C_Clayton_Jones
Diamond Member
“Play football or basketball so we can be entertained, Trump seems to be telling these athletes. No one wants to hear your lack of gratitude for what you've been given.
There's so many things wrong with that view.
First of all, no one gave these players anything. They worked for it.
Second, just because you are a professional athlete doesn't mean you don't get to be a citizen, too. We don't tell accountants, for example, that they can't express their opinions on politics and the culture more broadly, right? So why should we be in the business of telling professional athletes? And would Trump feel the same way if the majority of those protesting the anthem were white?”
The dark racial sentiment in Trump's NBA and NFL criticism - CNNPolitics
That Trump is a bigot is settled, accepted, and beyond dispute.
Now we see more evidence that Trump is a racist as well.
There's so many things wrong with that view.
First of all, no one gave these players anything. They worked for it.
Second, just because you are a professional athlete doesn't mean you don't get to be a citizen, too. We don't tell accountants, for example, that they can't express their opinions on politics and the culture more broadly, right? So why should we be in the business of telling professional athletes? And would Trump feel the same way if the majority of those protesting the anthem were white?”
The dark racial sentiment in Trump's NBA and NFL criticism - CNNPolitics
That Trump is a bigot is settled, accepted, and beyond dispute.
Now we see more evidence that Trump is a racist as well.