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Originally Posted by VRPdommy
Absolutely correct.
But to mute the message that they do not want to hear, they wrap themselves up in the flag that they say they worship, without using those words, and try to make it a subject of a different matter. Then perhaps the issue they do not want to face will go away.
The constitution speaks for everyone equally or for nobody at all.
I should not have to say that in a forum that most make their money from a hated and constitutionally protected industry. Ask Larry Flynt - Go read on those challenges.
First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Socialist.
Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Trade Unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.
~Martin Niemöller
Your best course of action, if this really offends you, is to stop playing the national anthem at sporting events.
Because the more you try to force your will on others, the larger this will get.
The taking of that knee is a mere reminder that the constitution is not being applied equally and some Americans are dying because of that.
What is it that our troops fought for if not that.
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Yes indeed some people are dying. Criminal elements are dying by the hand of local law enforcement which pleases me to no end. The Federal Government trys to protect citizens from unjustified shootings and has stepped in many, many times and taken operational control of the local police force and or have prosecuted for violation of the victims civil rights. The same thing that they have done, many times with State Operated prisons.
The Constitution is a Federal Document not a local document and the Federal Government attempts to defend the Constitutional rights for all of its citizens. The Flag, the Anthem and the Constitution both are representations of our Federal Government so those that are disrespecting any of the three of them are disrespecting the very Government that is trying to protect its citizens from abuses from local Law Enforcement or any other agency that is abusing its authority.