Because people can't handle differing opinions
Since when do people have the right to make a disruptive personal statement at their place of employment. I know I don't.
Oh boy. The "they don't even know why they're doing it" guy chimes in.
Yes.
They.
Do.
And if you're struggling with the concept- THEY KEEP TELLING YOU WHY THEY'RE DOING IT.
OVER.
and
OVER.
But... you don't want to acknowledge why they're doing it. YOU are the problem. Not them.
They say: It's NOT ABOUT THE MILITARY.
They say: It's NOT ABOUT THE FLAG.
They say: It's NOT ABOUT THE ANTHEM.
They say: It's about POLICE BRUTALITY.
They say: It's about INJUSTICE.
.....
It's not a difficult concept.
It's not about YOU or your service. Stop trying to make it about you. Unless you're a racist or abusive cop... it's not.
"Don't care if you get triggered"... says a guy clearly triggered by black men (and now white men) silently protesting racism.
Good job, buddy.
"disruptive personal statement"....
Uhhhhhh... their coaches and owners did it WITH THEM.
And how is kneeling quietly "disruptive"?
Jesus... I can't with you people.
was literally typing up the same thing
Hey this is very true. I didn't think of them as employees of an organization. Thank you for that.
Have you not read this thread or watched any news? It is clearly disruptive. How you can be so ignorant is unbelievable. I'm not saying they don't have a right to protest. I'm saying they don't have a RIGHT to do it at work. Period.
oh please do enlighten me.
And for you "don't disrespect our flag!" narrative types - time to educate:
Now... let's pretend it's still about them "disrespecting the flag"...
If it's not about the military, flag or anthem then maybe the national anthem isn't the appropriate venue to protest. Maybe the people protesting aren't very intelligent. Maybe we should start protesting in front of Christian churches every time ISIS murders innocent people.
Well, a right guarantees you protection from criminal penalty or government repercussion.
A right still protects you from those things when in private employment. It does not protect you from losing your job if you boss disagrees with it. AAS didn't disagree. So, nothing to see here hoss.
Dude. I'm all for players doing what they want. I dngaf about this.
But what do you want to happen?
I do not understand this at all. We are protesting racism. No racist laws, no specific racist people, not even any statistics. Just protesting racism?
This is literally the first protest I've ever seen, where they forgot to have demands. If every person said "You win. What do you want?", they would have no idea. Dumb dumb dumb.
I think we all agree, a racist sees this on TV, and it changes nothing.
I'm picturing a working class white guy who only enjoys 3 hours out of his week, which is watching football. And he has to watch a bunch of millionaires talk about how victimized they are. Can anyone else see how that could perpetuate the problem?
Interesting enough take.
Yesterday was not about racism, it was about a president trying to run the NFL and the NFL saying F off..
Get your head out of the sand.
This started because Kaep protested racial inequality he perceived. This likely is the reason he's not on a roster despite being a more functional player than half of the backups in the league. Players start to kneel to show support for him/racial inequality.
Trump opens his big stupid mouth and everyone decides they're not going to be divided by his words and decide to take collective action.
You just want to pretend they have no message because it makes you uncomfortable.
TABOO ME
huh??
forgot to have demands? What demands are they supposed to have?
"Stop killing black people" specific enough?
It's to bring awareness. And it's doing a damned good job of doing so.
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