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Craig Glazer: To Stand For The National Anthem/Or Not!?
Colin Kaepernick, gee thanks for all this crap! Perhaps well meaning, Kaepernick decided a season ago to 'not' stand for the national anthem, he took a knee. Why? He only talked about it after the fact. It was vague...'uh discrimination...police brutality...unjust treatment of minorities in America' a combination of all three and more? It would have helped had he defined what he was kneeling for BEFORE HE DID IT. So today its still confused right? Well not really, its a 'racial' issue. Race is the big elephant in the room for all this attention, correct. African Americans feel belittled, betrayed and mistreated by 'white America' in general. Do they have a case? Perhaps. Is this the right way to go about stating a case? Perhaps. Is there a better way? YES. Is Donald Trump the bad guy? Perhaps. Is Trump brilliant about getting all the attention on the NFL, the National Anthem and off all his other issues? You bet.
The NFL is now 70% non white, means mostly black players. Those guys today average well over a couple million a year in payments. They make more in a year than most of their predominately white fan base at the stadiums make in their entire lives. So they don't get a ton of sympathy. Oh they aren't making the statement of unjust treatment for themselves its for their family and all other non white Americans. O.K. what is the statement? I've yet to get that one clear.
We could spend all day on why there is so much racial unrest in this country today. Whites fear young blacks, PERIOD. Let me let you in on a secret gang....'THAT IS, PERHAPS, THE MAIN REASON DONALD TRUMP WON THE WHITE HOUSE' the silent majority wants calm, peace and law and order. They VOTE. African American's hate Donald Trump, they want him gone right. THEY NEED TO VOTE HIM OUT, not hate him out. Come next election if the non whites and Trump haters don't go vote for the 'other white guy or lady' running against Trump..psssst he will win again. His followers VOTE!
They tell us we are not standing for the flag, sorry the national anthem to show we have the freedom to choose. Really? Like some players wanted to wear pink shoes to honor their mothers every game due they were dying of breast cancer..the owners said NO, and that was that...where did that freedom go? The NFL is a business. In the end its based on stars, media hype, and mostly WHO WINS! In the end this entire episode might make 'part' of an ESPN 30/30 otherwise forgotten in a short time.
You guys in the NFL or NBA want to really make a difference? Then you guys stay up late on weekend nights in major cities and go talk to the young black men going out with guns on them, doped up, high on something thinking its cool to shoot at someone usually another black person over almost no reason. The violence has to stop, or be slowed down for whites to listen. THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT NOT COLOR...SENSELESS VIOLENCE. You super stars help solve that and you will truly have done something fantastic for our country. The flag has little to do with that, huh. You guys live in major cities get your team mates together and go help stop the violence at night. Instead of going to clubs be out front and talk to the groups of young men who are out there for getting 'reps' by being 'bad' and violent. You do that and you have America's attention and support on both sides. Isn't that the real issue? Isn't the violence what causes police to overreact and do violence themselves...THEY ARE AFRAID that' why. Hey some of those cops shot for no reason and killed, were BLACK. When the violence slows down a ton this will all start to end and work, until then standing or not standing won't matter much or be remembered down the road. Ask Colin, for a league that wants to give their players the right to choose...THEY WON'T GIVE COLIN A JOB, huh? Trump is a disappointment for not helping to get the stars and leaders on the same page to begin to fix the violence. I agree with that.
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Nailed it.
ReplyDeleteThe police union made this same point. If the players are really upset, then they should do something more substantial than just protest. Speaking out against violence is a good start as Craig suggests. Anything would be better than a mere symbolic act.
^^^ But that would take actual work, not just grandstanding.
DeleteGreat post Craig! I think people who don't know football forget about the rules and the business side of it.
DeleteGood line about the clubs. Most football players are in it to pop bottles, not protest. Some donate their time and money but if you really look at these guys they're dropping all of their cash on nice cars and big houses. We're not exactly talking about Gandhi, here people!
ReplyDeleteGood article on how these rich black players can actually help out their community.
ReplyDeleteInstead it is becoming more black verses whitey hatred which is what the liberals really want. A race war and the NFL is right in the middle of it.
Stick to ratting out drug dealers. That is what you do well.
ReplyDeleteNice post Craig.
ReplyDeleteMost of the talking heads won't tell the truth about the players and where their values are really at.
Thanks for putting it out there!
Actually Craig is stating what's already been said in other articles.
ReplyDeleteAccording to this, Marcus Peters supports Fam 1st Family Foundation. http://www.chiefs.com/news/article-5/Check-Out-Chiefs-Players-Custom-Cleats-in-Support-of-the-My-Cause-My-Cleats-Campaign/f2d89ce6-6528-441f-bdff-bb23590eed85
ReplyDelete(Scroll down) It says, "The foundation’s mission is one of empowerment and education, aiming to build self-esteem and academic learning skills in underprivileged youth. Peters regularly mentors disadvantaged youth and helps facilitate youth football camps back in his hometown of Oakland, Cal. with Seattle RB Marshawn Lynch."
