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Vanity: An Important Message to Those Who Protest During the National Anthem

Posted on 06/06/2018 8:34:27 AM PDT by savedbygrace

An Important Message to Those Who Protest During the National Anthem:

Some of you have said that you are not protesting the National Anthem or the flag of the United States of America or the United States military. They have said that the protests represent a response to unequal treatment by law enforcement and the justice system to black people.

OK, I can accept that. However, if that is what you are protesting, then it is not appropriate or productive to protest during the National Anthem. Your protests would be better placed in front of police stations and courthouses across the country.

Assuming that this is also obvious to you and the protest organizers, why are you not doing this?

Is it because you realize you would not get anywhere near the media coverage as you have by protesting on national television broadcasts before National Football League games? If that’s the case, then surely you know that the new policies enacted by the NFL for the coming 2018-2019 season will mean that there will be no televised protests associated with those broadcasts.

So, now what do you do? If you’re not inclined to protest in front of police stations and courthouses, then I would suggest actions that work directly to the benefit of the cause. I suggest that you finance the legal battles of as many unfairly arrested and prosecuted black people as you can afford to. Pool your money and make a difference.

This makes a great deal more sense than protesting during the National Anthem.


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1 posted on 06/06/2018 8:34:27 AM PDT by savedbygrace
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To: savedbygrace

Go ahead and send it out to all the NFL players. Let us know what kind of response you get.


2 posted on 06/06/2018 8:36:52 AM PDT by NEMDF
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To: savedbygrace

These NFL player either do not know just how offensive this kneeling is to people who took the oath and went into harms way under that flag. Or they do know how offensive it is and just get a vicarious thrill insulting people they really hate. Either way in the final analysis they are entertainers. If the totality of their act ends up alienating paying customers and costs their employers money, then their services will be in less demand.


3 posted on 06/06/2018 8:40:14 AM PDT by allendale (.)
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To: savedbygrace
“Assuming that this is also obvious to you and the protest organizers, why are you not doing this?”

Giving this President a black eye is what it's about... KNOWING he can't easily respond to them directly without descending to THEIR level.

They get to bait him and take their cheap shot at the administration and HIM personally... because the MSM is complicit and the Liberal voter base is too f’n stupid to see it for what it is.

4 posted on 06/06/2018 8:41:23 AM PDT by SMARTY ("Nearly all men can stand adversity...to test a man's character, give him power." A. Lincoln)
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To: savedbygrace

A football game is an entertainment event. The football player are entertainers.

The paying crowd is paying be ENTERTAINED - not to be insulted.

You want to protest??? - doing it on YOUR OWN TIME.


5 posted on 06/06/2018 8:41:25 AM PDT by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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To: savedbygrace

Good ideas
Something to add
These brave sportsmen could request to ride along with police and actually observe them doing their jobs
It could become a League program


6 posted on 06/06/2018 8:43:29 AM PDT by silverleaf (A man who kneels for the national anthem doesn't stand for much of anything)
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To: savedbygrace

These attention whores are just that...attention whores.


7 posted on 06/06/2018 8:43:35 AM PDT by Redleg Duke (The Democrats in California want another civil war over cheap labor!)
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To: savedbygrace

Too logical and straightforward.


8 posted on 06/06/2018 8:49:25 AM PDT by Stirner
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To: savedbygrace

I am totally not looking forward to watching the NFL this fall.


9 posted on 06/06/2018 8:49:51 AM PDT by duckman ( Not tired of winning!)
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To: savedbygrace
It's not about protesting at all.

It's about players trying to convert themselves into "brands."

They will know that they succeeded when they are known by only their first names.

-PJ

10 posted on 06/06/2018 8:50:56 AM PDT by Political Junkie Too (The 1st Amendment gives the People the right to a free press, not CNN the right to the 1st question.)
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To: silverleaf

Good idea.


11 posted on 06/06/2018 8:51:15 AM PDT by savedbygrace
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To: Stirner

Thank you.


12 posted on 06/06/2018 8:51:33 AM PDT by savedbygrace
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To: SMARTY

I agree that is the case with some, maybe many, of them. But not all.

