JOE IN HAMPTON ROADS

For my kids, 1960 may as well be 1492. It is in fact a very long time ago. Over 50 years.

baby boomers are so overwhelmed with guilt, they fail to notice the world has changed since they grew up. News flash: my white privilege card seems to have expired sometime in the mid-nineties. And my kids have not been issued one at all. That's not a bad thing. There shouldnt be a race privilege card. And yet, some people act like they deserve one now for past grievances.

A BLM spokesperson told NPR that there can be no police "reform" because the police were created in the early 1800s to catch slaves and will forever have a slave-catching mentality. None of that is legit. And BTW she identified herself as a college professor, Scary.

there are legitimate grievances, but the fact that BLM tries to extrapolate what happens in a few isolated cases of questionable use of deadly force into an America that literally hunts down black men for sport is utter BS.

or better yet...every time he stands up.

I vote for spontaneous singing of the National Anthem...every time he gets sacked.

I forgot my wry humor font.

Or he's prepping for the claim "racist Chip Kelly fired me because I support civil rights."

No, he hasn't. Its all about him. This whole conversation has pretty much ruined my faith in 21st century America, and my Saturday. I blame CK personally.

Not to take away from the suffering of African Americans and Native Americans, but it should be noted that significant proportion of early European settlers came to this country as "indentured servants", which is pretty close to slavery but for a set time of 7 years. Some volunteered as a way of escaping jail or poverty in Europe, many were forced to come over in payment for debts. Conditions not as bad as black slavery in the 1800s, but at the time slaves and indentured servants were treated pretty similarly. Just food for thought in the discussion. FWIW, youre doing a good job of keeping the moral high ground, thank you. As for CK the individual I would have to agree with your arguments. America is all about the First Amendment, I get it. The problem is CK is not acting in his individual capacity, hes acting in his capacity as an NFL superstar who is breaking his written contract with the NFL and his unwritten contract with NFL fans that he will toe the company line in exchange for high privilege and million of dollars to play a useless game solely for our entertainment. This opportunity comes courtesy of the people of America via an exemption to the Anti-Trust Act that allows the NFL to rake in billions and pass some 12 million dollars of it to CK. When I joined the military I gave up my right to sit out the National Anthem, and they never paid me anything like 12 million dollars. CK can exercise his right all he wants if he quits NFL football and gets a job, say, as a law enforcement officer where he can push community policing and fair treatment of all citizens in a meaningful way.

Too true, and very troubling.

that is not even remotely my point. Now youre just being contrarian. Because freedom allows us to be this different, we need a shared sense of patriotism to keep us from tearing ourselves apart. As long as we can all stand together to celebrate our shared sense of unity from time to time, we'll be OK. When that ends ... buy gold.

No, its not. The only thing still holding this disparate bag of conflicting factions we call America together is a shared sense of patriotism. We no longer worship the same God (if any), hold the same values, hang out at the same places, watch the same entertainment, etc. etc. We barely speak the same language anymore and sure as hell don't share a sense of filial kinship. The one thing we still have (for now) is a sense that at least we live in a country where our differences can be strengths, and we can come together to acknowledge our equal shares in an inclusive society by standing together as one for the National Anthem. By refusing to stand, he not only contributes to the decline of this shared ideal, he tells me personally he does not want to share his world with me, his fellow American. IMO, he's just being a privileged rich athlete trying to justify the fact he gets paid millions of dollars to do nothing of real value for society. And BTW, if America has lost Buffalo, we've lost the Nation. Joe out.

...especially if this story is true

I have to agree with this.

BINGO! well said

For all the doubters, let me translate DW's press statement: "TT is not the best QB around, he's not even the QB we really want. But he's the best QB available for what we are willing to pay and he's already here, so we're locking him in now in case he gets really good, but if not we have escape clauses that let us dump him anytime without losing our shirts." Genius. We are blessed to have DW. If only we could get rid of Rex...

"And I think Rex has learned from last season's mistakes and will make productive adjustments." what part of his personality or past performance makes you think this is true?

why no Incognito?

Except that it has overtly embarrassed the team.

that's a brilliant scene but I have no idea how that expresses your feelings concerning EJ.

lol yes he is laughing all the way to the bank. Although if I had his money I would drop the whole coaching pretense and be sipping margaritas on the beach in that heat. yeah but he's just trying way too hard.

why do we have a 38 page thread on a former player who hasnt worn a Bills uniform in years?

I wont argue with you there but I nevertheless I would have fired Rex after the London game, taken the losing season and higher draft pick, and hired a new HC in January. Wade Phillips anyone? I think that was Pegs' plan but Marrone wouldn't play.

A lot of the above flows from the previous regime's dictum that having a positive cash flow is more important than winning. Rex doesn't have that excuse. Whaley has been taking risks and coming up sevens more than twos and Rex has had everything he could reasonably ask for. I don't put much stock in ESPN but if this rumor is true it does go along with the Rex Ryan Circus Show. BTW it drives me crazy when people call him a defensive genius, whatever he did right 10 years ago doesn't work anymore and the fact he cant evolve his scheme makes me wonder if it was ever really his to begin with.