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发帖数: 61690 | 1 Two of the largest veterans organizations in the country are slamming
National Football League (NFL) players who kneel during the national anthem.
Denise Rohan, national commander of the American Legion, said in a statement
that professional athletes and others who do not respect the national
anthem are “misguided and ungrateful.”
“Having a right to do something does not make it the right thing to do,”
Rohan said. “There are many ways to protest, but the national anthem should
be our moment to stand together as one UNITED States of America.”
Trump stoked controversy on Friday when, at a Senate campaign rally in
Alabama, he said a football player who kneels during the anthem is a “son
of bitch” who should be fired.
Kneeling during the anthem began last year with Colin Kaepernick as a
protest of police brutality and racial inequality. Kaepernick became a free
agent earlier this year and has not been signed by a team.
Trump doubled down in tweets throughout the weekend, and several players and
owners came to the defense of the protesters, saying they have a right to
do so under the First Amendment.
Asked Sunday what he thinks of the issue as someone who served in the
military, Defense Secretary James Mattis brushed off the question.
“I'm the secretary of Defense. We defend the country,” Mattis told
reporters traveling with him to India, according to a Pentagon transcript
released Monday.
On Sunday, a couple hundred football players sat or kneeled during the
anthem in solidarity. Several teams also stayed inside the locker room
during the anthem, including most members of the Pittsburgh Steelers.
But Steelers offensive lineman Alejandro Villanueva, an Army veteran, came
outside to stand during the anthem.
On Monday, Rohan commended Villanueva.
“We salute Army Ranger Alejandro Villanueva, who stood alone respecting the
flag as his teammates stayed in their locker room,” she said.
The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) likewise saluted Villanueva for “showing
the rest of his team and the league what true mettle is.”
“I stand for our flag and anthem, and I kneel for our fallen,” VFW
national commander Keith Harman said in a statement. “That’s what patriots
do. We rally around the flag of our country, not use it and our
Constitution as both shield and sword.”
In his statement, Harman, a Vietnam veteran, said that his oath to protect
the Constitution means he has a right to disagree with how others choose to
protest.
“There is a time and place for civil debate, and wearing team jerseys,” he
said, “and using sporting events to disrespect our country doesn’t wash
with millions of military veterans who have and continue to wear real
uniforms on real battlefields around the globe.” | r*****s
发帖数: 1815 | 2 怒了也没用，表衷心dotard也不会给他们治病的。 | a********9
发帖数: 3813 | 3 还是你们胖三屎深得胖三喜爱
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