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  • usmc-nav

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    Take a Knee

    Take a little trip to Valley Forge in January. If you don't know where that is, just Google it from the sidelines. Hold a musket ball in your fingers and imagine it piercing your flesh and breaking a bone or two. There won't be a doctor or trainer to assist you until after the battle, so just wait your turn. Take your cleats and socks off to get a real experience. Then take a knee.

    Then, take one at the beach in Normandy where man after American man stormed the beach, even as the one in front of him was shot to pieces...the very sea stained with American blood. The only blockers most had were the dead bodies in front of them, riddled with bullets from enemy fire.

    Take a knee in the sweat soaked jungles of Vietnam, from Khe Sanh to Saigon… Anywhere will do. REAL Americans died in all those jungles. There was no playbook that told them what was next, but they knew what flag they represented. When they came home, they were protested as well…and spit on for reasons only cowards know.

    Take another knee in the blood drenched sands of Fallujah in 110 degree heat. Wear your Kevlar helmet and battle dress... Your number won't be printed on it unless your number is up! You'll need to stay hydrated but there won't be anyone to squirt Gatorade into your mouth. You're on your own.

    There's a lot of places to take a knee. Real Americans have given their lives all over the world. When you use the banner under which they fought as a source for your displeasure, you dishonor the memories of those who bled for the very freedoms you have. That's what the red stripes mean. It represents the blood of those who spilled a sea of it defending your liberty.

    While you're on your knee, pray for those that came before you, not on a manicured lawn striped and printed with numbers to announce every inch of ground taken...but on nameless hills and bloodied beaches and sweltering forests and bitter cold mountains...every inch marked by an American life lost serving that flag you protest.

    No cheerleaders, no announcers, no coaches, no fans...just American men and women...delivering the real fight against those who chose to harm us...blazing a path so you would have the right to "take a knee."

    You haven't an inkling what it took to get you where you are; but your "protest" is duly noted. Not only is it disgraceful to a nation of real heroes, it serves the purpose of pointing to your ingratitude for those who chose to defend you under that banner that will still wave long after your jersey is issued to another...

    If you really feel the need to take a knee, come with me to church on Sunday and we'll both kneel before Almighty God. We'll thank Him for preserving this country for as long as He has. We'll beg forgiveness for our ingratitude for all He has provided us. We'll appeal to Him for understanding and wisdom. We'll pray for liberty and justice for all....because He is the one who provides those things.

    And there will be no protest. There will only be gratitude for His provision and a plea for His continued grace and mercy on the land of the free and the home of the brave
     

    machinedrummer

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    Still too many will cling to their football. I have a neighbor who thinks what the players are doing is a disgrace but flying to another state to watch a game. Money talks. It's the only thing they understand. I have never been a fan of professional sports. I choose to not fund that enterprise. Never have never will. As much as I hate to say it I hope the pro players don't have to enter the real work force. It would require lots of food stamps to feed those big guys.
     

    Expert684

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    Still too many will cling to their football. I have a neighbor who thinks what the players are doing is a disgrace but flying to another state to watch a game. Money talks. It's the only thing they understand. I have never been a fan of professional sports. I choose to not fund that enterprise. Never have never will. As much as I hate to say it I hope the pro players don't have to enter the real work force. It would require lots of food stamps to feed those big guys.

    They would do just fine! You see half of them already have criminal records!
     

    sliguns

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    yawn...This is yet another government caused problem...had they not wasted our tax dollars by paying the NFL to make their players come out for the anthem (2009), we'd all be happy right now and not boycotting.

    More govt more problems
     

    FORman

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    Well said! When I go to work, I have be professional and leave the politics behind when in front of customers. I think they should have to do the same.
     

    Expert684

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    Here is one for you, if it is that bad here, maybe the NFL should just relocate to North Korea? Then they would be NKFL, North Korean Football League. Just my two cents.
     

    oleheat

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    Outstanding. :bravo:
     

    jdindadell

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    Who cares? When people do stuff that makes the rest of us cringe, we should just treat that as an "indicator" of that person and their "abilities".

    I do agree that if everyone who was offended by their actions just stopped watching football and maybe wrote a letter to the advertisers, this "problem" would solve itself.

    I respect our national anthem and flag because I know what they represent and that means something to me. If another person does not share that sentiment then I feel sorry for them and realize that they are likely to have a rough time at life for more reasons than just this. The fact the rest of us have to share our existence with them is troubling, but there is little we can do. Forcing someone to do something that they are against will not change their mind, people have to come round by themselves to have any lasting benefit.
     

    RaleighReloader

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    Still too many will cling to their football. I have a neighbor who thinks what the players are doing is a disgrace but flying to another state to watch a game. Money talks. It's the only thing they understand. I have never been a fan of professional sports. I choose to not fund that enterprise. Never have never will. As much as I hate to say it I hope the pro players don't have to enter the real work force. It would require lots of food stamps to feed those big guys.

    I agree. I don't care a whit about sports teams -- college, professional or otherwise. Whether they want to stand for the anthem, kneel for the anthem, lay on their backs and make snow angels during the pledge of allegiance or whatever else rates a zero on my "things to care about" scale.

    Mike
     

    Robbie

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    You sir, just opened a can of worms.
    I stand every time our National Anthem is presented to me.
    Thanks DAD for your service!

    I agree. I don't care a whit about sports teams -- college, professional or otherwise. Whether they want to stand for the anthem, kneel for the anthem, lay on their backs and make snow angels during the pledge of allegiance or whatever else rates a zero on my "things to care about" scale.

    Mike
     

    dahyer

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    Every action has an equal and opposite reaction..... Turns out it is not just applicable to physics.
     
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