And they don’t understand why Kapernick took a knee.

[christiefan915]

I'm not saying we should accept injustice. Because it won't go away doesn't mean we should accept it. Just as violence is a part of the human condition doesn't mean we have to accept all violence. I was speaking to the national anthem. To my knowledge, the national anthem is sung as unity for us as Americans. We could change that in the future by never singing the national anthem, or no one stand, or we all turn our back to the flag or we all kneel for various forms of injustice. That's always an option but would that maintain its effectiveness in the long run?

I don't know why it's played at sports events anyway. It's not played at movies, concerts, dances, operas or lectures. And it *really* ticks me off when people use it as a patriotism test.

[Sailor]

So, in the space of a week, we see a young black man filming himself beating the living F* out of a poor defenseless old white gomer in a nursing home; and now we have a white cop using excessive force and killing a black man.

What’s the point?

The left is a bit silent on this. Wonder why?

[Mason Michaels]

Not sure you really understand the meaning of the word "coincidence".

If the man's health was shot due to years of drug abuse, any kind of stress could have killed him.

The point is that we don't know one way or the other.

But jumping to knee-jerk conclusions makes some people feel better I guess.

You should sell used cars

[Mason Michaels]

You're trying to justify murder,with racism.

[Mason Michaels]

The cop kept his knee there long after Floyd quit moving. It was excessive force, not natural causes, far from natural causes. When he wasn’t responsive, they could have at least rolled him on his side.

Our racist posters are trying to sell,he would have died anyway,it's just a coincidence he happened to die,when the cop had his knee on his throat

[cawacko]

I don't know why it's played at sports events anyway. It's not played at movies, concerts, dances, operas or lectures. And it *really* ticks me off when people use it as a patriotism test.

My understanding is we sang the national anthem during baseball games, maybe just the World Series, during WWI. And it was a show of patriotism. It was done periodically following and then done again during WWII. I have zero problem with that.

If they don't play it anymore I wouldn't lose sleep but I like it because it's something that should unite us all as Americans and with so much division I like things that can potentially unite us. Of course, like most things the anthem is a divider now.

I went to a Warriors game earlier this year and a 70 year old white lady was sitting a few rows in front of me in a $1K/ticket seat. She stood up and turned her back to the court during the national anthem. I found some irony in that but at the end of the day its her choice and life goes on.

[Nomad]

You're trying to justify murder,with racism.

You keep calling something murder that may very well not be murder.

Apparently all you can do is....

[Nomad]

Our racist posters are trying to sell,he would have died anyway,it's just a coincidence he happened to die,when the cop had his knee on his throat

Since when is the back of someone's neck their throat?

Is there anything about this case you won't lie about?

[Mason Michaels]

That's not a fact. It's a lie.

That's strange?I worked in a poor black neighborhood,in urban Toledo 15years,rode a bike to work and back.Never had a problem with anyone.Why do these conservative white people fear blacks?Because they don't know any,or date any?

[Mason Michaels]

You keep calling something murder that may very well not be murder.

Apparently all you can do is....

How does putting your knee on someones throat (while handcuffed),till they die,Not be murder?

[Mott the Hoople]

And this is why it continues to happens.

White people refusing to believe it's racism. shrugging shoulders

I didn’t say that. Please don’t put words in my mouth. Obviously racism is a major problem but you haven’t been paying attention if you don’t realize that the militarization of our police is also a major problem and one that exacerbates the racism problem.

So spare me the illogical false dichotomy. It’s not just possible but probable that both racism and militarization are a problem in our police forces. They are not mutually exclusive.

[Mason Michaels]

Since when is the back of someone's neck their throat?

Is there anything about this case you won't lie about?

When you put enough pressure on it till they die.

[ThatOwlWoman]

A military veteran inspired Kaep to take a knee during the anthem so your argument doesn't fly, Mr. Earl. Clearly Nate Boyer doesn't think it's disrespectful.

"U.S. Army veteran Nate Boyer convinced Colin Kaepernick to kneel, rather than sit, while protesting police brutality during the national anthem."

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ve...a-knee-anthem/

No doubt Mr. Boyer wasn't in a "real war," so his librul opinion doesn't count.

[cawacko]

I didn’t say that. Please don’t put words in my mouth. Obviously racism is a major problem but you haven’t been paying attention if you don’t realize that the militarization of our police is also a major problem and one that exacerbates the racism problem.

So spare me the illogical false dichotomy. It’s not just possible but probable that both racism and militarization are a problem in our police forces. They are not mutually exclusive.

You mentioned your father’s story. About 20 years ago I had a cop slam my head into the ground, gave me a black eye and ended up having an ambulance take me to the hospital. I didn’t do sh*t. Cops can be a*holes

[PoliTalker]

Hello christiefan915,

I don't know why it's played at sports events anyway. It's not played at movies, concerts, dances, operas or lectures. And it *really* ticks me off when people use it as a patriotism test.

Patriotism these days means wearing a mask. You wanna do something for your country you wear a mask. You observe social distancing. You take this seriously and you join the battle. That's more patriotic than flying flags or playing songs.