Political Hippo Circle Jerk - America, farg YEAH!

[ice grillin you]

I never knew this story, but it's true, I take back what I said about Kaepernick kneeling in front of the flag.

(Unfortunately, the people that could learn something by reading this likely won't bother).

Did you know this?

Aug 14, 2016- Colin Kaepernick sits for the national anthem.....and no one noticed.

Aug 20th, 2016- Colin again sits, and again, no one noticed.

Aug 26th, 2016- Colin sits and this time he is met with a level of vitriol unseen against an athlete. Even the future President of the United States took shots at him while on the campaign trail. Colin went on to explain his protest had NOTHING to with the military, but he felt it hard to stand for a flag that didn't treat people of color fairly.

Then on on Aug 30th, 2016 Nate Boyer, a former Army Green Beret turned NFL long snapper, penned an open letter to Colin in the Army Times. In it he expressed how Colin's sitting affected him.

Then a strange thing happened. Colin was able to do what most Americans to date have not...
He listened.

In his letter, Mr. Boyer writes:

"I'm not judging you for standing up for what you believe in. It's your inalienable right. What you are doing takes a lot of courage, and I'd be lying if I said I knew what it was like to walk around in your shoes. I've never had to deal with prejudice because of the color of my skin, and for me to say I can relate to what you've gone through is as ignorant as someone who's never been in a combat zone telling me they understand what it's like to go to war.
Even though my initial reaction to your protest was one of anger, I'm trying to listen to what you're saying and why you're doing it."

Mr. Boyer goes on to write "There are already plenty people fighting fire with fire, and it's just not helping anyone or anything. So I'm just going to keep listening, with an open mind. I look forward to the day you're inspired to once again stand during our national anthem. I'll be standing right there next to you."

Empathy and understanding was shown by Mr. Boyer.........and Mr. Kaepernick reciprocated.

Colin invited Nate to San Diego where the two had a 90 minute discussion and Nate proposed Colin kneel instead of sit.

But why kneel? In a military funeral, after the flag is taken off the casket of the fallen military member, it is smartly folded 13 times and then presented to the parents, spouse or child of the fallen member by a fellow service member while KNEELING. The two decided that kneeling for the flag would symbolize his reverence for those that paid the ultimate sacrifice while still allowing Colin to peacefully protest the injustices he saw.

Empathy, not zealotry under the guise of patriotism, is the only way meaningful discussion can be had. Mr. Kaepernick listened to all of you that say he disrespects the military and extended an olive branch to find a peace.

We can all learn from this backstory. The truth often lies in the middle. Seek to learn the opposing side's point.

its not really a back story....if youve followed this from the beginning its actually pretty well known...people just dont wanna hear it

what i want this week is for every single nfl player in the league black and white to kneel or sit during the anthem while each one holds up an american flag

[ice grillin you]

swamp isnt quite drained yet

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/26/tom-price-private-jets-243176

[Rome]

The cyber jockeying on social media between people to demonstrate their hyper-patriotism is really hilarious. 

Burn the Motherfarger down.

[smeags]

I cant wait to see the eagles posts on sunday from all the "ill never watch the nfl again" crowd.

[ice grillin you]

the amount of people who will never watch the eagles again because of the anthem crap is equal to the amount of people who stopped watching them after they signed a dog killer

and that number is zero

[smeags]

yeah but they are "real" patriots. 

[hunt]

I never knew this story, but it's true, I take back what I said about Kaepernick kneeling in front of the flag.

(Unfortunately, the people that could learn something by reading this likely won't bother).

Did you know this?

Aug 14, 2016- Colin Kaepernick sits for the national anthem.....and no one noticed.

Aug 20th, 2016- Colin again sits, and again, no one noticed.

Aug 26th, 2016- Colin sits and this time he is met with a level of vitriol unseen against an athlete. Even the future President of the United States took shots at him while on the campaign trail. Colin went on to explain his protest had NOTHING to with the military, but he felt it hard to stand for a flag that didn't treat people of color fairly.

Then on on Aug 30th, 2016 Nate Boyer, a former Army Green Beret turned NFL long snapper, penned an open letter to Colin in the Army Times. In it he expressed how Colin's sitting affected him.

Then a strange thing happened. Colin was able to do what most Americans to date have not...
He listened.

In his letter, Mr. Boyer writes:

"I'm not judging you for standing up for what you believe in. It's your inalienable right. What you are doing takes a lot of courage, and I'd be lying if I said I knew what it was like to walk around in your shoes. I've never had to deal with prejudice because of the color of my skin, and for me to say I can relate to what you've gone through is as ignorant as someone who's never been in a combat zone telling me they understand what it's like to go to war.
Even though my initial reaction to your protest was one of anger, I'm trying to listen to what you're saying and why you're doing it."

Mr. Boyer goes on to write "There are already plenty people fighting fire with fire, and it's just not helping anyone or anything. So I'm just going to keep listening, with an open mind. I look forward to the day you're inspired to once again stand during our national anthem. I'll be standing right there next to you."

Empathy and understanding was shown by Mr. Boyer.........and Mr. Kaepernick reciprocated.

Colin invited Nate to San Diego where the two had a 90 minute discussion and Nate proposed Colin kneel instead of sit.

But why kneel? In a military funeral, after the flag is taken off the casket of the fallen military member, it is smartly folded 13 times and then presented to the parents, spouse or child of the fallen member by a fellow service member while KNEELING. The two decided that kneeling for the flag would symbolize his reverence for those that paid the ultimate sacrifice while still allowing Colin to peacefully protest the injustices he saw.

Empathy, not zealotry under the guise of patriotism, is the only way meaningful discussion can be had. Mr. Kaepernick listened to all of you that say he disrespects the military and extended an olive branch to find a peace.

We can all learn from this backstory. The truth often lies in the middle. Seek to learn the opposing side's point.

its not really a back story....if youve followed this from the beginning its actually pretty well known...people just dont wanna hear it

it is well known...boyer has made the rounds on tv.  anyway, i just posted that story on my timeline to see if any of the nepa rednecks i live among will bother to read it.

[ice grillin you]

swamp isnt quite drained yet

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/26/tom-price-private-jets-243176

pretty swampy if you ask me

https://www.yahoo.com/news/epa-spending-25-000-build-045446068.html?utm_content=buffere0e8e&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

[SD]

Did you guys know there is a big really big ocean out there?

That's what our president told us.

He 100% just found out PR was an island

[smeags]

rhode island is going to really confuse him.

[Rome]

Does the tangerine clown own a golf course or resort in PR?

[Tomahawk]

The way I read it, he bought into a failing country club and helped it fail even faster

[Rome]

Price out at HHS.   100% chance he'll be replaced by someone even worse. 

[Butchers Bill]

Nm

[hunt]

President Trump on Saturday criticized Puerto Rico's "poor leadership" and defended his administration's response to the aftermath of Hurricane Maria's devastation on the island.
Following a plea for aid by San Juan's mayor, Trump said the mayor was being "nasty."

"The Mayor of San Juan, who was very complimentary only a few days ago, has now been told by the Democrats that you must be nasty to Trump," Trump tweeted. "Such poor leadership ability by the Mayor of San Juan, and others in Puerto Rico, who are not able to get their workers to help."

"They want everything to be done for them when it should be a community effort," he continued. "10,000 Federal workers now on Island doing a fantastic job."

this dumbfarg is our president