Thank your son for his fine service and sacrifice.

And I wholeheartedly agree that I don't begrudge Bennett or anyone else who does not care to stand during the anthem. This is after all a free country and I certainly have not posted anything about the protests.

However, I am disappointed that the Packers have now taken upon themselves to decide how fans should conduct themselves during the playing of the anthem tomorrow. If the team wants to link arms that is their prerogative. Telling fans how the should react is entirely inappropriate in my view.

Should the Packers continue to take the if your for "unity" should lock arms during the anthem approach, I will be begrudging the Packers.

Originally Posted by: RichMcGeorge 

Trump opened this door open when he told the Owners they should FIRE THEM when they protest, and that fans should boycott games.

When the president steps into your business this is what happens, people respond.

Originally Posted by: isocleas2 

Time for a comment from my son.
For those who don't know or may have forgotten, Dave served in Afghanistan. He joined after 9-11. He was out in the field not sitting on base. During his tour he earned several citations and a Purple Heart when a suicide driver decided to hit his Humvee. Because he feels most people in the VA don't know how to properly deal with PTSD he changed his major and became a Social Worker dealing with other Vets.


Not too many people get a call at 3:17 in the morning. When you hear the words, "Um, Dad? First of all, I'm ok." It's an experience I will never forget.
Compared to this or parents watching their 2 yo slowly die from cancer or a hundred billion other things, I don't really care if some 25 yo stands, sits or takes a knee.
My son and more than a million other men and women SPILLED THEIR BLOOD TO GIVE THEM THAT RIGHT. You don't have to like it. I don't.

My wife sobs every time the jets fly overhead. I hate the fireworks that explode during the song. It's like a knife in my heart every single time. All I can think of is, "Thank you Lord we are blessed not to be Gold Star parents." Not once do I begrudge Bennett for sitting down.

Originally Posted by: wpr 

Trump opened this door open when he told the Owners they should FIRE THEM when they protest, and that fans should boycott games.

When the president steps into your business this is what happens, people respond.

Originally Posted by: isocleas2 

However, I am disappointed that the Packers have now taken upon themselves to decide how fans should conduct themselves during the playing of the anthem tomorrow. If the team wants to link arms that is their prerogative. Telling fans how the should react is entirely inappropriate in my view.

Originally Posted by: RichMcGeorge 

Trump opened this door open when he told the Owners they should FIRE THEM when they protest, and that fans should boycott games.

When the president steps into your business this is what happens, people respond.

Originally Posted by: isocleas2 

Wouldn’t you love to see one of these NFL owners, when somebody disrespects our flag, to say ‘get that son of a bitch off the field?’

Donald Trump wrote:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_of_Philando_Castile#Incident


Except when you do comply with officer commands, do as is legally required during a traffic stop and inform the officer that you have a legally-obtained, licensed weapon, and they shoot you anyways. When you originally got pulled over not because you were doing anything wrong, but because in the words of an officer, "The two occupants just look like people that were involven in a robbery. The driver looks more like one of our suspects, just because of the wide-set nose". So basically, happen to have the wrong facial features and you might get pulled over and shot even when you're doing everything you're asked to and legally required to do.

Originally Posted by: Porforis 

I haven't been able to find where Trump said the Owners should fire those sitting or kneeling during the anthem. All I've found that's close is this quote.


I'm not saying he didn't say they should, just saying all I'm finding is a lot of hyperbolic inferring headlines with no actual quote. Can you link me to a quote/tweet where it has his words?

Originally Posted by: Zero2Cool 

Youre not using the complete quote... Trumps words were

"Wouldn’t you love to see one of these NFL owners, when somebody disrespects our flag, to say ‘get that son of a bitch off the field, right now, out, he's fired...................... HE'S FIRED!"

Originally Posted by: beast 

And? I'm still not seeing where he says the Owners should fire anyone.

Originally Posted by: Zero2Cool