Why I won't pay another Red cent to the NFL organization - Period!
Raymond Brogan (PHD)
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The views in this article, are mine and mine alone. Everyone is allowed the right to their own opinion.
***WARNING*** This article may or may not be agreeable to everyone. I write this article because of the utter disgust I have in where people's thought processes are and the contradictory statements of these individuals. You as Humans, are not perfect and are flawed. Sometimes there are those among humans that are just...
You thought it, not me.
If you, the reader, are easily offended or have nothing better to do than to be offended by ones' opinions and thoughts, then this article IS NOT for you. I suggest maybe a comic book or this article here.
***End WARNING Label***
To begin with - I "WAS" a Forty-Niner fan going on 15 yrs. never swayed, never too proud, but 15 years of loyalty, that is until San Francisco Forty-niner's quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who has a new 'protest'...refusing to stand for America's national anthem:
He is quoted saying - “I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color.”
He continues...
"To me, this is bigger than football and it would be selfish on my part to look the other way. There are bodies in the street and people getting paid leave and getting away with murder" (referring to the police officers who defended their own lives when a gunman raised a weapon took shots aimed at police and innocent civilians, who had been killed - No big deal right? Oh wait, the gunman happened to be a 'person of color', more specifically, black, had a lengthy criminal record, was suspect in 2 murders and was 15. Let's not forget, the Officers involved were persons of 'no color', more specifically, White. I know sounds dumb, but the point proven here is, if you're going to use PC (Politically Correct) words to sound smart, choose ones that mitigate for everyone... 'persons of no color' - white is a color, if we were of no color, we'd be transparent you baboon! - no pun intended, it's just a saying.) But no-one's telling you that the officer that took the suspect down was, oh yeah, also a 'person of color' ."
Statistically speaking, and not a lot of people understand this, but there are the same amount, if not more, Caucasians shot and killed by police, as there are Blacks. Also, the statistics are blurred because there are more Caucasians, or those classified as Caucasians, in the population of America than there are Blacks.
Syndicated columnist Nicholas Kristof wrote this, that young black men are 21 times more likely to be shot and killed by police than young white men. Fox News Channel host Bill O'Reilly had a much different take on his show on Monday nights, offering that more whites are killed by police than blacks.
"In 2012, 123 African-Americans were shot dead by police. There are currently more than 43 million blacks living in the U.S.A.," O'Reilly said on his program. "Same year, 326 whites were killed by police bullets. Those are the latest stats available."
Two dramatically different statistics -- and they could both be right.
That reality, in part a result of weak local reporting and national data gathering efforts on police homicides, has long frustrated researchers and analysts who say they need to know more about those shootings.
Here's how the two pundits came to such dramatically different conclusions:
Kristof was citing an analysis by ProPublica, which combed through the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Supplementary Homicide Report.
The site reported: "The 1,217 deadly police shootings from 2010 to 2012 captured in the federal data show that blacks, age 15 to 19, were killed at a rate of 31.17 per million, while just 1.47 per million white males in that age range died at the hands of police."
What's key is that ProPublica narrowed the scope of its analysis to the 15-to-19 age range, and adjusted for population differences to account for the fact that more whites live in the United States than blacks -- both key differences from O'Reilly's approach.
The Fox News host's numbers, meanwhile, came from a fatal injury database maintained by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
A search in 2012 for deaths caused by "legal intervention" as a result of the use of a firearm -- a police shooting -- yields just the numbers O'Reilly cited. In the 15-19 age range, the database shows 20 white people killed in 2012 and 14 blacks. But again, it's mainstream media
Where's the data on officer-involved shootings?
The problem, experts say, is that the United States doesn't collect accurate statistics and verify nearly enough information to show definitive trends in police shootings.
"There isn't a mandatory reporting. It is a self-reporting. Almost on the honor system," Sunny Hostin, a CNN legal analyst, said on CNN's "The Situation Room".
''There is no national database for this type of information, and that is so crazy," Alpert said. "We've been trying for years, but nobody wanted to fund it and the (police) departments didn't want it. They were concerned with their image and liability. They don't want to bother with it.'' - By Eric Bradner, CNN
Now Mr. Kaepernick - America didn't oppress anyone, some government constituents and only 3 out of 5 of the largest slave owners in America did. That was 150 yrs. ago, and what strides the "people of color" have made. Let's get the facts straight. While we keeping facts straight, the 3 out of 5 largest slave owners, well, they just happened to be FREE persons of color, more specifically - BLACK!
