Azuren said:
Well, we're not talking legalities, are we? We're just discussing why people would be mad?
Because if you burn a flag in front of a veteran, he might be glad you have the right to do so... But he'll probably be mad you did. What is it the regressive left likes to say? "Freedom of speech isn't freedom of consequence"? |
So why are people mad. Are they made because people are actually kneeling when the anthem is playing and finding it disrespectful or is it the people that are kneeling. Isn't the people who find it disrespectful are the same people who will wear the flag as underware, bed sheets, table cloth, banddana you name it. All the things that are considered disrepectful. When has taking a knee ever been disrespectful in America. When you have read as many post as I have from people who are mad, there is a common theme. They are mad because the kneeling has been turned to mean protesting. Its the same thing that happens in every protest. People look for a reason to denouce the message and make it about something else.
It's even more funny when people start to throw Martin Luther King into the mix and state he would never do this and usually those people are white. It shows that they have no clue what MK would do because they believe this image of non-violence as if at the time MK was doing it people were ok with it. Here is a link to a protest he did in Birmingham Alabama.
http://www.history.com/news/kings-letter-from-birmingham-jail-50-years-later
Here is a link to the actual letter he wrote.
https://www.africa.upenn.edu/Articles_Gen/Letter_Birmingham.html
The thing people forget about MK is that he knew that in order to succeed, however you protest, you cannot reciprocate the violence that is done against you with violence. If you do, then the talking point will be the violence instead of the message. This is the same thing that has happen with BLM. They started with a purpose for equality but let way to many people with a different message. They did not have a strong leadership foundation and thus anyone could say they are part of the group. You will see in this letter that MK did not leave anything to chance. He had workshops to prepare his people for non violent protest to make sure there would be no retaliation and that people were prepared to be hit, thrown in jail and worst.
The kind of tension that kneeling to the anthem creates is exactly what MK probably would have done because it has everyone talking. Whether you agree or not agree, it provide that type of tension where we as a nation need to get to the point of why taking a knee is needed in the first place.
