Posted on 09/25/2017 5:31:54 AM PDT by gaggs
Army veteran Alejandro Villanueva was the only player on the Pittsburgh Steelers team to come out of the locker room and stand for the anthem.
The man is a true hero and inspiration!
During last years season, Villanueva said in response to then-San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick protests:
I agree that America is not perfect, I agree there are lot of issues with minorities in this country, I agree we should do something about it.
But I dont know if the most effective way is to sit down when the national anthem of the country that is providing you freedom and providing you $60 million a year is the best way to do it when there are black minorities that are dying in Iraq and Afghanistan and protecting our freedom for less than $20,000 a year.
I just know Im very thankful to be an American. I will stand very proudly and sing every single line of the national anthem every single time I hear it. I will stop whatever Im doing because I recognize I have to be very thankful to be in this country."
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No, they need to fire their failed EEO coach.
Jerry Jones has certainly made it clear he thinks like Trump does. “kneel and don’t play”
I knew there was a Steelers players that stood alone essentially.
Taking a knee - no cost
Dissing the Nation - no cost
Throw in the anti-police rhetoric, BLM/Black Power/other racist nonsense - and the NFL players *think* there is no cost.
Make no mistake, you are watching the NFL commit suicide.
I am willing to help them cut their own throats - not a dime will they get from me, don’t watch the games. Eff the lot of em.
excellent suggestion - thanx
You forgot: the food stamps—the free legal aid—the free Obamaphones—the ‘pass when committing crimes’ revolving door of the just us system. I could go on & on.
In any event, I am tired of their whining.
Get off your fat asses & produce something other than another generation of useless mouths like yourselves.
I want every single welfare recipient tested for drugs....NO EXCEPTIONS & RANDOM. Permanent expulsion from the welfare system if caught dirty.
Also- MAMA cannot collect welfare if she won’t name the fathers of her passel of kids. Tired of paying for sperm donors skating from their responsibilities.
COLIN K’s girlfriend is a total BLM promoter & I am pretty sure this is the first real girlfriend with benefits he has ever had. She has turned him into a troublemaker.
He is totally PW, IMO.
Sooo Colin:
IF you are so OPPRESSED-—whom do you blame?
The teen age girl who got knocked up with you?
Or the older black stud who abandoned you both?
It certainly cannot be the WHITE family who adopted you as a baby & gave you a very nice life.
"Hey coach, never forget, in my last job I killed people."
His “protest” was never about justice. It was always about deflecting from his miserable performance on the field and ensuring he would never get cut from the team.
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