I think many are just following the Black Lives Matter lead in making silly protests that also do not make sense. They specialize in protesting the wrong people at the wrong venues.


13 posted on 06/06/2018 8:54:37 AM PDT by savedbygrace
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To: savedbygrace

They were protesting the national anthem. They may claim to have been protesting something else but all they accomplished was proving themselves to be anti-American thugs


14 posted on 06/06/2018 8:54:45 AM PDT by John O (God Save America (Please))
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I have no use for Philadelphia, The Phildelphia Eagles, their Management, their low life Human Scum & Vermin Obamabot, Dreg players, who “racially” hate the American nation, the american Flag, The American Military and the American people and certainly no use for the entire NFL. Have fun NFL Low Life Obamabots and, add in the scum and vermin of the NBA ingrates as well!!


15 posted on 06/06/2018 8:56:39 AM PDT by JLAGRAYFOX (Defeat both the Republican (e) & Democrat (e) political parties....Forever!!!)
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To: 2banana

I completely agree 2banana, but I will take it a step further...

IMO the paying public is getting pissed, and it is showing at the box office, the stadium, and associated venues that also make money off of movies, shows, and sporting events. Eventually the trickle down theory is taking hold, and its hurting in ways that affect the bottom line and their salaries.

Next, for the forward thinkers in the crowd, is the upcoming Olympics. If the athletes representing the US, decide to use this venue to protest, and be anything OTHER than a Grateful participant, happy to represent their Nation, it is my hope that they be told beforehand, if they violate their oath of allegiance at any time prior to, or during the games, they immediately be removed from competition.

I hope the President makes a stand on this issue.
It is a little known fact that the US government significantly supports the Olympic games https://www.gao.gov/products/GGD-00-183

So, in order to get that funding, behavior guidelines, should be strictly adhered to, and violation of those guidelines, be treated seriously, and quickly.

Its gonna happen, we all know it, hopefully this is dealt with early, and the rules of the road be clearly understood by all participants...again, JMO.


16 posted on 06/06/2018 8:57:32 AM PDT by Rustybucket
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They all know very well that the MSM is compliant. No basic, intelligent questions or REAL journalistic rigor will be associated with reporting on them or their ‘protest’ activities.

Conduct of no individual or organization on earth should escape proper scrutiny by the media. Whether it’s a Conservative or Liberal group/individual... journalists need to ....oh, forget it.


17 posted on 06/06/2018 9:02:35 AM PDT by SMARTY ("Nearly all men can stand adversity...to test a man's character, give him power." A. Lincoln)
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Those who protest or support it. Should be asked why they support the murders of innocent non blacks unnicently passing through the “hood” by members of black gangs retaliating for the murder of Obama’s “son” or the murders of police officers later .
http://www.theusmat.com/index.htm.


18 posted on 06/06/2018 9:05:08 AM PDT by mosesdapoet (Mosesdapoet aka L.J.Keslin another gem posted in the wilderness)
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Those who protest or support it. Should be asked why they support the murders of innocent non blacks unnicently passing through the “hood” by members of black gangs retaliating for the murder of Obama’s “son” or the murders of police officers later .
http://www.theusmat.com/index.htm.


19 posted on 06/06/2018 9:05:09 AM PDT by mosesdapoet (Mosesdapoet aka L.J.Keslin another gem posted in the wilderness)
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To: savedbygrace

This kneeling thing was mindless performance art designed by these leftist jerks, and enabled by the liberal elite and its slobbering media lapdogs, to insult us to our faces by committing an act of calculated disrespect to our country and to the Normal Americans who built it, feed it, and protect it.

They wanted to rub our faces in their contempt, to laugh at us as we had to endure it, humiliated by our own powerlessness. We were supposed to just sit there and take it. We are never supposed to use our own power to fight back.

https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2018/05/28/real-conservatives-refuse-to-kneel-before-their-liberal-overlords-n2484875


20 posted on 06/06/2018 9:05:16 AM PDT by Ouderkirk (Life is about ass, you're either covering, hauling, laughing, kicking, kissing, or behaving like one)
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