re: Saints defiant after military vet declines honor

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The. Protests. Are. Not. About. Disrespecting. The. Military.

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This! And people who take it as such are clueless morons. The NFL is one of the few organizations that is really positive to the military and veterans, and these protests, which I don’t even really agree is the best way to get their message across, have absolutely NOTHING to do with them. I’ve lost a lot of respect for many servicemen during this ordeal, which is sad because I’ve revered the armed forces so much since I was a child.

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The. Protests. Are. Not. About. Disrespecting. The. Military.

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Well, I'm sure you didn't do too hot in school did you... or should I say

Well. I'm. Sure. You. Didn't. Do. Too. Hot. In. School. Did. You.

1. Kneeling isn't disrespectful. People act like it's giving someone the bird

2. The flag doesn't represent the military.

3. Grown people crossing their arms and hmphing over what other grown people do is pathetic. America isn't a residential neighborhood, and we're not all part of the HOA.

4. People should pay attention to what the players are protesting, because it's not merely a race issue. Some yuckhead cop could mess up or kill a family member of yours and it's next to impossible to get them prosecuted. If you're lucky you'll get a settlement, which is also messed up because we have to pay for it. Regardless of what you believe about how race is involved or the frequency of these incidents, how they play out is not right.

I think people understand why they are protesting they just disagree with doing it during something that represents our nation and our military. I absolutely agree that there are people of all creeds and color that experience social injustice and targeting. I think a lot of the more productive publicized cases of all of this are people putting themselves in positions to fail. Then the entire movement to stop oppression and social injustice is tainted by these few bad eggs. It’s the true cases of injustice and racism, not just with black people, that people don’t hear about are what really drives someone, including Colin Kaepernick and other players, to want to do something about it. I get that they have more of a stage than some people and that it can be more effective because of their popularity but in my opinion they are going about it the wrong way. Kneeling before or during an anthem isn’t doing anything about racism or social injustice it’s creating more division while nothing changes. People have been protesting for decades about different things but it doesn’t do anything but often entice violence and divide people. I served in the military and while I don’t agree with kneeling during the anthem, I don’t see harm in the team kneeling together before the anthem, however because of the way it all started it isn’t bringing attention to anything but those people that are kneeling or sitting during the anthem.

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The Saints were kind of a-holes in that statement in the article.

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Not kind of. That statement was unprofessional. They do not put out a statement belittling the players who sat during the anthem, but belittle a veteran (during the fake "Salute to Service" month at that) who chose not to receive an award from them because he was offended by the players' actions. So, what they are saying is that the players are entitled to do what they want regardless of who it offends and those that it does offend can go to hell.

They might not be the intent but that is the way some people are viewing them...

Great American

If he served in Combat he saw his buddies go home in a coffin draped in that same flag

The only easy day was ..... Yesterday

Go Navy

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cameron jordan @camjordan94 I'm not mad, only motivated to do more in our community than before.... One day I will have the desired impact 7:25 PM · Nov 2, 2017

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Good for Cam...

He lives in Old Metairie...

We need much help in our community...

Draping a coffin with a flag is a trick to make you think that these people died for good reasons.

It’s not about disrespecting the military... it’s about disrespecting the flag that we fight for. It may not mean as much to you, which is fine, When you have been through some of the situations that you go through in war and that’s the only constant thing you have to turn to, you view it a little different.