Boycott the NFL!!! You are paying these3 clowns to act like clowns.
ReplyDeleteWhens the movie coming out?
ReplyDeleteNice copy and paste job here Craig of what everyone else has said. What a dipshit, you never had an original thought in your life.
ReplyDeleteRemember Krapernecks protest started with the previous racist president.
ReplyDeleteHow about we resolve this phony "crisis" by simply not playing the anthem before every single professional/college sporting event? Reserve it for the Olympics, where it belongs. This would also end the whole "home of the Chiefs" nonsense.
ReplyDeleteCraig's just looking for a standing ovation.
ReplyDeleteA lot of good points, save for the one about Trump being "brilliant." If he was "brilliant", he wouldn't need the distraction in the first place.
ReplyDeleteWrong.
ReplyDeleteThe protest is about the killing of unarmed black men by the police.
Craig's post is just more racist bullshit.
They all had arms the arms were holding their guns.
ReplyDeleteCraig,
ReplyDeleteThanks for summarizing the top 10 Google searches, you dumb bastard. Come back when you actually have something profound or significant to say. Until then, take your bullshit copy-pasted opinions and shove them up your ass!
Sure Byron and you're blind as well right?
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ReplyDeleteThe ultimate form of a protest.
Makes you wonder why these liberals want to take down Confederate symbols.
The ultimate form of protest is to secede from the union because states rights were being violated.
Man oh man, Glazer I give you credit sir, great article and you know the hater faction will call you names, a snitch, copy and paste, all that lying horse-shit. I know you are for real and you hit the nail on the head my friend. Thank you for being out here for all of us to see. Wih you were in office. Better off not.
ReplyDeleteWhite men tell everyone what to do.
ReplyDeleteYou black men must stand for the anthem, even though the police are killing unarmed black men in "self-defense".
You women can't have access to safe, & legal, abortion because it's against our religion.
It is easy for white men to play the patriot card, this is their country & that is their flag. You treat everyone else like second class citizens.
Puerto Ricans are American Citizens, but Der Fuhrer only sees brown people.
Hey guys...serious question here...what is the maxim capacity load on your standard Depends? 1lb?..2lbs?...asking for a friend. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteMy husband can hold 13 lbs in his Depends.
DeleteIsn't it obvious?
you don't know shit about shit ........ Your Friend
ReplyDeleteFantastic take on this entire headache Glazer
ReplyDeleteGeezer Hater 1:32 said "Depends". Everyone take a drink.
ReplyDeleteAfter about a pound or two before I change them out.
ReplyDeleteDepends is the best brand don't get the cheapies or you can barely do a pound before they stink and gooze out.
Byron Funkhouser said...
ReplyDeleteWrong.
The protest is about the killing of unarmed black men by the police.
Craig's post is just more racist bullshit.
9/27/17, 11:48 AM
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Total Bullshit. Those thugs could care less about "Black Lives Mattering" because it's the thugs that are dong most of the killing.
The idea, that black people are so enraged about dead black criminals being
killed by cops is such a phony issue. Tens of thousands of blacks are killed every year by other blacks. No one give a fuck, they just don't want the simple minded fucks shooting up their neighborhoods and families.
WHAT THIS IS ABOUT, IS PLAIN AND SIMPLE, IT IS ABOUT THE ACQUISITION OF POWER AND THE LEADERS IN THE PROGRESSIVE - DEMOCRAT MOVEMENT, INCITING AND ENCOURAGING BLACKS TO REMAIN ANGRY, ESPECIALLY ON ELECTION DAY, SO THEY CAN GET ELECTED.
Michael Brown, Freddie Grey, Treyvon Martin and the whole litany of Black Heroes who were killed, deserved to be killed and we are all much better off, now that they are dead. Those fucked up pieces of shit, would still be out assaulting and probably killing people if those cops didn't kill them.
I am glad, thrilled that those pieces of shit are dead and again, we are all better off with them in the fuckin dirt.
Gray Back sez;
ReplyDeleteTake away the TV cameras and what do they have? Nothing. Fuck um, fuck um all, and they laugh all the way to the bank.
They could care less about black tires matter, check that, black lives splatter, fuck check that too, they could care less about anything. Fuck BLM.
Blacks have never had it so good. Free this and free that, hell even had a nugger president that trashed the black community while racking in the profits.
The blacks have a lot to bitch about so they should direct the protest and complaining towards the democrat party. how stupid can the blacks be to complain about the liberal run cities they live in and not protest the democrats.
ReplyDeleteI'd bitch to every big city in this country has been run by the democrats for 65 yrs and they all continue to get worse and worse.
ReplyDeleteThe blacks are too stupid to figure out that the democrats have been using them for 65 years.
ReplyDeleteGeezer Hater's biggest fan 2:39, said take a drink. Take two drinks!
