It was back in August when San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick chose not to stand for the national anthem, kicking off a form of protest has, in a few cases, inspired even the person singing the anthem to take a knee during the performance.
Some of those who were sympathetic to Kaepernick from the start wished he’d done a better job of articulating exactly what he was protesting, citing as he did “bodies in the street and people getting paid leave and getting away with murder.”
Not once in his statement did Kaepernick mention God, which would have cleared up a lot, considering he was kneeling in submission and didn’t bother mentioning it. See, people are still taking it the wrong way when athletes kneel during the anthem.
It's sickening to see people kneel during the national anthem
— Thiccc NICK (@Nicholas8675309) October 25, 2016
Why? Kneeling is a sign of supplication to God. it's done in church every Sunday. It's a symbol of prayer. Why is that sickening? https://t.co/TK3iYcQr1o
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) October 25, 2016
A lot of progressives are going to be triggered learning that their heroes were so moved by the anthem they dropped to the turf in prayer, not protest.
It's Amazing that people will worship a song, randomly chosen by a president in the 20th century, even over a symbol of submission to God.
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) October 25, 2016
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There’s a lot that’s amazing about that tweet, not least the idea that the anthem was chosen at random, or that people have been “worshipping” it this whole time by standing with their hands over their hearts; if that’s a symbol of prayer, we’re not sure which denomination it’s associated with.
NFL players aren't kneeling as a submission to god and you know it. https://t.co/cqF7aCTjSs
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) October 25, 2016
.@JoyAnnReid But you're free to find me all those times you praised Tim Tebow if you like.
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) October 25, 2016
come on, really? I completely support Kaepernick's cause and right to demonstrate, but when did it become about god?
— Don Christy (@DHChristy) October 25, 2016
is kneeling not about God and prayer? Enlighten me otherwise.
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) October 25, 2016
Wow, talk about willfully obtuse. If kneeling is only about God and prayer, then there was a whole lot more praying going on in the Oval Office during Bill Clinton’s term than anyone suspected.
Would a visual aid help?
This is kneeling for God. They're not kneeling for #BlackLivesMatter or media hyped up BS. pic.twitter.com/Us8we8GAro
— C. R. (@ReedinOK) October 25, 2016
Besides, in defense of the protests, Shaun King already exposed in “one of the most important things” he’d ever written in his entire life the “whole truth” about the national anthem and its ugly secret; that is, the third verse that “celebrates the murder of enslaved Africans,” except that it doesn’t.
Welp, don't tweet about kneeling during the national anthem. ?
— Thiccc NICK (@Nicholas8675309) October 25, 2016
Nah, go ahead. Just don’t actually kneel and pray on a football field, at least not a public school football field. There are limits to tolerance, you know.
High school football coach 'under investigation' for praying on field after games http://t.co/WQT7je97HF
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) September 15, 2015
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