re: Eric Reid takes a knee....on Veterans Day weekend

I mean who isn’t protesting that retarded piece of shite

Funny thing is is they have no idea why they are kneeling.

Kneeling does nothing. Despite what the lying liberal media says everybody is already treated equally. Everyone is judged by the conduct of their actions the way it should be. Eric Reid is disrespecting the national anthem, American Flag, and all US veterans. It is very unpatriotic. His actions would be exactly the same as an Isis terroist’s actions would be toward our anthem, flag, and us veterans.....full of disrespect.

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As our national anthem includes language about sending slaves to their graves, it includes the oppression of blacks. ...Hence the protest.

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that's not what they say they're protesting.

And please provide this language that's offensive. In all my years of singing the national anthem, I've never noticed one word about sending slaves to their graves.

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Free speech baws. He gets to kneel, you get to stop “supporting” him - whatever that means.

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Free speech (i.e, the First Amendment) has ZERO to do with this case.

The First Amendment only applies to the GOVERNMENT. The NFL isn't the government - they're a private entity and can limit speech however they want.

So Reid has NO free speech rights within the context of his employment.

It amazes me how little people really understand our Constitution.

Get the 1st amendment BS out of this thread. You do not have 1st amendment rights while at work. If you think you do then go protest outside your bosses office and see how that works out for you.

I missed where Hollywood stars used their acting to display their beliefs.

Many use their celebrity status as a pedestal quite often but they do so outside of the studio.

You have the right not to support him, the same way He has the right to protest however way he wants.

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So you think one of the purposes of kneeling is directed at the military with the intention of disrespecting the military?

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I think they decided to be disrespectful to the flag and anthem as a way to get people to pay attention for their true cause, which I would best describe as a Black Lives Matter movement. Needless to say, the protest was very poorly aimed relative to the cause, and the players have paid and continue to pay a PR price for that.

Personally, I think the BLM movement is 95% manufactured and 5% legitimate. But, I don't think that's most important. If someone was protesting child cancer funding (a cause that everyone probably would sympathize with) and decided to protest by burning a flag, the response would be similar. You better make sure you are protesting the proper entity in the proper way if you want people to listen to you and join your cause.

The bottom line is that they wanted to be disrespectful because they thought it would help them gain the attention they needed. In hindsight, it has been a laughably poor decision for them and everyone connected to them (NFL as a whole).

If Eric Reid were to show up at LSU to stand up and wave during a timeout, I would boo the ever living shite out of him...and I've never boo'd in Tiger Stadium. In my opinion, I don't want him around LSU, and I know I share that opinion with a significant number of people.

Actually no

You have the right not to support him as a consumer can do whatever the hell they want.

He does not have the right to protest while at work. If the NFL allows him to do so then that is the sole reason why he is allowed.

Out of curiosity, what do the anti-protest folks think about the thousands of veterans who've spoken out saying they don't mind the protests one bit and that this is exactly what they fought for?