re: Drew Brees comments on Kaepernick controversy

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They said this is the 3rd game he's done it at. People are just now making a big deal about it. Fake outrage. "Oh no he didn't, he not standing for the national anthem. If he don't like it, he should leave, blah blah blah."

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I didn't know this was his 3rd game. And I agree about your faux outrage point. I wouldn't have done it, and it's certainly misguided, but he seemed to be prepared to stand up and directly answer questions about it, which I actually did respect. This is the MSB, so I don't want to get too deep, but--symbols are important and can be extremely powerful, but you have to be careful to not let them become more important than the ideas they represent.

If the clown actually converted to Islam, then he has no right talking about the oppressed.

No religion oppreses people like Islam.

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If the clown actually converted to Islam, then he has no right talking about the oppressed.

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He is still American citizen, no?

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Sure, but if he converted to Islam, he's a hypocrite.

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Without question. That's fair.

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No religion oppreses people like Islam.

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It's the scourge of the earth and everything should be done to keep it where it belongs in the mideast.

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but like clockwork the NFL season is shaping up to be about anything but the actual product because the actual product is boring and there's nothing to talk about

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"Like clockwork" is you mentioning your irrelevant feelings on the NFL....

It's the worst shtick on TD, and nobody cares. You have done it for so long ,and often, that I actually recognize your username.

If that is your intent, you are one sad man.

I have a confession to make yall... I, too do not stand during the national anthem. In fact i sit there on the couch. Or even worse, I go to the bathroom for a quick bathroom break, or kitchen for a quick snack break. The worst of all, instead of watching the national anthem, many times Ill change the channel until actual kickoff or tipoff.

I think Im a terrorist yall...

That was a brilliant comment by Brees. During the whole flag-burning phase a few years back, some lawmakers wanted to make it unconstitutional to burn the flag, but that was a stupid reaction. Freedom of Speech is our most sacred right, and that includes flag burning.

My thinking on that was that flag burners certainly had the right, but how stupid was it to burn the symbol of that which gives them the right to express themselves in that way?

The flag in fact represents the nation, the constitution; it does not represent politicians (i.e., the current government) or a particular Supreme Court decision that you may not like. The flag represents our rights as spelled out in the Bill of Rights, and it represents our three-branches "balance of powers" form of government. It represents the promise that the people have the power to change and improve our governance and way of life.

I think I've posted 6 comments on this board in the calendar year before yesterday you've got me

All I hear is tom Brady is suspended, kaepernick won't stand, bosa isn't signed

I'm waiting to hear about this excellent football that is played

You can laugh all you want, but you have been on a sports board for at least a few years yapping about how you don't watch the NFL... Like you are trying to convert other people.