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I didn't say that I felt it was personally disrespectful. I said that some people do. If you wanted to start a conversation like Kaep originally claimed it probably doesn't make sense to start that way. Obviously it's too deep for you.

No reason to kneel during the national anthem unless you want to make a statement through silent disregard. I don't think too many people even care about it anymore. By the end of this season it will have the punch of the ice bucket challenge.

Kneeling during the national anthem was/is intentionally done to be disrespectful. Whether you personally feel disrespected is up to you. It is specifically done at an exact time that everyone know will bother some. If it wasn't intentional the kneeling would take place before the game, halftime, or after the game. I have never been bothered by it, even in the beginning. I do think it is completely ineffective and silly. The story has always been more about the kneeling than the message. It also doesn't make sense to say you want to be heard and then start the process by intentionally insulting people.

This is inaccurate. There were less than 100 idiots with assault rifles and said idiots caused no damage. The violence, death, destruction, and number of players involved in the riots is obviously not even close. I don't understand the point of this argument but comparing the trash that showed up in Michigan isn't a comparison at all.

I agree, Shaq will be better than Addison this year. Although our D shouldn't miss a beat.

Perhaps you should post a video of yourself listing the posters you would like to participate in the project. At least it would show the posters you are willing to put your money where your mouth is.

What loss of "privilege" comes with a better life for minorities? I think that would make for a better life for everyone including my kids. In fact I don't care if it means I have a smaller piece of the pie. My slice isn't all that big right now but i don't care. Defunding police, rooting out racism on Facebook, and making white people apologize doesn't fix anything though.

This is where the pushback on BLM is agreeing with you. The disregard for educating the youth in many black communities is destroying them. These conditions will never change until this is overcome. Police brutality is just passing the buck again. The politicians and media who push this agenda have a vested interest in your anger.

What about the black people that disagree with your opinion? The ones that are shamed into silence. Does their black skin work for you too?

No not a bad idea and should be explored. The problem is that the term "defunding police" is an absurd way to describe that. On top of that you actually have morons trying to convince people we should have no police.

To further the point, 1st generation immigrants in the same city school districts have had success. Kids that come from very different parts of the world and have language barriers.

I would agree that in some communities the education system is failing but it is more attributed to the parents. My neighbors are City of Rochester teachers and they get nothing from parents. 120 students and maybe 1 or 2 parents show up to parent teacher meetings, no call backs, no emails answered, no shows by students, etc. It's not for lack of erasers that the school is failing. As far as the lunches go, I know that the schools were delivering meals by bus during the coronavirus portion of the school year. Kids were getting meals everyday. A math teacher at one of the city high schools sent out an assignment to his classes and got like 5 responses. It is a cultural issue.

The education system is not totally broken.

Twitter has had a negative impact on the country/world. To many people hold the instant opinions of celebs in high regard. How many NFL players need to condemn Jake Fromm? I don't hear a peep from any of these guys when a player beats on a woman. The issue should have been handled in house but that's not today's world and it's a shame.

Or we could work on educating our black youth and assisting the black business owner

I saw a number of city departments outnumbered by people brazenly committing crimes. I saw the vast majority of departments show tremendous patience. They literally had Molotov cocktails being thrown at them in NYC.

I'm all for reasonable police reform. Let's face it, some departments probably need to be evaluated from top to bottom. The demilitarizing is a tough thing to sell me. I'm not in favor of a military style police force being used on the regular but hasn't the last two weeks kind of justified having that capability?

I enjoy your personal contributions on experiences that you have had with players. Brees has always struck me as a selfish dude.

Bet of the year! Nice odds

To me BLM has digressed into a strange mix that is actually exploiting the black community more than helping. Politicians use it elevate their brand, tons of white people are using it as a photo op, anti America groups have hijacked it, media profits on it, and many crimes against citizens have been committed under it's cover. I don't think "defunding the police" is reasonable platform for a movement. Nevermind the fact that it does nothing to address the real problems in education, housing, crime, and healthcare. All of which are literally destroying generations of people. BLM is also very very divisive. It offers zero open dialogue amongst outsiders. I personally believe that racism played a big part of putting black communities where they are. I also believe that systematic racism is over and that it would never be tolerated again. You can certainly make a case for income disparities but that is another story. Highlighting individual racist actions are fine but you don't burn down cities for that. The witch hunts against whites is real. People are being called out left and right over nonsense. Look at what Ellen DeGeneres is getting crushed for. Hateful nonsense The part everyone is scared to admit is that black communities are not holding each other accountable. The truth is, they are the only ones who can lift themselves up. Too many leaders want to attack whites and nit pick what they say or do. LeBron James has single handedly made countless absurd remarks that are just dishonest. I am willing to be a part of a solution but right now I am not allowed to have an opinion, need to repent, check my white privilege, and am most likely a racist. When that kind crap ends, let me know and I'm in.

None of this is to the betterment of black folks. Going on witch hunts for white people who might have said something racist? Talk about a fruitless way to go about life and one that has produced nothing in the past. BLM is a joke and just a hate filled rudderless ship.

My neighbors are city school teachers in the city of Rochester. They have 100+ students on average every year. Through the course of a school year they will have contact with a couple of parents. Open house? A couple show up, sometimes zero Emails? Never a response Phone calls? Same as open houses, a couple maybe Year in and year out the results are the same. My neighbors are a mixed race couple and have literally cried about this when telling us. Bad cops should pay a price but the 9 unarmed deaths of blacks last year mean zilch in impact.

GregPersons is the reason this "movement" is going to fizzle into nothing again. It's a white witch hunt that offers no solutions geared towards helping the black community. How many different forums is he running around calling strangers racist? The election will come and go, millennials will be onto the next look at me movement, and violence within the black community will be the same. This the sad truth.

Yes and what progress this movement has had on the black community. Shaming white folks will make things better. Most of these spineless white people are treating this whole thing as a moment to up their social media standing. It's basically the new Ice Bucket Challenge for these clowns.

Watch out for a scorned woman! I wonder if any of Fromms Georgia teammates have commented on social media about him.