Colin Kaepernick is dumb and wrong. But he has the right to be dumb and wrong. Fine. But he is not just...
Colin Kaepernick is dumb and wrong. But he has the right to be dumb and wrong. Fine. But he is not just disrespecting the flag and the nation, but all the people who came there to watch the game.
He should do as various other athletes do, and stand out of respect for the people around him, while not saluting the flag.
When the Canadian anthem is played at hockey games, I don't salute the Canadian flag ... but I stand out of respect for the people around me who are. You saw the same thing throughout the Olympics, where people of all nations stood in respect when the anthem is played for some other nation. I'd even stand for the North Korean anthem, out of respect to the North Korean people -- not the nation they represent -- around me.
If you refuse to stand, it's not refusing to respect the flag or the people ... it's explicitly showing *dis*respect for them. It's making a statement of hate. If that's what you want to do, fine ... but expect a backlash, and for your message to get lost in the process.
Now let's move on ... after watching this video.
http://ftw.usatoday.com/2016/08/pole-vaulter-national-anthem-sam-kendricks-2016-rio-olympics
He should do as various other athletes do, and stand out of respect for the people around him, while not saluting the flag.
When the Canadian anthem is played at hockey games, I don't salute the Canadian flag ... but I stand out of respect for the people around me who are. You saw the same thing throughout the Olympics, where people of all nations stood in respect when the anthem is played for some other nation. I'd even stand for the North Korean anthem, out of respect to the North Korean people -- not the nation they represent -- around me.
If you refuse to stand, it's not refusing to respect the flag or the people ... it's explicitly showing *dis*respect for them. It's making a statement of hate. If that's what you want to do, fine ... but expect a backlash, and for your message to get lost in the process.
Now let's move on ... after watching this video.
http://ftw.usatoday.com/2016/08/pole-vaulter-national-anthem-sam-kendricks-2016-rio-olympics
"It is the common fate of the indolent to see their rights become a prey to the active. The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance; which condition if he break, servitude is at once the consequence of his crime and the punishment of his guilt."
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