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United States News Title: Kaepernick’s Black Lives Matter Antics Show It’s Time For Americans To Put Away Childish Game of Pro/College Football When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things. The spectacle of San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick degrading Americas national anthem with a gesture in support of the Black Lives Matter cop killers, which other black players are expected to emulate on Sunday, show unmistakably that its time for Americans to man up and put away their childish football fantasies. I was first hit by the relevance of 1 Corinthians 13:11 when I read about the black football player at Vanderbilt who admitted to raping a white coed at the school. He urinated on her face, all the while uttering horrific racial hate speech that suggested I deserved what he was doing to me because of the color of my skin. Thats for 400 years of slavery you b- Cory Batey, the black player (right, in both black and orange outfits) said [Cory Batey sentenced to 15 years in Vanderbilt rape case, by Stacey Barchenger, The Tennessean, July 14, 2016]. Im a big fan of college football. I spent most of my life dedicated to a particular team. I have wonderful memories of tailgates and games with family members, some living, some now deceased, all of which I cherish to this day. But the story of Batey justifying his rape helped me man up and quit the opiate Ive been addicted to imbibing each fall. Now, on the first Sunday of the football season, which falls on September 11th this year , tens of millions of Americans will be confronted with their moment to finally retire childhood and become a manbecause Colin Kaepernick spitting on their national anthem and on their heritage. Lets pause for a moment: personally, I have concluded that America is no longer our country, nor is it run with our best interests in mind. Weve pretty much dismantled our civilization to appease black peoplewhich is why I feel America is irredeemable. However, your normal Americans, who support Donald Trump for President or who are thinking about supporting him, dont feel that way. And when they see Kaepernick and the increasing number of black NFL players take a knee during the national anthem in the names of Black Lives Matter and Michael Brown, it makes them angry. They cant respect these sports multimillionaires who refuse to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppressed black people and people of color [Colin Kaepernick on his anthem protest, the police, the election, and much, much more: This is because Im seeing things happen to people that dont have a voice, by Tim Kawakami, Mercury News, August 28, 2016]. And this is a great thing. Consider: The NFL allowed Beyonce to perform an anti-police song during the halftime show of Super Bowl 50 back in February. The NFL refused to let the Dallas Cowboy wear a decal on their helmets this season to honor the five white cops gunned down by a Black Lives Matter supremacist back in July [NFL: Cowboys cant wear decal honoring Dallas police during games, by Greg Rajan, Houston Chronicle, August 11, 2016]. The NFL is on the verge of fining a player for wearing cleats honoring America and New York City in remembrance of the 9/11 Islamic terror attacks [Fury over NFLs crackdown on players 9/11 tribute cleats, by Phillip Messing, New York Post, September 9, 2016] NFL refused to discipline the five black players for the St. Louis Rams who hyped the myth of Ferguson by making the Hands Up, Dont Shoot gesture before a 2014 game, thus publicly siding with the burgeoning anti-police movement, were not disciplined, despite the specific request of the St. Louis Police Association [NFL wont discipline Rams players for hands up, dont shoot gesture, Sports Illustrated, December 1, 2014] Now, on top of all of this, comes the Kaepernick caper. With black members of the Seattle Seahawks (right) considering some sort of solidarity gesture, the 15th anniversary of 9/11 could see multiple players take a knee in a movement that is simply an expression of anti-police well, lets call it what it is: anti-whitehatred [Seahawks players may expand national anthem protest Sunday vs Dolphins, by Stephen Cohen, KOMO News, September 9, 2016]. President Barack Obama, needless to say, has already come out in support of Kaepernick, saying he is: exercising his constitutional right
. I think he cares about some real, legitimate issues that have to be talked about. If nothing else, hes generated more conversation about issues that have to be talked about
[Obama: Colin Kaepernick exercising his constitutional right, by William Wan, Baltimore Sun, September 5, 2016] Donald Trump had a much different take, solidly based on his America First philosophy: I think its personally not a good thing, I think its a terrible thing. And, you know, maybe he should find a country that works better for him. Let him try, it wont happen. [Donald Trump says Colin Kaepernick should find a new country, by Charlotte Wilder, USA Today, September 5, 2016] Weve already seen the consequences of what happens when football combines with Social Justice Warriors/Black Lives Matter: the debacle at the University of Missouri over the poop Swastika Hoax. What were the consequences of this hoax? The black football players of Missouri were honored for their commitment to the tenets of SJW/BLM goals by ESPN with the Stuart Scott ENSPIRE Award at the Sports Humanitarian Awardsall because they threatened not to play a game if the university didnt capitulate during the poop hoax [ESPN to honor Missouri football team for 2015 boycott amid campus unrest, by Tod Palmer, The Kansas City Star, July 10, 2016] The school suffered a 23 percent decline in enrollment for fall 2016, forcing five percent budget cuts because of a shortfall of $32 million in tuition revenue [University of Missouri enrollment and budget picture grim for fall, faculty leader says, by Rudi Keller, Columbia Daily Tribune, March 11, 2016]. And donations (tax-deductible) to the athletic program dropped 68.7 percent from the prior year, while donations to academic programs dropped by $6 million [The University of Missouri pays a high price for its public meltdown, by David French, National Review, February 24, 2016] In other words: white alumni of the school stopped supporting the majority black football teamand encouraged their sons and daughters to seek alternative means of higher education. It takes dramatic examples to shake people from their apathy. Watching multimillionaire black athletes take a knee during the national anthem on September 11, 2016 may well cause many NFL fans across the country to rethink supporting the league. After all, the only interest these players seem to have in politics is to make sure police can no longer arrest black criminals. Football is a kids game. College football and NFL are nothing more than entertainment. Its time to put the game away and become men. Its time to confront the problems that America is facing. And its time to stop basing our identity on our alma mater and favorite professional football teams. Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread Top Page Up Full Thread Page Down Bottom/Latest Begin Trace Mode for Comment # 3.
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This is the first time I have chosen not to watch any NFL games. I just do not see any reason to support such a group. Between the man-childs playing football who really act like gangstas, NFL office using their power to promote progressive politics and sports reporters promoting progressive socialist politics I find no reason to support them with my time or money! I keep an eye on Boxing and mainly MMA. Boxing is too control to keep fighters zero losses which means nobody is fight each other.
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