To my knowledge Congress has made no law pertaining to the issue have they?
Point is First Amendment is not relevant to the discussion. He certainly has a right to protest and people have a right to say what they think of his protest .
Oh I think it DOES have relevance. the RIGHT wants to shut up every and anyone that dares criticize the fuehrer..erm..Trump and those that support him out of their own paranoia.
Having said that, Mr Kapernick Isnt telling people what they don't know.
So what? He still has a right to protest. Where would we be if MLK listened to his critics and stayed in his church pulpit and not spoken out? Don't you think back then people KNEW segregation was wrong? they did on a basic human level but there were LAWS back then making segregation legal. Oh, but noooo, don't protest (even peacefully) the LAW.
Truth is he will have my support if he chooses to protest police brutality where it matters , IE the mostly democratic party run municipalities where most cases of police brutality take place . But taking his message to a Global audience by
disrespecting the flag and anthem simply doesn't fly
Same thought process that motivated protests against the Vietnam War. What happened happened...I swear, some "christians" are more Americanists than Christian. Who holds your allegiance more? God or some nationalist ideology?
There are two institutions you simply dont dishonor no matter what. Those are Your Parents and your Country . I realize that to the left nothing is sacred but if everyone chooses to disrespect the national anthem and the flag what country will we have ?
Same response as above.
Should we all start disrespecting the flag because of the Millions of POC that are deliberately targeted for abortion every year ? Point is We can all come up with reasons and grievances to disrespect the flag and anthem if we chose .
Again, on a basic human level we all know what's right and wrong. Abortion is basically between a woman and God (if she believes there is one)..even if she does believe there is a God, it's still between her and Him. It's getting quite old that the RIGHT uses abortion to score points with the so-called "evangelical" voters. The "right" doesn't really care how they get votes, or apparently who gets elected POTUS.
Police brutality is not the ONLY thing wrong with America and if statistics are anything to go by its pretty much overblown by the media. As a black man you are far more likely to be killed in a car accident , killed by other black men than by Police
Nobody said police brutality is the only thing wrong with America...so now you agree that the U.S has problems. good, that's a start.
Disrespecting your flag or your anthem is simply a sign of rebellion and nothing more and it goes right in line with the NIHILISTIC vision that the left has for America .