Colin Kaepernick refuses “to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses Black people”...

[playmaker88]

Thats pretty wack of seattle how bout not do anything it comes of as a counter protest even though its not their intention

 

[Copper]

 

[D0wn]

http://youtu.be/ObCXbrS2Yn4

This nigga just a more articulate Cam...

When he get head shots, will y'all celebrate those hits, like y'all did Cam?

:'(

Y'all foul for that.

 

[Copper]

I will

 

[ghostdog56]

http://youtu.be/ObCXbrS2Yn4

Wrong GIF lol

 

[Copper]

U stole that gif and use it three times a day...ion eeen want it no more

 

[Mister B.]

Alabama HS announcer tells crowd they would be shot if they didn't stand up for anthem

The announcer of the Friday night football game at McKenzie High School in Alabama's Butler County had something to say to those who may choose not to stand for the national anthem.

What do you think about the declaration?

Two things:

1) They can get away with saying shit like that in the South. Try that shit in NY or DC....see where that gets you.

2) Why hasn't the announcer been fired for this bullshit?

Where's the link to this article?

 

[Mister B.]

Alabama HS announcer tells crowd they would be shot if they didn't stand up for anthem

The announcer of the Friday night football game at McKenzie High School in Alabama's Butler County had something to say to those who may choose not to stand for the national anthem.

What do you think about the declaration?

Two things:

1) They can get away with saying shit like that in the South. Try that shit in NY or DC....see where that gets you.

2) Why hasn't the announcer been fired for this bullshit?

Where's the link to this article?

 

[Vellum]

Alabama HS announcer tells crowd they would be shot if they didn't stand up for anthem

The announcer of the Friday night football game at McKenzie High School in Alabama's Butler County had something to say to those who may choose not to stand for the national anthem.

"If you don't want to stand for the national anthem, you can line up over there by the fence and let our military personnel take a few shots at you since they're taking shots for you," the announcer said at the game versus Houston County High School, according to Facebook poster Denise Crowley-Whitfield.

Crowley-Whitfield said the crowd went "crazy cheering" following the speech.

Spoiler

The announcer was identified as Pastor Allen Joyner, of Sweet Home Baptist Church in McKenzie, according to Joyner's relatives and friends, who also posted to Facebook and praised the statement.

Crowley-Whitfield's post was shared more than 4,700 times and received more than 50 comments, all positive, before she deleted her Facebook account on Saturday afternoon.

Butler County Schools Superintendent Amy Bryan denounced Joyner's comments in a statement to AL.com.

"Patriotism should be a part of school events but threats of shooting people who aren't patriotic, even in jest, have no place at a school," she wrote in an email. "Threats of violence are a violation of school policy and certainly not condoned by the school board."

Bryan said she didn't know if any actions will be taken against Joyner. The school board meets next week, and the matter could be addressed then.

Sweet Home Baptist Church supported the pastor's comments, saying they were "taken out of context and misquoted" in a post to its Facebook page on Saturday. The post was up for about an hour before the Facebook page was deleted.

Mark Bender, a 22-year-old Air Force veteran from Texas, spoke out against Joyner in a post on the Sweet Home Alabama Baptist Church's Facebook page, calling the pastor's words "abhorrent and disgusting."

He said he is "deeply offended and saddened" by Joyner's "hateful rhetoric.

"We fight so that all Americans retain their rights and freedoms to protest," Bender wrote. "I would never turn a weapon on my own countryman simply because they protest by remaining seated during the national anthem, by refusing to recite the pledge of allegiance, refusing to stand or pledge during any act. These things we do, these pledges, these songs, these are not compulsory acts. They are acts that we are all free to join or not.

"I am proud that we have that freedom whether or not I agree with someone's non-violent protest," he continued. "You, on the other hand are promoting extremist violence by way of state sanctioned executions. You are obviously standing for the compulsory actions by way of preaching hatred, jingoism,

American exceptionalism -- all because people do not believe or think as you do. I am grateful that the majority of Americans do not thirst for their brother's blood as you do. You are a disgrace, those who agree with you are a disgrace, and you are a black mark upon this great nation. You should certainly hang your heads in shame."

McKenzie is a small town located between Greenville and Andalusia.

Joyner and school officials didn't immediately return messages seeking comment.

What do you think about the declaration?

County is half black too. What i love about this moment right now, is all the people who you thought were normal people, show their true colors.

This happened for me when bin laden was killed, and some white girl on my fb that was down with everyone, especially black folks, came out of nowhere with some fuck those muslims shit. I was like bitch what!? Im not muslim, or really religious, but she was the last person ever that i thought would say that. She was totally confused by the statement then also, even after i tried to calmly correct her.

How so many of these white people can love america, and what it stands for, but end up standing proudly (ignorantly) for fascism, totalitarianism, mixed with religious rage, is beyond me. This even happens on the liberal left a lot too. The military is filled with minorities. You think they wanna shoot theyre fellow america because you dont like someones words or form of protest? My brother served, and family members. They wouldnt shoot you for not standing for the anthem.

This fat piece of shit i bet has never told a westboro baptist church member to get murdered by the military.

 

[#1hiphopjunki3]

Honestly I'm not too surprised by what the Seahawks are doing. I knew once I heard the team had something planned that it wouldn't be kneeling because there is no way that everybody on the team would go for it.