You are claiming that blacks are being oppressed today, and in the same sentence you are omitting the fact that blacks have made great progress to leave that part of history right there... in history, the past, a lesson to be learned and move forward. Not to continually bring it up because you feel whites are responsible for everything ill-fated to persons of color. Here is a history lesson for you that you may not agree with, but it is the truth! Your own people started it, your own people participated in it, your own people fought against freeing persons of color and your own people are currently involved in one way or another in tearing down this great nation through ignorant statements and actions. Of all the platforms to use, you choose one that had brought you up from what others would call living, to a level of living fat off the land. because you're a freaking idiot! Why do I call you out like this? Because according to Rodney Harrison -
Kaepernick “doesn’t understand the injustices as a black man, or people of color,” Harrison continued before claiming that Kaepernick isn’t even black:
“I tell you this, I’m a black man. And Colin Kaepernick, he’s not black. He cannot understand what I face and what other young black men and black people face, or people of color face, on a single (day) basis. When you walk in a grocery store, and you might have $2,000 or $3,000 in your pocket and you go into a Foot Locker and they’re looking at you like you about to steal something.”
After the hosts asked Harrison to clarify, he said that he believes Kaepernick’s “heart is in the right place,” but “he still doesn’t understand what we face as a black man or people of color, that’s what I’m saying.”
In my opinion: Biracial people are generally afforded the right to decide their own racial identities.
It doesn't sound like Harrison agrees with my and others opinions, no Mr. Harrison thinks that it should not be afforded to Kaepernick. Either way, one thing that it is for certain is that ONLY Kaepernick himself would know better than Harrison whether or not Kaepernick has faced the same kind of issues that black men and other people of color routinely face in this country.
The 49er's Club Representatives, of course, came out with an incredibly, well put together PC response to this (now, PC or "Politically Correct" is more like saying... YOU'RE A SCARED BUNCH OF SPINELESS FOLLOWERS! - in my opinion):
"The national anthem is and always will be a special part of the pre-game ceremony. It is an opportunity to honor our country and reflect on the great liberties we are afforded as its citizens. In respecting such American principles as freedom of religion and freedom of expression, we recognize the right of an individual to choose and participate, or not, in our celebration of the national anthem."
Now, the fact that 'people of color', and I am NOT being racist in any way, I personally abhor racists and racism, however, more attuned to the correct grammar in generalizing as a whole, have more rights under the law, more freedom and more economic opportunities in America than almost any other country on earth, including America the oppressor, is something I suppose we can just ignore...Colin Kaepernick obviously has!
Think about it... That's right, this cry baby, who is living in all it's Glory, the money, the fame and the prestige of America, spending the money, eating the food, but wait... won't stand for 5 minutes while stuffing your face and buying expensive things... the very person complaining about people on the streets? You stated you wanted to do something, ok, here is an idea... Give just 1/4 your earnings to help alleviate poverty, hunger, homelessness. Hell, If I could take 1.4 million, create and build a place to temporarily place homeless families regardless of color or religion or cult, feed them, clothe them and use resources to help educate the parents and keep the kids in school. Help them obtain a job and teach them to retain the job for 35 families for 6 to 8 months... Could you imagine what just a 1/4 of your 25 or 50 or more million dollars could do? Now there is doing something about it. Your Idea in all it's "not thought about" glory, sucks! You may have your heart in the right place, but I think you have been sacked one too many times out on the field, and maybe sitting out the rest of a season as you have been, might do you, and the rest of your fans a big favor.
However, What you all may not know, our broad stripes and bright stars song, written by Francis Scott Key, also known as the "Star-Spangled Banner" or National Anthem... It does have a verse that talks about slaves living of dying, It doesn't mention a color, because whites were just as much a slave. Here is the National Anthem in full:
"The Star Spangled Banner"
Verse #1 - Main
Oh, say! can you see by the dawn's early light,
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming;
Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming?
And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there:
Oh, say! does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
Verse #2
On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep,
Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence repose,
What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep,
As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?
Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam,
In full glory reflected now shines in the stream:
'Tis the star-spangled banner! Oh, long may it wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
Verse #3 - Controversial, however, has NEVER, EVER, EVER been sung at any sporting event. EVER!
And where is that band who so vauntingly swore
That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion
A home and a country should leave us no more?
Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps' pollution!
No refuge could save the hireling and slave
From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave:
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
Oh, thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand
Between their loved home and the war's desolation!
Blest with victory and peace, may the heav'n-rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation!
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto: "In God is our trust":
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
But there’s a little more to the story that everyone is avoiding at all costs because it explains the real reason Mr. Kaepernick has suddenly come out with the idea of inflicting his agenda publicly on the fans. And the media and the NFL have no intention of it coming out if they can help it.
In this case, the woman is hip-hop radio personality, DJ Nessa Diab. She's a graduate from Berkley, a very dogmatic outspoken "Black Lives Matter advocate" and a muslim. Wait ... a muslim woman who is outspoken, and an advocate for something political? Do these people just make shit up as they go?
Well, she and Colin Kaepernick hooked up and are now engaged, but that's NOT all. You see, the weaker of the two, Kaepernick, has recently converted to Islam during the off-season.
