"Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman says the public isn't listening to the message NFL players...
"Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman says the public isn't listening to the message NFL players are trying to send with their actions during the national anthem."
No kidding. That's why my point, from the beginning, is that this was a stupid protest, because this was absolutely inevitable. If I say, "Your mother is ugly, and I am only saying that not because I think she is ugly, but because I think we should focus on the plight of starving people in Africa," do you really think you're gonna focus on the plight of starving people in Africa? Most likely, you'll focus either on the fact that I said your mother is stupid, or how stupid I am to say that in order to raise awareness of the plight of starving people in Africa.
You can argue until you're blue in the face about what you mean when you say something, but if, at the end of the day, people hear something different from what you meant ... you lose. And it is absolutely inevitable that a protest during the national anthem will be "heard" as a disrespect of America.
It's not the public's fault, it's the fault of the people who didn't realize that the message was always going to get lost with this protest.
No kidding. That's why my point, from the beginning, is that this was a stupid protest, because this was absolutely inevitable. If I say, "Your mother is ugly, and I am only saying that not because I think she is ugly, but because I think we should focus on the plight of starving people in Africa," do you really think you're gonna focus on the plight of starving people in Africa? Most likely, you'll focus either on the fact that I said your mother is stupid, or how stupid I am to say that in order to raise awareness of the plight of starving people in Africa.
You can argue until you're blue in the face about what you mean when you say something, but if, at the end of the day, people hear something different from what you meant ... you lose. And it is absolutely inevitable that a protest during the national anthem will be "heard" as a disrespect of America.
It's not the public's fault, it's the fault of the people who didn't realize that the message was always going to get lost with this protest.
"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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