Drew Brees ??‍♂️

GoodIntentions;-) wrote:

WWRD wrote:

You must conform....you must conform....you must conform....so sad what we've become. Fascism, always a problem on the left, is alive and well. Sometimes it's overt, sometime in the form of their favorite social media tool, virtue signalling and shaming. This will end poorly for all.

WTF? This is so incredibly backwards. The left is the side telling people to conform? The entire topic of conversation here is regarding all NFL players being told by right-wingers to salute the flag, as if the flag should mean the same thing to all people. If the flag should mean one thing to everyone it should mean freedom. If that freedom means carrying AR-15’s into capital buildings for the privileged, it should at the very least accept kneeling to recognize systemic racism for the other.

So it's not ok for Brees to have an issue with taking offense to people using kneeling or sitting during the anthem as a form of protest. You choose a controversial form of protest, that you know is controversial. Then you get upset at people for taking offense to that form of protest. You can not do whatever you want in the name of cause and expect no push back on the issue. You have the right to sit during the national anthem in America, you have the right to burn the flag. If you do that publicly it may upset people, and those people have a right to be upset.

This left wing BS that I can do whatever action I want and say it is for a social cause and anyone who takes exception to what I am doing is ignorant or racist is completely offensive. If you take an action like this be prepared for people to be offended and recognize that it is their right to feel that way and don't turn every individual into the enemy. You have a right to free speech, that right does not protect you from the repercussions of what you say.

Drew Brees had every right to say what he said and whatever repercussions he faces are on him as well same as the protestors. But I think this you are either 100% with me as I think you should be attitude is extremely divisive and has terrible results.

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master plan wrote:

This guy sums it up:

https://johnpavlovitz.com/2020/06/04/drew-brees-isnt-a-racist-thats-why-his-racism-is-a-problem/?fbclid=IwAR3kLM1uu5C6VUi7eqMlflpYJnyr7SjJeo6ZH0i0xHqJMQIs6jhPnW3gnIM

He makes some valid points, but has to add in anti-Trump rhetoric into it. Crazy that he feels that need.

Steve Martin wrote:

master plan wrote:

This guy sums it up:

https://johnpavlovitz.com/2020/06/04/drew-brees-isnt-a-racist-thats-why-his-racism-is-a-problem/?fbclid=IwAR3kLM1uu5C6VUi7eqMlflpYJnyr7SjJeo6ZH0i0xHqJMQIs6jhPnW3gnIM

He makes some valid points, but has to add in anti-Trump rhetoric into it. Crazy that he feels that need.

Maybe that’s how he feels?

Anyway, Jake Fromm to Brees, ‘hold my beer’ with this gem:

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Not my regular Handle wrote:

Drew Brees had every right to say what he said and whatever repercussions he faces are on him as well same as the protestors. But I think this you are either 100% with me as I think you should be attitude is extremely divisive and has terrible results.

Drew was shown to be a world-class moron. I personally don't expect that much thought or well reason arguments from a guy who thinks "I respect the flag" is some decent point to make in any political discussion. He's says it to be middle of the road and not lose endorsements. But this time it backfired.

I think anyone expect Brees to be 100% with them, I think they were hoping for 80%

Drew apologises for being insensitive. Rush Limbaugh, Laura Ingraham and all other right wing nutjobs go home DEVASTATED!!

It was all a lie:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.ajc.com/sports/saints-kneel-before-the-national-anthem/E4qlGa51XyAgttImIBLBZO/amp.html

I don’t have time to read all the responses so forgive me if this was already posted.

https://twitter.com/shannonsharpe/status/1268575968085463041?s=21

Excellent commentary by Shannon Sharpe!!

breit leit wrote:

Laura Ingraham to Lebron: "Shut up and dribble"

Laura Ingraham on Brees: "He's allowed to have an opinion"

Agreed. He cowered over his opinion. Mob rules his mind now. His autonomy shattered

What are you arguing about?

Not my regular Handle wrote:

So it's not ok for Brees to have an issue with taking offense to people using kneeling or sitting during the anthem as a form of protest.

