You're on a roll. "And clearly its a protest of hate toward our country" So you're saying that the players are not part of the country. No wonder people who think like that hate people who protest. It's not their country!
It was not written into the rule book; the league has always assumed this is something that the players will always do because it is the right thing to do. They were wrong. The league is wising up though, thanks to Kaepernick.
Hitler was very patriotic. He was loyal to Germany although he was a native Austrian by birth. Jefferson Davis was loyal to his State but not patriotic to his country.
They are fair weather citizens who will stop protesting and jump in line when the goodies are handed out
Your welcome. Thanks for giving us the opinion of...What is is you do again that makes you more qualified than a writer for ESPN? His stats speak for themselves. He wasn't good enough to sign and he had attitude problems, all employers just love that.
You are legally required to call the thug cops in case of an accident but not in the case of a burglary unless something like a gun is stolen.
Taking a knee is a sign of submission. If he wanted to be disrespectful he would have sat on his butt while the damn racist song was being sung.
Herbert Hoover was pushing for increased black home ownership in 1931 = http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=22620&st=home+ownership&st1= Then the racist FDR came along.
American troops don't sacrifice their lives for freedom. They sacrifice their lives to enrich the 1%ers and to satisfy warmongering politicians. They lose their lives and health by invading foreign countries and killing complete strangers. Why should that be celebrated?
Why should black people be respectful while a racist song that was written by a slaver is being sung that boasts about killing their ancestors who were fighting for their freedom?
So what did her son die for? It sure wasn't for freedom and equality for Americans. American troops don't die for those things.
Yeah, Because protests are all about being submissive. Ah. So now I see why you support the divisionary miscreant. All cops are thugs huh? Kap must be proud to have intelligent solution oriented folks like you wearing those Nikes I've always thought stupid people should have to wear a sign, thanks to Nike now they do! The guys an attention whore. From the Dolphins hat, the pig socks, castro shirt, the tatted up arms, the huge ... He's just "Look at me, look at me!" all the time, but he doesn't say sh#t. "Protest" pftttt.
That's human nature. It is discussed in Proverbs 1:10-19 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=proverbs+1:10-19&version=CEB It is one of the few useful ideas in the Bible.