Ryan: NFL players shouldn't protest during anthem
Source: The Hill
BY SCOTT WONG - 09/26/17 12:11 PM EDT
Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) said Tuesday that NFL players who kneel or sit during the national anthem are protected by the First Amendment. But that doesn't mean he agrees with their actions.
People are clearly within their rights to express themselves as they see fit, said Ryan, a lifelong Green Bay Packers fan who likes to remind people he is one of 360,000 shareholders of the NFL team.
My own view, though, is we shouldnt do it on the anthem, he continued. Our national anthem, our flag, and the people who defend it and represent it that should be celebrated everywhere and always.
The national anthem issue flared up over in recent days after President Trump attacked former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick for kneeling during the national anthem in protest of police treatment of African Americans.
Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/house/352471-ryan-nfl-players-shouldnt-protest-during-anthem
Bengus81
(6,932 posts)n2doc
(47,953 posts)Paul Ryan = Official Corporate Tool of the Koch Bro's.
TNNurse
(6,929 posts)LiberalFighter
(51,036 posts)But they will still protest. And Ryan and his buddies will still say it is wrong.
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
(12,590 posts)Play, "America the Beautiful" -- "Oh, beautiful, for spacious skies---" instead. It's easier to sing, for one thing.
Solly Mack
(90,779 posts)Easier to cloak their racism in bullshit calls to patriotism than it is to address the murder of African-Americans by the police.
hibbing
(10,107 posts)They throw in the military, like that is all the flag is about. Hardly anyone talks about WHY they are doing it.
Peace
truthisfreedom
(23,152 posts)So the players can protest them directly.
The_Casual_Observer
(27,742 posts)Why don't people mind their own goddamn business.
47of74
(18,470 posts)GeorgeGist
(25,322 posts)and celebrate the Bill of Rights.
BumRushDaShow
(129,364 posts)only applies to corporations. The people? Not so much.
ProfessorGAC
(65,144 posts)...if one does it in a dark room in the home, by one's self when nobody else can see it.
Yeah, that makes sense, Paulie.
GoCubsGo
(32,086 posts)And, talking out of both sides of your mouth, as usual. Their right to do that is protected by the First Amendment, but "Don't do that"? Just like "I can take Social Security survivor benefits, but I will do every thing I can to take them away from everyone else." Go fuck yourself, you smarmy, little hypocrite.
LakeArenal
(28,837 posts)Blah dee blah blah blah.
And even that's a lie.