Doyle on Kaepernick

[rm1369]

Originally Posted by Hoopsdoc

So a majority of the armed forces views the kneeling as disrespectful. That’s what I said, I believe.

You can make the jump all you want that racism is mainly to blame, but that’s your opinion. Reality says differently. The poll you cited says differently.

Also, you can stop bringing up Trump. I hated that jackass, but he has nothing to do with what we’re discussing, except for your desire to connect him and his supporters with racism.

No 49% don’t view it as disrespectful, 45% do. So most don’t have a problem with kneeling. Although it’s close. The point being, military membership actually tells you very little about a persons stance on the issue. You are wrong. Your political leanings are a much better indicator.

Reality says that beating a woman or fondling one is less of an issue than being the face of racial protests - the point of the article. Don’t bring of Watson or Hill, research some of the lesser known guys who still get chances. Reality says that if Kap had never knelt he would have still played in the NFL. Of course reality says all kinds of things about race in this country that the anti-kneeling crowd don’t want to address. Or they want to address as a one off individual issue - disconnected from all others. Atwater’s quote is the exact method of the current Republican Party. You can be ignorant and think Republican politicians just always come down on the same side of issues as racists if you want. As I said, doesn’t make you racist. Just willfully ignorant or selfish, IMO. You didn’t like a trump? Great. But again, being a trump supporter is an absolutely great indicator of where someone falls on this issue. Try to compartmentalize it all you want, but there is pretty big trend there. I’m not surprised some want to ignore it.