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Old Man Refuses to be honored at Saints game
Posted by tduecen on 11/2/17 at 7:20 pm675
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The New Orleans Saints released a statement Thursday saying it is "unfortunate and disappointing" that a retired Navy commander who declined an honor at Sunday's game has been telling media outlets he no longer supports NFL football because of player protests throughout the league before and during the national anthem.
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Wells, who is the executive director of the national Military Veterans Advocacy in Slidell, Louisiana, was selected as a Peoples Health Champion, an award given at Saints home games to recognize "the exceptional achievements of Louisiana residents age 65 and older."
However, Wells declined the honor, calling the protests during the anthem a "slap in the face to veterans" in a news release and saying he could not "in good conscience" enter an NFL stadium.
"Although I am touched and honored to be selected for such an award, the ongoing controversy with NFL players' disrespect for the national flag forces me to decline to participate in the presentation," Wells said according to the release. "Since this award is tainted with the dishonorable actions of the NFL and its players, I cannot accept it."
Saints Response:
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"We will not allow Mr. [John] Wells' decision and subsequent media appearances to distract our players and organization from continuing to honor and support our military and veterans," the Saints said in their statement, which stressed the organization's "unwavering 50-plus year commitment to honor, support and recognize our servicemen and women and veterans."
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"Respectfully and honorably, we chose Mr. Wells for the Peoples Health Champion Award purposefully for this game to bring to light the exact issues that he and his organization represent -- the health and well-being of our military, veterans and their families. Unfortunately, he has chosen very publicly not to accept this honor and refused the opportunity to promote the very cause for which he was being honored and distract from awareness we hoped to build throughout our community. We respect his decision, he has that right, and we thank him for his service to our country and his past efforts on behalf of the military and veterans."
Kenny Vaccaro:
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Saints safety Kenny Vaccaro touched upon this on his Twitter account Thursday, writing, "Our crowd boos us before the anthem, therefore it's not about the flag, it's about the fact we are bringing awareness to a cause that makes people uncomfortable."
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re: Old Man Refuses to be honored at Saints gamePosted by Chad504boy on 11/2/17 at 7:23 pm to tduecen
Uncomfortable= look at us making all this great change we're creating taking a knee
This post was edited on 11/2 at 7:33 pm
re: Old Man Refuses to be honored at Saints gamePosted by sorantable on 11/2/17 at 7:29 pm to tduecen
well, that’s just like, his opinion, man
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"Our crowd boos us before the anthem, therefore it's not about the flag, it's about the fact we are bringing awareness to a cause that makes people uncomfortable."
What cause? The lie that black people are killed by police at a disproportionate rate compared to whites? Or the lie that there is some overwhelming inequality keeping black people down despite the fact that there are millions upon millions of them in the middle and upper middle class?
This post was edited on 11/2 at 7:34 pm
re: Old Man Refuses to be honored at Saints gamePosted by Mr. Elvert on 11/2/17 at 7:37 pm to tduecen
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Kenny Vaccaro
Just another dumb tsip
re: Old Man Refuses to be honored at Saints gamePosted by tiggerthetooth on 11/2/17 at 7:39 pm to tduecen
Kenny, you're literally just kneeling. I'm dog tired of this "raising awareness" culture of social change.
re: Old Man Refuses to be honored at Saints gamePosted by DrSteveBrule on 11/2/17 at 7:46 pm to tduecen
Kneeling during the anthem is the laziest way to protest anything. That's why so many people have a problem with it. If you need to clarify that your problem isn't with the military, but with "police brutality", then it's the wrong time.
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re: Old Man Refuses to be honored at Saints gamePosted by Chad504boy on 11/2/17 at 7:46 pm to tiggerthetooth
I DONT EVEN KNOW WHAT THEY ARE KNEELING FOR
re: Old Man Refuses to be honored at Saints gamePosted by SirWinston on 11/2/17 at 7:57 pm to DrSteveBrule
frick Kenny V
re: Old Man Refuses to be honored at Saints gamePosted by VernonPLSUfan on 11/2/17 at 8:04 pm to tduecen
Good for you salty dog. frick all of those pretentious bastards.
re: Old Man Refuses to be honored at Saints gamePosted by gthog61 on 11/3/17 at 6:11 pm to Chad504boy
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I DONT EVEN KNOW WHAT THEY ARE KNEELING FOR
THEY DON'T EITHER.
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What cause? The lie that black people are killed by police at a disproportionate rate compared to whites? Or the lie that there is some overwhelming inequality keeping black people down despite the fact that there are millions upon millions of them in the middle and upper middle class?
Yes
re: Old Man Refuses to be honored at Saints gamePosted by LakeViewLSU on 11/4/17 at 12:35 am to tduecen
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it's about the fact we are bringing awareness to a cause that makes people uncomfortable."
The cause is a lie. Minorities are propped up in this country and have advantages not available to anyone else.
I have no problem with this, because I agree that past oppression has set them back.
However; to say that this oppression is still going on is a lie.
The people saying this are race supremacist. Their goal is supremacy of their race; not equality.
This post was edited on 11/4 at 12:43 am
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