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NFL players: to stand or not stand?

“One of the freedoms (NFL players) have is the ability to stand or not stand (for the National Anthem). You can’t celebrate having freedoms and then admonish someone for using those same freedoms. Exercising one’s rights isn’t disrespecting those who fought for it. Why fight … Continue readingNFL players: to stand or not stand?

Kaepernick was ‘practicing his freedom of speech’

When then-San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick decided to take a knee during the playing of the National Anthem in August 2016, he said it was because of his views on the country’s treatment of racial minorities. About a month after that action began stirring … Continue readingKaepernick was ‘practicing his freedom of speech’

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NFL players: to stand or not stand?

Kaepernick was ‘practicing his freedom of speech’