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Drew Brees had every right to say what he said and whatever repercussions he faces are on him as well same as the protestors.

He faced repercussions in the form of mass criticism from many sources, including fellow NFL players. Brees chose to change his tune, while many of the players kneeling during the anthem, to bring attention to police brutality and unfair treatment by the criminal justice system, haven't changed their tune, also in the face of criticism.

Do you think Tommie Smith and John Carlos are looked on more or less favorably now than they were in 1968? Do you think that the NFL players kneeling during the anthem will be more or less favorably viewed in the decades to come? Do you see a difference in the thinking behind their protests?

Really at this point the NFL should be disbanded. No self respecting white person should watch it and pay for this leftist nonsense to go on. Shut this mfer down. End the bs.

Agreed. Gonna be a crap show anyway. All the major sports for that matter. When you shut down voices you shut down democracy.

All this really shows is that our society has a real problem with POINTING THEIR FINGER. Drew Brees is a great human being who expressed his opinion and it is taken out of proportion and he is slammed resoundingly harshly. The people pointing their finger and shaming are trying to fill a void for their own insecurities. They feel a sense of belonging and moral righteousness for their otherwise useless and meaningless lives. In other words, they want to feel important by subverting a good man such as Brees. Society has issues. As a disclaimer, I am fine with the anthem kneeling myself and support racial equality. But I do have a problem with the slamming of a good man by society.

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I don’t have time to read all the responses so forgive me if this was already posted.

Excellent commentary by Shannon Sharpe!!

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Wow!

Noyankee wrote:

Agreed. He cowered over his opinion. Mob rules his mind now. His autonomy shattered

Posting again in response to this. This quote is true. It is unfortunate that we have to live with a bunch of clowns in society (I'm not talking about Brees). This is why Brees had to backtrack. He's not a racist at all but people will condemn and misunderstand/judge him as one if he does not attempt to save face. What he said originally, he meant. It merely his opinion but a lot of people feel the need to counter with their worthless opinion to start causing commotion to feel better about themselves. I dont blame him for backtracking, but it would have been awesome, more respectable and savage if he doubled down and stood up to all these self righteous haters.

commies succ wrote:

Really at this point the NFL should be disbanded. No self respecting white person should watch it and pay for this leftist nonsense to go on. Shut this mfer down. End the bs.

Reading posts like yours make me glad that I'm opposed to inbreeding.

fire back heat is on wrote:

Posting again in response to this. This quote is true. It is unfortunate that we have to live with a bunch of clowns in society (I'm not talking about Brees). This is why Brees had to backtrack. He's not a racist at all but people will condemn and misunderstand/judge him as one if he does not attempt to save face. What he said originally, he meant. It merely his opinion but a lot of people feel the need to counter with their worthless opinion to start causing commotion to feel better about themselves. I dont blame him for backtracking, but it would have been awesome, more respectable and savage if he doubled down and stood up to all these self righteous haters.

Brees didn't have to backtrack. He could have stood by his words with conviction and have received a very cold shoulder from all his fellow NFL players who have grown up with the very real fear that they could be victims of an unjust justice system.

Brees conflates kneeling during the anthem with disrespecting the imagery and meaning of the United States. He doesn't understand that the deck is stacked against large segments of the American populace so intrinsically that many of his teammates have felt the need to symbolically kneel during the anthem of their country, a country whose justice system isn't giving them and people who look like them a fair shake. That's the reason for the backlash.

Brees also appeared in an ad for Focus on Family. It doesn't take much research to see where Focus on Family stands and how it will be viewed in the not so distant future.

Furthermore, the timing of what Brees said was bad. If he said it when Kap was kneeling several years ago or even just before the Floyd death then he would not be crucified, guaranteed. What Brees said was what many people were saying when Kap was kneeling and no one batted an eye. Most agreed with the Brees opinion actually, at that point in time and I think he has a silent majority of support still at this time butbpeolle know they have to walk on eggshells.