Kareem Abdul Jabbar: National Anthem Just Like Songs of Slavery

Yes, Kareem.. Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr expecting athletes to stand for the National Anthem is just like the songs slaves were forced to sing while working in the fields. You got us, you got Trump dead to rights :sarcasm:

Leftists, like Ferdinand, cannot contain their hate for this country and our President. They justify their hate by claiming everything they don't like is rooted in racism.

It's beyond insulting for people who have had so much success to do what they want thanks to the sacrifices of men and women who have defended this country that is symbolized by our Flag and National Anthem. Is it so much to ask people to stand up and pay respect to the very blanket of freedom they are privileged to live under? People die everyday trying to get into this country for a fraction of the like elites like Ferdinand live.

All the athletes making millions to play ball are employees of their team and league. If you don't like the rules of your employer quit! Here's the deal, and from the words of Chris Cuomo, "if you don't like what America is YOU LEAVE!"

Shame on anyone who agrees with Ferdinand and all the dolts in the NFL and any other sports league. This kid gets it You don't.

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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on the NFL, 'BlacKkKlansman' and the Summer Movie as Protest Song
by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | Hollywood Reporter

Amid Trump's national anthem rhetoric, Spike Lee's latest film and Boots Riley's 'Sorry to Bother You' reinforce satire as the preferred genre of the oppressed, writes the NBA Hall-of-Famer and Hollywood Reporter cultural columnist.

"Slaves are generally expected to sing as well as to work," observed ex-slave-turned-abolitionist Frederick Douglass. To the slave owners, singing slaves would drown out their own cruelty and oppression, clothe them in a coerced choir of decency. But it wasn't enough that the slaves had to sing, they had to sing their oppressor's feel-good songs that are summed up in the Porgy and Bess refrain of "I've got plenty of nothin'," and nothin's plenty for me."

Yay, nothin'.

Currently, the song being demanded is the national anthem during football games. But during a warm-up game on Aug. 10, despite President Trump's previous condemnation, several Eagles players kneeled during the anthem or raised their fists — their way of singing their own song. For them, lyrics like "land of the free" don't accurately represent the daily reality for people of color. They love their country but want that country to recognize the suffering that occurs when it isn't living up to its constitutional promises.

Trump reacted by tweeting, "Numerous players, from different teams, wanted to show their 'outrage' at something that most of them are unable to define." Who would know better how to define their outrage: the privileged darling of white supremacists, the 94 percent-white team owners, the 75 percent-white head coaches or the 70 percent-black players who actually take the field each week?

The daily challenge for African-Americans is getting white Americans to listen to their song, especially when it isn't a grinning, grateful or pandering patriotic song...more

Outraged Veterans Slam Dem Councilwoman for Kneeling During the Pledge (Video)

Haddam, CT councilwoman democrat Melissa Schlag took it upon herself to take a knee during the Pledge of Allegiance at the Haddam town meeting July 16 and did it again on the 30th. Schlag was caught on video saying the town is racist and fascist, so this should give you an idea of the type of person the town is having to deal with.

The display of disrespect to our Flag, those who have fallen defending it outraged two veterans who slammed her. Vietnam War veteran Calvin Bunnell told her “It says on my shirt, ‘If you don’t like the flag, I will help you pack your bag and get the heck out of here,'” and that she was turning her back on half the towns residents. Another video of Schlag getting schooled has a man who is being identified as a "Black veteran" (not sure why his color matters) making it clear when she is off the clock have at it, take a knee, but when she's representing the town she needs to stand.

Black veteran slams Democrat councilwoman Melissa Schlag after she was filmed kneeling during national anthem. pic.twitter.com/0hDkAJcsRh

— Kyle Morris (@RealKyleMorris) August 3, 2018

If you're employed by the govt, be it at local, state or federal level, to a sports team you are an employee where certain conduct is expected. Like the unidentified vet said, if you want to do this off the clock at your kids game or wherever fine, but not when you're on the taxpayers dime. This is the message that needs to be made clear. We're all for ones First Amendment right, but it's quite hypocritical to show disrespect to the very symbol of the blanket of freedom these kneelers are taking advantage of especially when they're an elected official.