ReplyDeleteGeezer Hater is now posting at 2:50, 3:18 and 3:21, piggybacking on his original bad joke. He's so clever!
ReplyDeleteThree Things of Great Social Import
ReplyDelete1. BiRon SHUT THE FUCK UP
2. FUCK THE CHIEFS, NFL AND FOOTBALL CLUB OWNERS
3. If you watch a football game, attend a football game or buy any football merchandise until this is settle on behalf of our Flag then you absolutely deserve an acid douche/enema and two years on the front line in Afghanistan and have Traitor branded on your forehead.
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^^^@3:36PM My ass hurts! If you don't think like I think, or do what I say you're not American. You're a traitor if I say you are. Everyone has to do what I say!!! I got triggered by protesters and now my ass is gaped!
ReplyDelete@3:32Pm Hey Gladys Kravitz, it's your pal GH here(Geezer hater). Pay close to attention...I didn't post @3:21...I wished i did cause it's FUCKING HILARIOUS!!!! alas I did not. Just wanted to keep your little bitch-ass informed because you put you're fucking nose in everyone's business. Cool? No mind your own FUCKING BUSINESS!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteScrew the NFL,
ReplyDeleteStandby Americas veterans.
Kaepernick has made it clear he hates this country and now all these overpaid athletes are joining his philosphy. May they achieve his employment status.
ReplyDeleteGeezer Hater 3:49 - take your own advice and MIND YOUR OWN FUCKING BUSINESS.
ReplyDeleteALL of your comments are devoid of any modicum of intelligent thought. ALL of your comments are simplistic harassment of someone that expressed an opinion that doesn't align with yours. Your juvenile comments almost always contain references to geezers, diapers, or Matlock.
If you can't take a response to your moronic comments, maybe you should avoid commenting in the first place.
You mad bro? You got knocked the fuck out!!!!
DeleteMe say food good......fire baaaad
ReplyDeleteMe say Craig good.....BiRon reeeeally fuckin baaaaad!!!
BiRon god man go away. You add nothing absolutely nothing to the discourse.
once more everyone said BiRon SHUT DA FUCK UP
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^^^ nice try, Geezer Hater. You're a pathetic piece of shit.
ReplyDeleteOnly thing original to come from Snitch Glazer is when that dude knocked a turd out of his fat head in Westport. Funny as hell watching that little gay kick boxing wimp carry his ass down the sidewalk.
ReplyDeletelol I remember that he got knocked out like a bitch. jews cant take a punch
ReplyDeleteHey Jew hater wasn't Max Baer heavy weight champion of the world...a jew? If Glazer got jacked in westport believe that would have been on radio and media news for days, weeks, never happened. why you hate on the guy so much we all know he weren't no snitch you keep writing that wanting soomone to agree we don't.
ReplyDeletePROTEST THE DEMOCRATS !!L!!!! THEYVE RUN YOUR DUMPPY GHETTOS WHERE YOU GROW UP FOR THE LAST 60YEARS
ReplyDeleteSport fans are the dumbest form of life on this planet. They'll pay extraordinarily high prices for apparel, food and booze. Get so fucked up at a game they can't remember who's even playing and that's not including the ones sitting is sports bars.
ReplyDeleteYup, suckers all. No food on the table, that's ok, THE GAME IS ON.
When a player becomes unruly or angered because he/she doesn't get the play time they protest.
The protest for their own selfish reasons and the fans lick it up. Then the media gets involved and, well, it gets all the attention the protest needs so a time slot can be filled with news.
It's time to grow up America. Grow a pair and come off your mother's tit.
^^White-trash are dumbest form of life on the planet. They'll pay extraordinarily high prices for meth, junk food and rot-gut booze. Get so fucked up every day that they fall asleep at the wheel of their rusted-out beater at the stoplight. That's not including the ones sitting in their trailers watching kidde-porn. Yup,trash all. No food on the table, that's OK, I NEED MY FIX. When a piece of trash becomes unruly or angered because he/she can't find enough cash to score, the rob. They rob their families, friends, and complete strangers for their own selfish reasons and they lick it up. Then Family-Services gets involved and well, they lose their kids. It's time to grow up white-trash. Get some new teeth and come off your daddy's dick.
ReplyDeleteWOW 3:05, your smart. Must be educated too? Maybe went to MIZZOU? Funny thing is we've even elected a black president and your kind still hates people other than yourselves.
ReplyDeleteNah just you white trash. Another loser who proudly waves the flag of of a defeated American enemy.
DeleteTriggered, 3:37?
ReplyDeletecraig glazer you are the most read writer on this site dude. maybe some of the big boob girls get more hits. hey you rock man.
ReplyDeleteYeah! I'm with Bilerun (tony) Funkenshyster. These protests are about police officers killing too many black violent felon thugs and stealing black children's (unknown) fathers depriving the little bastards of the cultural upbringing to which they are entitled.
ReplyDelete553 is jealous of those colors and doesn't understand
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