Louisiana mayor prohibits Nike purchases for recreational programs: reports
Hope more mayors do the same, not to mention high school and college coaches and AD’s.
So it ok to protest something or someone as long as its ok for you. Its no different that what Colin K did.
It is completely different; could not be more different, Penny. Kaepernick (shames the name Copernicus) has inspired millions to tens of millions of our kids to believe sacrificing their love of country for a pair of shoes and a multi-million dollar shoe deal, is perfectly socially acceptable. During the 80's and 90's American kids wanted to "be like Mike". Now, thanks to shit birds like K, they want to kneel for our Anthem. If you loved America first, despite her many internal side-effects of freedpm, you would not preach a repetition of misinformation. We must be Americans first, every other divisive subgroup last. And lastly, how many young kids will now--thanks to K--think that hating law enforcement is justified. No, you've fallen for the brainwash.
Has nothing to do with the NA as you are aware, its about social injustice, being a female I know all about it.
Its is perfectly acceptable for Kaepernick to made a deal with a shoe manufacturer. A large maj of vets think that is what they fought for , the freedom to peacefully protest.
So this mayor , without even looking him up, I would imagine is a white Christian man out to get Nike for making Colin K a spokesperson in their ads, that is being a protestor.
Again, with the
"majority of Vets think . . . "
Penny, I like and respect you. Right after I joined USMB you regularly visited my threads and gave me the gift of an opposing perspective; one which I needed to hear, even if I did not want to. I think you're a good person, from what I have read of your posts here on USMB.
That being said, here are a couple of examples--subjective and biased though they may be, of fellow Veterans neither hip to nor accepting of what Kaepernick is selling.
A close buddy of mine, a guy I have known for 36 years, who is a 23 year veteran of the Marine Corps, and who won two bronze stars during his three tours overseas and lost his baby brother--a Marine Captain helicopter pilot--to enemy fire in Iraq, has over 1700 friends on Facebook. The majority of those friends are currently serving or ex-military, and each of them also has hundreds of Facebook friend Veterans who in turn have hundreds of friends; we're talking tens of thousands of Vets.
From what I have seen browsing through his page and the pages and feeds of others, not one single Vet supports Kaepernick's so-called right to kneel for the Anthem or has expressed having fought for his "right" to do so. Penny, my buddy's brother? The one who died in Iraq in 2004? The military messed up and shipped someone else's remains back to his wife. She only found about the terrible mix-up after the remains that weren't her dead husband had been buried in Arlington NC. Of course, the whole situation had to be closed casket. Took my buddy weeks to convince her to exhume and rebury the right remains Now, Penny, do you really expect Combat Veterans like my buddy to support an NFL player's kneeling for the anthem? Do you really?
Sorry, I was going to give you some personal perspective, but it ain't happening.