If you hate this country, think the people are racist, bigoted, hateful etc because we don't agree with your political views then by all means LEAVE. No one is holding a gun to your head, and in this day and age it's safe to assume Americans will be more than happy to donate to a crowdfunding campaign to cover these haters cost to leave... so long as the renounce their citizenship and vow to never return!

Sheila Jackson Lee Meltdown: Terror Attack Takes Away From Collusion, Kneels for "Justice" (Video)

Barely 24 hours after the NYC terror attack super swamp monster Sheila Jackson Lee couldn't contain her hypocrisy and had a meltdown over the supposed politicization of the attack. Mind you she didn't have a problem 30 days ago when she ranted for gun control following the Las Vegas attack.

For whatever reason, the sane Right has "ceded power" to the Left to make rules about what we can and cannot talk about.
For example:
- Any act of terror committed with a gun by anyone = okay to politicize it before the bodies have even made it to the morgue.
- Any act of terror committed with anything by islamists = NOT okay to politicize until the democrat party says so.

Who made them God to determine what we can and cannot talk about? The problem is everyone cowers to their threats. The party that is against bullying, in fact bullies EVERYONE at will!

To make matters worse radicals like Lee get all worked up that attention is off their cooked up collusion conspiracy and race-baiting activities. Go ahead SJL take a knee, make an ass of yourself, because it is you and countless Leftists that are the ones who are really dividing the US.

When are people going to stop subjecting themselves to this abuse from the Left and tell people like Sheila Jackson Lee to shut up? And when she yaps louder, you just get nose to nose with her (getting into her little circle of security), tell her shut up and sit down.

It's time America, way past time actually, to stand up to these monsters. This political correct nonsense is going to be the end of us all if people don't start telling the Left to STFU.

NFL Blinks, Commish to Owners: Everyone Should Stand For the National Anthem (Video)

Well, well, well.. Roger Goodell sent out a letter to all the NFL owners about the anthem protests. "The current dispute over the National Anthem is threatening to erode the unifying power of our game, and is now dividing us, and our players, from many fans across the country." After a year of this nonsense, that all started over Kaepernick hating on cops, Goddell said "we believe that everyone should stand for the National Anthem." Uh heh.. the real truth behind this move is the NFL's ratings are tanking, they're losing money and their tax breaks are now under threat.

Money is the only reason why Goodell sent the letter out.

How do we know money is the factor? It's obvious, plus the subliminal messages planted in the letter, "We need to move past this controversy, and we want to do that together with our players. .. Everyone involved in the game needs to come together on a path forward to continue to be a force for good within our communities, protect the game, and preserve our relationship with fans throughout the country." That's the smoking gun, it's about money.

If Goodell was genuine he would have said something LAST YEAR when this all started. He would not have allowed these protests to escalate to level we're seeing now, where they have morphed into a hate Trump, GOP, conservatives etc fest!

America do not let up on the boycott, the NFL just wants your money (at the box office & via taxes). Punish them, bankrupt this anti-American organization because fact remains it's the same organization who donates heavily to democrat party, condemned Tim Tebow for taking a knee in prayer, wouldn't let Dallas players tribute fallen cops after last years attack, or allow a players to wear cleats in tribute to 9/11 victims.

Dem Congressman Calls to Impeach Trump Over NFL "SOB" Speech (Video)

Democrats are really losing their minds nine months into Trump's presidency. Rep Al Green took the House floor calling for a vote to impeach the President of the United States, after the final straw being Trump calling NFL players "son of a bitch" during his speech over the disrespect displayed to our flag, anthem and troops.

Aside from not being able to locate dems "Good and Plenty clause" in the Constitution, I am also unable to locate where in it the President can be impeached for invoking his First Amendment right! That's right America, whether you like it or not POTUS has as much of right to speak his mind as anyone else. While he does need to be more careful, there is nothing stopping him from speaking his mind. In his opinion players showing disrespect should be fired. Democrats like Green think that's enough, under high Crimes and Misdemeanors to apparently FIRE [impeach] the President! It's the same difference.

Please have the vote, TODAY, why wait a week or two. The way the GOP is acting they shouldn't have a problem pulling it off in the Senate.

This is what the elitists want, to remove the outsider from the Oval Office, send a clear message to the people to never defy them again. Go ahead DO IT and watch what happens you stupid SONS OF BITCHES!