This is going to get ugly. I'm seeing this myself in a continuing discussion with at least one very pro-military, etc. NFL fan who Tweeted last week a year-old letter from a former Marine colonel from last year, when the first protests were happening and are the largest (or at least one big) reason that NFL ratings were down significantly pre-election last year.
We've had a spirited discussion. He thinks I'm throwing strawmen, I think he's losing sight of the fact that this country is not as free as he claims.
He's clearly not the only one, so I'm not calling him out by any means, but this is the attitude that a lot of White people are taking with respect to why they have no problem with Kaepernick being blackballed.
It got to me saying this (not even mentioning the direct ties between said military and the NFL, which have been exposed in places like Deadspin and discussed here):
To which he responds:So the NFL _IS_ then to be treated as the fifth branch of the military? Because that's awfully close to Uniform Code of Military Justice...— Michael Falkner (@darkstar7646) August 21, 2017
Makes me wonder how much longer this is going to go before some of these fans start taking matters into their own hands.It's what the NFL is & has been except for not disrespecting police officers & the country bc no 1 before now has been such an ignorant ass— Lrry Keho (@lrrykeho) August 21, 2017
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