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Originally Posted by JackIsBack
Just starting on this thread.... so please excuse me if some of these things were already discussed.
1) when I watch sports - I want a break from politics and the such... this is not the place for it. I won't watch the NFL or NBA anymore, so now I'll add the NHL to that for awhile at least.... playoffs are over for me.
2) Why do these players feel that I care what they say about politics - I don't. They are millionaires and pretty privileged.... if they want to give something up personally for this cause... well, I may listen then.
3) They just boycotted or "cancelled" themselves... this makes no sense... and what does it do regardless of what people think about the cause - delaying a few games does nothing for the cause... absolutely nothing. Like knelling for the national anthem.... it does nothing, you knelling for the national anthem for a country that has allowed you to make millions... if not for the USA, all these players would be making much much less - it's just not very productive.
4) I think maybe people should wait on the investigation before rushing to judgement on all these cases.... can anyone name even one unarmed white person killed by a cop.... because there were more last year in the USA than unarmed black people killed by police, now, I really could care less about the color of ones skin (but it seems like some do) , if a cop kills anyone without justification, then they should be in jail for the rest of their lives - it's that simple. Not to mention, more cops have been killed since the outbreak of all this than the cases they are angry about - more cops killed because of this madness (black cops too!) - don't we care about those lives?
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Since when is wanting black people to be fairly treated, and not racially profiled based on the colour of their skin, a political issue? This isn't a democratic, republican, liberal, conservative, ndp, or green issue. These are athletes saying they want blacks to be treated better. If you still think that kneeling during the anthem has anything to do with disrespect for a country, and not everything to do with police brutality and systemic racism towards black people, then you haven't been listening. By arguing that more whites are killed by cops than blacks you are missing the point of both police brutality, and that people of colour are killed on a higher per capita rate.
The players are the ones protesting now and hoping to start conversations because the politicians aren't doing it for them.They are standing up for themselves because others are continuing to try and push them down. Brad Marchand's comment said it best:
https://twitter.com/ConorRyan_93/sta...04632016461825
https://www.thescore.com/nhl/news/20...medium=twitter
While you are taking a break from sports, I suggest you actually read up on the issues and why the protests matter, instead of telling everyone to shut up and play sports.