OT Magic's Jonathan Isaac becomes first NBA player since restart not to kneel, wear Black Lives Matter

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illmatic99 said:
why are they even part of sporting events in the first place? this isn't wartime like it was when they first started doing it
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Yeah, the anthem before games is completely unnecessary. I've thought this for a long time. And yes, I was one of those kids that refused to stand for the pledge of allegiance in school. Got in trouble for it more than a few times, which is ridiculous.
 
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Former Trail Blazer Meyers Leonard explains why he didn’t kneel with Heat teammates for anthem
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illmatic99 said:
why are they even part of sporting events in the first place? this isn't wartime like it was when they first started doing it
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I heard some liberal media personality ask how many jobs a conservative media personality had had where it was required for him to stand up during the national anthem at the beginning of every work day or recite the pledge of allegiance. The conservative said that that wasn't the point. I thought it was a pretty good point.
 
illmatic99 said:
Really don't get the Meyers hate. Dude might be a really annoying basketball player and a bro sometimes, but he's genuinely a good guy who has overcome a lot in his life.
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I don't hate Meyers but he did get a little long winded in his explanation on standing and as he has shown in the past, when he gets long winded it doesn't usually bode well for the guy but I think he is well intended and at the same time just kind of inarticulate and/or not too bright.
 
illmatic99 said:
Really don't get the Meyers hate. Dude might be a really annoying basketball player and a bro sometimes, but he's genuinely a good guy who has overcome a lot in his life.
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Overcoming a lot of things doesn't mean everyone is going to love you or even like you, or that they're supposed to. One of my former co-workers over came a lot of things. Addiction, really poor parenting (his mother basically treated him like shit because he reminded her of his father, who left her when he was young)..yet he was still a dumbass.
 
blazerkor said:
I don't hate Meyers but he did get a little long winded in his explanation on standing and as he has shown in the past, when he gets long winded it doesn't usually bode well for the guy but I think he is well intended and at the same time just kind of inarticulate and/or not too bright.
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that sums it up well.
 
VanillaGorilla said:
Yeah, I know. Still dumb. He's making it all about him when it should not be about him at all. Supporting the movement by kneeling in solidarity is a simple thing to do, and not doing it because of some ridiculous imagined disrespect to the military is just stupid.
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Now, I'm not saying that my situation is the same as his (I don't look up to my brother in the same way he does), but my brother served in the army, my dad did as did both of my grandfathers during WW2. But I'm fine with kneeling and in fact, I would have been on my knee if I was there.

There comes a point where a person has to be able to separate shit from shit. He's still swimming in shit.
 
illmatic99 said:
Really don't get the Meyers hate. Dude might be a really annoying basketball player and a bro sometimes, but he's genuinely a good guy who has overcome a lot in his life.
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Not as much as the average black man in our country.
 
THE HCP said:
Meyers is a great guy. He supports his teammates and their cause.
He has as much right to stand as they do to kneel.
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But he's always had the right to stand. His whole life. Kaepernick lost his job for what he did. Meyers just another white guy being white. Choosing to kneel with your brothers/teammates for an important cause was the right move and he blew it. My opinion.
 
THE HCP said:
Meyers is a great guy. He supports his teammates and their cause.
He has as much right to stand as they do to kneel.
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No one's saying he didn't have the right. Rights go both ways--he has the right not to kneel and the right to express his opinions and everyone else has the right to judge his opinions.

Right-wing bros weren't up in arms saying "Kaepernick has the right to kneel and the right to his opinions, leave him alone!" when he was getting criticized by conservatives.
 
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