I find it funny/sad that people hold this inanimate object higher than what it's supposed to stand for. The whole reason people are and have died for this country is so everybody can be treated equally and be free (if the actions are legal) to express and do what they feel. It's just a piece of cloth with no meaning if the country and leadership don't uphold the beliefs behind it's symbolism. He is using his platform to point out that the beliefs this country is supposed to be about is being executed unilaterally and not as a whole.

Kap protesting and donating his time and money to programs to help fight against these injustice's is more inline with what the country is supposed to be about and more American than anything his detractors have done.

 

[Already Home_17]

http://youtu.be/ObCXbrS2Yn4

Russell "I ain't fucking up my brand for you niggas" Wilson

dude made damn sure he didn't offend anybody

but at least he acknowledged there's a problem

 

[white715]

I have heard a few people on here say that just because someone is famous (athlete or entertainer) doesn't mean that they are qualified to be speaking on social issues. Boy was Yall right about that. Although I am glad that so many uncle toms and racist whites are exposing themselves, it is always better to know where someone stands.

And I am not at all surprised by what the Seahawks are doing, but they could at least throw on some BLM shirts or black arm bands or something. Or how about they one make one player available to the media and only answer question that pertain to the cause.

 

[dnyce215]

I hope Kaepernick keeps it up, even on 9/11. It shocks me Americans are like this with the military, where this type of up rage with the blacks who fought for this country and didn't get housing? I'll wait

 

[Trillfate]

Alabama HS announcer tells crowd they would be shot if they didn't stand up for anthem

That's OPPRESSION!!!

 

[Maximus Rex]

I hope Kaepernick keeps it up, even on 9/11. It shocks me Americans are like this with the military, where this type of up rage with the blacks who fought for this country and didn't get housing? I'll wait

The 9ers don't play today.

 

[CeLLaR-DooR]

So Americans really care about the flag like they do on TV? Fuckin' hell.

 

[stringer bell]

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...layer-kneels-during-national-anthem/90189878/

Indiana State player kneels during national anthem

Colin Kaepernick's protest has drawn attention all over the nation.

Including the college ranks.

On Saturday, an Indiana State player took a knee during the national anthem ahead of the Sycamores' game against Minnesota.

Kaepernick, the 49ers quarterback, said the reason he refuses to stand for the national anthem has been distorted. He also said he will donate $1 million to groups that help people affected by the issues he is trying to spotlight — such as racial inequality and police brutality — with his continued protest.

https://twitter.com/ShaunKing/status/774641537099653120

 

[CapitalB]

http://youtu.be/ObCXbrS2Yn4

This nigga just a more articulate Cam...

When he get head shots, will y'all celebrate those hits, like y'all did Cam?

:'(

Y'all foul for that.

somebody had to knock some sense into that nigga. lol

 

[stringer bell]

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/william-mcraven-university-of-texas-colin-kaepernick-american-flag/

William McRaven urges University of Texas athletes: Don't be like Kaepernick

Athletes at the University of Texas have been urged to stand during the national anthem and not follow in the footsteps of San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who has refused to do so in protest over perceived racially motivated police brutality across the country.

In a memo sent three days after Kaepernick’s initial demonstration to school presidents and athletic directors through the state’s university system, University of Texas System Chancellor William McRaven wrote:

“I spent 37 years defending freedom of speech and freedom of expression. Nothing is more important to this democracy. Nothing! However, while no one should be compelled to stand, they should recognize that by sitting in protest to the flag they are disrespecting everyone who sacrificed to make this country what it is today – as imperfect as it might be.”

McRaven rose to the rank of admiral in the U.S. Navy and most notably organized and oversaw the missionto kill Osama bin Laden in May 2011 as the commander of the Joint Special Operations Command. Later that year, he was given command of the entire U.S. Special Operations Command, a post he held until his retirement from the military in 2014, after which he was appointed chancellor of the university.

Kaepernick’s protest has ignited intense debate in parts of the country and on social media. Several of his fellow athletes have staged similar protests in a show of support.

For McRaven, however, those protests are misplaced.

“Those that believe the flag represents oppression should remember all the Americans who fought to eliminate bigotry, racism, sexism, imperialism, communism, and terrorism. The flag rode with the Buffalo Soldiers of the 9th, 10th, 24th and 25th Cavalry and Infantry regiments. It was carried by the suffragists down the streets of New York City. It flew with the Tuskegee Airman of WWII. IT was planted in the fields where Cesar Chavez spoke. It marched with Martin Luther King Jr. It rocketed into space on the shoulder patches of women, gays, Hispanic, Asian and African American astronauts. Today, it waves high over the White House. It is a flag for everyone, of every color, of every race, of every creed, and of every orientation, but the privilege of living under this flag does not come without cost. Nor should it come without respect.

“The nation and everything it strives for is embodied in the American Flag. We strive to be more inclusive. We strive to be more understanding. We strive to fix the problems that plague our society. But in striving to do so, we must have a common bond; some symbol that reminds us of our past struggles and propels us to a brighter, more enlightened future. That symbol is the American flag.”

 

[dnyce215]

I hope Kaepernick keeps it up, even on 9/11. It shocks me Americans are like this with the military, where this type of up rage with the blacks who fought for this country and didn't get housing? I'll wait

The 9ers don't play today.

They play Monday night right?