(snikering)
The two are reportedly planning 'a traditional Muslim wedding.'
Bahhhhhhh ha ha ha ha.... what?!
Hold up! Waaiiiiit!!!!
They've been "dating" since last summer and he is somewhat claiming her now? Well, truth be told, She is a "homie Jumper" ... She's also his former teammate (Aldon Smith) ex and they started banging each other with Aldon still on the team. It's no shock when reported that Aldon and Kap got into a fight at practice, like school kids. Want proof? OK, take a look!
isn't that? and isn't she? Yes and Ha ha YES! But wait, what's this?
She's an Arab Muslim culture vulture who loves shading black women. She also shaded Cam Newton the other day and got a bunch of flack for it.
Colin's all pro-black, right now (he never was when he was the starter), saying we must protect our Queens yet he's dating a non-black female who thinks she's superior to black women.
Pretty simple...bullied and cast from his original family, raised by white loving family, boy meets radical girl, they find they have interests and ideology in common...except, it's haram, it is forbidden for a muslima (a muslim girl) to marry a non-believer. Do you remember that muslim father that killed his 20 something daughter for having a relationship with a non-muslim? That's a religion... er... cult of peace for you.
This is not to say that Kaepernick wasn't pretty far along the radical idiot path anyway. ~~Note for all you grammar Nazi's: I refuse to capitalize the letter M on purpose. I do not recognize that cult as a religion that condones lying, murdering innocent people and pedophilia. Get over it, moving on!
It's a real love story...not only do they love the same things, but they can hate the same people too.
There are certainly a fair amount of patriotic American muslims... I know, I laughed my ass off as I wrote it, So I kept it! However, the muslims here follow the koran (spelled this way on purpose), which I have studied very close and next to the Bible for almost 2 years. For your information, I've proven the koran is no older than at least 100 years old. Their rag sheet, the koran, which says their first loyalty aside from allah is to the "umma", the worldwide muslim polity, (Polity: Any kind of political entity. It is a group of people that are collectively united by a self-reflected cohesive force such as identity, that have to an extent, a capacity to mobilize resources, and are organized by some form of institutionalized hierarchy. see ref. below) And no one with much common sense at all, would ever call the folks at Black Lives Matter remotely patriotic. So it all should start making sense and it all fits together.
(reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polity )
Another part of the back story is that both Kaepernick and Nessa Diab have been agitating the 49er's to trade Kaepernick to New York, where Diab is based. Ideology aside, this might be Kaepernick's way of adding some fuel to the fire.
The 49er's have made a business decision to keep Kaepernick on their roster and, with the collusion of the media, to keep this part of the story covered up. That's fine, but it is a business decision. And although I have to admit that if I felt that way about America I'd vote with my principles and leave, Colin Kaepernick also certainly has the right not to honor the flag of the country that has treated him so well.
Jerry Rice is one of the most popular 49ers ever and one of the greatest players in NFL history, and he is black. So his words on the Colin Kaepernick situation were bound to get plenty of attention. And when Rice weighed in on the matter on Twitter the other night, he chose words that are sure to be controversial.
Rice went on Twitter and chastised Kaepernick for refusing to stand for the national anthem. Rice also went on to chastise the Black Lives Matter movement.
“All lives matter. So much going on in this world today. Can we all just get along! Colin, I respect your stance but don’t disrespect the Flag,” Rice wrote.
Within hours, that tweet had been retweeted and liked several thousand times, and Rice was trending on Twitter. So plenty of people that are educated, holding jobs, raising a family correctly, are paying attention.
The words “All lives matter” have become seen as a rebuke to the Black Lives Matter movement, although it’s unclear whether Rice meant it that way.
What Rice clearly meant is to criticize Kaepernick for refusing to stand. Kaepernick has received plenty of criticism from the general public, but he has received mostly support from his fellow NFL players. Rice is making clear that he doesn’t support Kaepernick’s stance.
But we the football fans can also make a decision...like boycotting the 49er's and any subsequent team they might take on Kaepernick until he's history. Now, that's freedom too, isn't it? Based on the 49er's puerile statement, I'm sure they'd agree.
You want change? Keep religion, Color and Stupidity out of the equation and think... gosh, you are all human after all!
I see millions of you so called "American Citizens" claiming to want to make things the way they were, and give the same excuse of "What can I do about it" all in the same sentence. Well there you go you spineless wanna be's, I just hatched your first idea. If our American flag, our heritage, our way of life and the way of life that was here before you, offends you? Then why the FRACK are you still here?
Authors note: I wrote this article without prejudice or racism. These words are "my opinion". If you say in any form that I was being Racist or Prejudice, then go look in the mirror!
Let he or she who live without sin, cast the first stone.
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7 年Thank you. Finally someone has said everything that has needed to be said.