Bingo Bango Bongo said:
Macarthur said:
Those guys have every right to criticize what Drew said. What he has done in the past has no bearing what so ever on his comments about the current situation.
Drew had every right to say what he said, also, but boy did he make an abrupt 180....So is Drew wrong today, but he was right yesterday? He said himself he was wrong....
He learned that it's better to just keep quiet. I'm not sure how that improves anything as far as people understanding each other, but that's where we are these days. Lots of landmines out there waiting to blow up on opinions that are not unreasonable. Bad timing for him, but he was asked a question and guilty of being dumb enough to actually answer it honestly, all with a track record of there clearly not being a racist bone in the guy's body.
But that's the thing. I don't think anyone of those guys that criticized him think he's racists. You can be kinda tone deaf and not fully get it and still not be racists.
Again, the thread by Wendell Pierce is dead on....There were many many black men that fought for our country and came back to being treated as second class citizens. So what they are protesting has nothing to do with the flag or the anthem itself.
Again, it was decorated war veteran that suggested what Kaep did as a way to bring attention but not be disrespectful.
Question...do you always stand and take your hat off at home when the anthem comes on a game you are watching on TV?