So, White ranchers can protest the US govt with semi-auto weapons but a Black QB cannot protest

[Yavin4]

the US govt just by not standing for the national anthem.

Someone explain that to me.

[Angry Dragon]

1. you have to have the brain of a republican to understand it

[Matthew Rose]

10. brain???

[Angry Dragon]

11. whatever it is that resides in their head

[Mc Mike]

18. "Abbie Normal"

[Hangingon]

2. Aren't they in jail or dead?

[atreides1]

3. Yes!

One died, the others are jailed pending the results of their trial!


But the point is, that those calling for Kaepernick to be punished or disciplined, or sending him death threats, are likely the same ones who support the Bundys and their entourage!!!

[Dreamer Tatum]

4. Fail. nt

[Yavin4]

5. Explain please.

Explain the outrage at Kapernick, but not at the White ranchers.

[Dreamer Tatum]

6. Why not link to the phenomenon you claim is true?

I'll wait patiently.

[cheapdate]

9. "Link" my ass.

I've got a hundred, melodramatic, flag-waving, Facebook posts a day from all sorts of people condeming Kaepernick's sit-down protest and I'll tell you right now that not one of those people raised a single objection when the Bundy gang was running around with guns threatening federal workers and the public as part of a so-called "protest".

[Dreamer Tatum]

14. Who's a millionaire, and who's in jail or in court?

Got it?

[cheapdate]

19. Seemed to me the OP was asking why they're judged differently

by some people in the "court of public opinion".

That is, why there's this widespread public condemnation, by some, of Kaepernick but such a vocal condemnation of Bundy was missing in many quarters.

I guess we interpreted the question differently.

[Yavin4]

22. What does that have to do with anything?

Because he's rich, he doesn't have the right to protest?

[yeoman6987]

7. He's doing his thing bending his knee

I don't see the government telling him not to.

[linuxman]

8. One group is in jail and going to trail, the other guy is still playing football.

Not sure what your point is.

[Yavin4]

23. My point is why is one group heralded as patriots to some

but Kap is a traitor.

[linuxman]

24. Is the reverse not also true?

[Blanks]

29. It's the same people...

At least it is on my Facebook page.

I was quick to point out that's what's going on. One is condemned for complaining about the government, the other group is praised.

On top of that THEIR candidate is going to 'make America great again'. How is that not saying that America needs to make some changes?

[Shandris]

12. It's called 'Might makes right' and it's the fundamental law of the universe.

I thought it was rather obvious.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

13. Weaponized white Anglo-Saxon male privilege. .. . . . nt

[linuxman]

25. Weren't they all arrested and one shot?

[Bernardo de La Paz]

26. A few were arrested after a long delay (good delay imo) and only one shot.

Many walked away from Malheur.

Compare that to statistics for black men in confrontations with police where there is a suspicion or profiling about a weapon, let alone white men parading around in public for TV cameras with weapons and defying the police to come get them.

[linuxman]

27. Did they not come and get them?

I swear this was on the news.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

28. You are not making a coherent point, if you are making a point. Nor are you responding to the post.

[stone space]

32. These folks weren't arrested. They were allowed to keep their guns.

So one of them went on to murder two people.

These folks weren't arrested, either. Like the ones above, they were allowed to keep their guns, so one of them went on to murder 4 people, including a 15 month old baby girl, in a massacre, as well as himself.

[linuxman]

34. I don't recall them being on the refuge.

Please tell me what crime they commited that they should have been arrested prior to the murders?

[stone space]

35. "It's a magazine, not a clip!"

I don't recall them being on the refuge.

[linuxman]

36. Even by controller standards that's a terrible dodge.

How's the pay at the department of pre-crime anyway?

[stone space]

39. Anybody walking around terrorizing people with their guns like that in public...

...should have all their guns confiscated and be stripped of their so-called gun rites for life.

[linuxman]

40. According to you

Considering what that counts for...

So no law then. Right.

[stone space]

41. You win. They're dead.

[linuxman]

45. It's just too bad that professor pre-crime couldn't stop them

Why didn't he share his gift? When will we learn?!

[stone space]

46. Look. They're dead. You won. What more do you want? No guns were harmed.

[jalan48]

15. It's more about standing for the Anthem than race.

American's go crazy when someone "disrespects our country". Hillary co-sponsored a bill to make flag burning a crime when she was a Senator. I do agree that had the ranchers been black the Obama Administration would have acted more quickly to deal with the problem.

[ffr]

16. Easy, Colin's not part of the sovereign citizen movement.

They don't have to stand because they don't recognize the U.S. govt as legitimate. Colin is an American, so he's suppose to.

[cstanleytech]

17. So did the government arrest the QB and put him on trial? If not then I dont see how this rants even

relevant since the ranchers are being put on trial for their actions.

[47of74]

20. Makes me fucking sick.

Now you know if it hadn't been a bunch of white guys protesting law enforcement probably would've carpet bombed the whole area.

[NaturalHigh]

21. I'm pretty good at multi-tasking. I think they're all douchebags.

[guillaumeb]

30. White equals right.

Or

only whites have rights.

A black person is seen as a threat, or a potential threat.
A white person is an American.

[CJohnson_LS]

31. It's just another example of double standards based on race in America

The right wingers complain endlessly about black people protesting violently. But when they engage in peaceful protests like Kaepernick did, those same right wingers bitch about their "lack" of patriotism. I thought this was America, where everyone is free to express themselves in any way they wish?

[Egnever]

33. The white ranchers are in jail

And on trial try again

[AgadorSparticus]

37. If they were black, they would have been dead from day ONE.

It is the degree of response to the action.

[jalan48]

42. Do you think the Obama Administration would have killed them if they were black? Really?

[AgadorSparticus]

43. Uh no. Trigger happy police officers in podunky towns would have

Pulled the trigger long before the feds got on scene.

[jalan48]

44. Local police going into a Federal facility? Uh. No.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

38. I don't care if Kaepernick takes a knee during the anthem.

Anyone truly bothered by that might be a FOX-bot who also thinks there's a "war on Christmas" because some people say "Happy Holidays!" instead.

Seeing Sean Hannity cheering the gun-toting white people at the Bundy Ranch was outrageous because there's NO WAY he would've reacted that way if everyone in that exact same scenario was black.

[jack_krass]

47. Are you saying that Colin should be strapped for his protest at the anthem? (Hey works for me)...

Ifor not, I'm not sure what the hell point your trying to make.