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re: Calcaterra Calls US Flag/Air Force Flyover “Political” Stunt that Should Be bann
Posted on 4/17/17 at 11:02 am to Jyrdis
Posted on 4/17/17 at 11:02 am to Jyrdis
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Why is this now an issue for him? Why hasn't he stated this before?
He has. Saw this from 2014 -
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For so long in our history, sports had been more or less apolitical. Or, at the very least, places where we could escape the politics of the day for a little while. Now it’s clearly a place where a certain type of nationalism and pro-military sentiment (which itself has practical political implications), however well-intentioned, is acceptable. And even expected.
I’m not sure what to do about this. I don’t want Major League Baseball to stop giving money and doing things for veterans and veterans charities, obviously. I like that we sing the National Anthem before sporting events. There is something nice about the blending of Americana and baseball.
But I wonder if, in our efforts to do good things, we have lost other good things. Or, at the very least, devalued good things by overdoing it and taking the thoughtfulness out of it. Difficult issues to be sure. And ones that, I do not think, will be tackled before we have our next round of warplane flyovers, tribute concerts and several hundred more renditions of “God Bless America.”
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Posted on 4/17/17 at 11:22 am to bgator85
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He has. Saw this from 2014 -
Seems his outrage at mixing politics and sports is selective
From 2016:
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Colin Kaepernick is not Jackie Robinson and America in 2016 is not the same as America in 1919, 1947 or 1972. But it does not take one of Jackie Robinson’s stature or experience to see and take issue with injustice and inequality which manifestly still exists.
As I said in the earlier post, the First Amendment gives us just as much right to criticize Kaepernick as it gives him a right to protest in the manner in which he chooses. But if and when we do, we should not consider his case in a vacuum or criticize him as some singular or radical actor. Because some other people — people who have been elevated to a level which has largely immunized them from criticism — felt and feel the same way he does. It’s worth asking yourself, if you take issue, whether you take issue with the message or the messenger and why. Such inquiries might complicate one’s feelings on the matter, but they’re quite illuminative as well.
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