAYERS STARTED KNEELING IN THE
FIRST PLACE.
IT'S NOT THE DISTRACTION THAT DONALD TRUMP HAS TURNED OUT
TO BE.
MORE AND MORE WE MOVE AWAY FROM THAT.
THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF THAT.
SHUT THE FUCK UP.
DURING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM A LOT OF NFL PLAYERS ARE MAKING A
STAND, EITHER KNEEL WITH THEM OR DON'T.
NO ONE ASKED YOU TO PRAY THEM.
>>WE
HAVE TO GO TO BREAK BUT I WANT TO GET THIS ONE LAST POINT OUT.
JUST THE INTELLECTUAL DISHONESTY BY PEOPLE ON THE RIGHT WHEN
IT COMES TO THIS ISSUE.
THE SAME PEOPLE THAT CLAIM THEY ARE IN FAVOR OF FREE SPEECH AND
WILL FIGHT FOR IT ARE THE SAME PEOPLE AND THEIR LITTLE YOUTUBE
SHOWS THAT TALK ABOUT HOW WE CAN HAVE POLITICS AND FOOTBALL.
WHAT HAPPENED?
I THOUGHT YOU WERE AN ADVOCATE FOR FREE
SPEECH?
APPARENTLY DON'T LIKE THIS PARTICULAR TYPE OF SPEECH
THROUGH TO GO AHEAD AND CONDEMN IT BECAUSE YOU WANT POLITICS AND
ENTERTAINMENT.
ALSO PEOPLE LIKE TOMI LAHREN, I HATE BRINGING HER UP, SHE
DOES THINGS FOR ATTENTION.
THINK ABOUT SOMEONE AND THEIR DISHONESTY OF SOMEONE LIKE
HER WHO HAS BEEN CRITICAL OF THESE PLAYERS.
WHAT DID SHE SAY WHEN SHE WAS ON THE VIEW AND SUPPORTED
REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS?
I BELIEVE IN THE CONSTITUTION, I'M A CONSTITUTIONALIST.
THAN WHAT?
DO YOU VALUE THE FIRST AMENDMENT WHICH IS EXACTLY
WHAT
THESE PLAYERS ARE EXERCISING WHEN THEY KNEEL DURING THE
ANTHEM.
BUT YOU LIKE THAT TYPE OF SPEECH, SO THE CONSTITUTION
DOESN'T MATTER WHEN IT COMES TO SOMETHING THAT QUESTIONS
YOUR IDEOLOGY OR QUESTIONS YOUR VALUES.
IT IS FRUSTRATING AND IT SHOWS YOU THE HYPOCRISY ON THAT ISSUE.
BY THE WAY WHEN IT COMES TO FREE SPEECH, I'M GOING TO SAY WE HAVE
BEEN INCREDIBLY CONSISTENT.
ANN COULTER WANTS TO GO SPEAK IT BERKELEY, DO YOU BOO.
AS LONG AS YOU ARE NOT INCITING VIOLENCE WHICH IS NOT
PROTECTED BY THE FIRST AMENDMENT, DO YOU, I WILL
SUPPORT YOU
EVEN IF I DISAGREE WITH YOU.
BUT THEY WILL NEVER TURN AROUND AND BE CONSISTENT WHEN IT
COMES TO SOMEONE ON THE LEFT OR SOMEONE WITH A DIFFERENT
IDEOLOGY PRACTICING THEIR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT.