"Getting too political" is a silly double standard

Originally posted by ares834
lmao

The dude took a knee during the National Anthem. That's it. The ones responsible for driving "our populace towards further contempt for their fellow Americans" were the ass hats who threw a fit over a whole lot of nothing.

It's their fault for being offended.

Remember this any time a liberal demands a "safe space".

Sure, "safe spaces" are often retarded as well.

“This celebrity should shut up and stay out of politics”

Same person 15 minutes later:

“Politicians all suck. We need new blood in there”

Saying something is too political is just code for saying you don’t agree with the position being put forward.

I'm just going to point out that I also criticized Trump for throwing fuel on the fire earlier in this thread if anyone criticizing the supposed partisanship of my statements would care to check.

I don't care about you supposed partisanship. I'm merely pointing out that taking a knee during the National Anthem is completely innocuous and certainly should not be equated with "throwing fuel on the fire".

You're aware that thousands if not millions of people disagreed about it being innocuous. otherwise there wouldn't have been a scandal/issue in the first place.

Then those thousands are retards. Kaepernick's actions hurt no one; those thousands were the ones who made it out to be some big issue when he was, peacefully and even silently, presenting his message. I can see why some people may disagree with his actions and consider it disrespectful. But the sheer level of vitriol thrown his way was ridiculous and embarrassing.

You're aware that those you're calling retards feel the same way about the other side? Was it as ridiculous and embarrassing as the vitriol thrown at those that considered kneeling to be disrespectful?

Originally posted by ares834
Then those thousands are retards. Kaepernick's actions hurt no one; those thousands were the ones who made it out to be some big issue when he was, peacefully and even silently, presenting his message. I can see why some people may disagree with his actions and consider it disrespectful. But the sheer level of vitriol thrown his way was ridiculous and embarrassing.

Nah, the "vitriol" he received is exactly what his ass deserved. What's truly embarassing is people who think he should have a right to "protest" by kneeling but at the same time think patriotic people like myself have no right to bash him for it. No, he didn't actually hurt anyone but what he did do with his virtue-signalling attention-seeking behavior is disrespect the flag, the anthem, and even the country itself. If you're not a patriotic kind of person then of course you don't get it and probably never will.

In the end, yes, he has a right to kneel but people who get upset over it have every goddamn right to criticize him for it as well. If some people have an issue with that then well it's just too damn bad. 👆

Originally posted by eThneoLgrRnae
Nah, the "vitriol" he received is exactly what his ass deserved. What's truly embarassing is people who think he should have a right to "protest" by kneeling but at the same time think patriotic people like myself have no right to bash him for it. No, he didn't actually hurt anyone but what he did do with his virtue-signalling attention-seeking behavior is disrespect the flag, the anthem, and even the country itself. If you're not a patriotic kind of person then of course you don't get it and probably never will.

In the end, yes, he has a right to kneel but people who get upset over it have every goddamn right to criticize him for it as well. If some people have an issue with that then well it's just too damn bad. 👆

Originally posted by ares834
Then those thousands are retards. Kaepernick's actions hurt no one; those thousands were the ones who made it out to be some big issue when he was, peacefully and even silently, presenting his message. I can see why some people may disagree with his actions and consider it disrespectful. But the sheer level of vitriol thrown his way was ridiculous and embarrassing.

Uh, hate to break it to you but Colin did more than just kneel. Remember the pig socks? It's almost like dude was trying to piss people off.

Originally posted by Surtur
Uh, hate to break it to you but Colin did more than just kneel. Remember the pig socks? It's almost like dude was trying to piss people off.

He was

I thought that was obvious.

Let's also keep in mind he was protesting on someone else's dime. If you want to protest on your own time, that's one thing, but he was being well paid and abusing the TV his bosses paid for to make his statement.

Originally posted by Putinbot1
dur

Quite an argument you have there. Guess you don't have anything of actual subtance to add, as usual. Just typical trolling from you.

Originally posted by Silent Master
You're aware that thousands if not millions of people disagreed about it being innocuous. otherwise there wouldn't have been a scandal/issue in the first place.

Those people have an overly sense of self-grandiosity and should:

1. STFU
2. Calm down
3. Realize taking a knee is far less important than something like the thousands of innocent murdered in drone strikes each year by our military.

"Oh my gosh! My ancestors who fought and died for this country are so offended that this player took a knee during the national anthem!"

Sure, okay, buddy. Whine away.

We need less hurt feelings and more STFU.

Originally posted by dadudemon
Those people have an overly sense of self-grandiosity and should:

1. STFU
2. Calm down
3. Realize taking a knee is far less important than something like the thousands of innocent murdered in drone strikes each year by our military.

"Oh my gosh! My ancestors who fought and died for this country are so offended that this player took a knee during the national anthem!"

Sure, okay, buddy. Whine away.

We need less hurt feelings and more STFU.

Some drones did a thing. Move on.

Originally posted by Surtur
Some drones did a thing. Move on.

Agreed.

We should introduce drone control and require drone background checks.

Didn't Obama do this thing where he reclassified those civilians killed by drones as military combatants, or some shit?

I know he did something to manipulate the number of civilian casualties. Awful.

Originally posted by dadudemon
Those people have an overly sense of self-grandiosity and should:

1. STFU
2. Calm down
3. Realize taking a knee is far less important than something like the thousands of innocent murdered in drone strikes each year by our military.

"Oh my gosh! My ancestors who fought and died for this country are so offended that this player took a knee during the national anthem!"

Sure, okay, buddy. Whine away.

We need less hurt feelings and more STFU.

So what about the hurt feelings over the national anthem? That's pure snowflake behavior.