Do you believe kneeling to protest during the national anthem disrespects the troops?

Do you believe kneeling to protest during the national anthem disrespects the troops?

There is a growing debate over kneeling to protest during the national anthem. Proponents justify the action considering it a legal form of peaceful protest under the First Amendment.
Opponents consider it disrespectful to the country and the people who have risked their lives or died defending the United States.
You have invested your lives to protect the country’s sovereignty!
What are your thoughts? Do you consider kneeling to protest as disrespectful towards the troops?

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99 Comments
  • douglas
    Posted at 23:23h, 09 January Reply

    I was hazed when i was in the Army and nothing is being done about it yet, i got out the Amy with mental problems after and there not wanting to fess up to what they did so ya im kneeling down during National Anthem.

  • Jugo
    Posted at 20:23h, 12 January Reply

    Both of my grandfathers were military veterans. It saddens me that these people with million dollar houses and cars have the audacity to do what they’re doing. If you hate America so much go live in China where you’ll get killed for even saying something bad about their government. Pathetic honestly.

  • Donald J. Trump
    Posted at 14:05h, 17 December Reply

    Duh! Anyone that says “Kneeling does not Disrespect the FLAG has NEVER been in Combat Defending the Freedom Ungrateful Marxist show for it!

    As a Military Veteran I HUNT MArxist Scum for a Reason!

  • Josh Quintal
    Posted at 20:02h, 22 November Reply

    I am a Combat Veteran, and a proud supporter of the right to peacefully protest. Im a very patriotic person who believes in the unity of our country, even when some seem to want to tear us apart in their quest for change to systematic bias in their local and federal communities. I have always loved football and have always been proud of our American sport being so remarkably popular across the globe.
    That all being said, I also know that some of us have seen other parts of the world that not alot of others in our country have seen, fought in battles those other people could never even fathom the idea of being part of. Those people have the blissful ignorance of not knowing the sacrifice that goes I go into their right to protest in the first place, and consequencially protest the playing of our National Anthem as if it were the country’s fault as a whole for the I justices people are facing.
    The entire planet and all countries in it see us divided as a country when that happens. They don’t see you protesting as your right to do in our free country; they see a country divided and weak, vulnerable to attack and critisicm, and lose all respect for our way of life because they see how the rights our servicemen and women fought to provide to you have spoiled our citizens.
    We try and encourage democracy so the residents of other nations can have better lives with real opportunities to succeed. But when those countries see the effects of the rights that come with democracy end up having, they no longer have any reason to want to change. We have created an entitled, disrespectful generation of people who believe their right to protest means they are alright to divide the country and disrespect out flag. And that also means they disrespect our fallen comrades, all veterans who have ever seved, and they do it in front of a worldwide audience.
    I think it should be a federal law that people protesting I’m the country, much like the law prohibiting Americans from desecrating the flag, may not publicly desecrate the National Anthem or the ceremony of standing in the name of protest.
    Of anyone caught doing so, they should face fines or imprisonment regardless of race, gender, religion, etc. because their kneeling does not have the effect of only showing protest against their cause. It shows protest against their country.
    If they enacted a law like that then those people can all kneel together in prison next to one another.

  • Adam Riley
    Posted at 04:24h, 08 November Reply

    I’ve been a huge sports fan my entire life. Sadly it’s always been part of my identity and who I am. I’m 40 years old and you would never find a bigger fan. They have the right to kneel because of those who came and fought before them gave them that right. My Grandfather was a WW2 vet who earned a bronze metal at The Battle of The Bulge (deadliest war in world history) and was Chief of Police in my hometown for 10 years afterwards. My Grandfather walked with a limp for over 65 years due to part of a hand grenade in his knee. He would never talk about the war and if confronted too long about it you could see tears start to form in his eyes. Honestly I feel ashamed I ever supported these athletes that think it’s ok to kneel during our National Anthem. I’ll most likely always like sports but I’ll always love my Grandfather and Country more. Unfortunately i watched sports to escape from the crap of everyday life and I don’t think I’ll ever feel the same. You see I’ve found I’m ok without watching sports and I’ll never support these millionaires and their disrespectful stance. I think they should continue to use their platform because my Grandfather gave them that right. I have no intention of ever caring or tuning back in like I use to and that’s my right. God Bless the USA 🇺🇸 !!!
    RIP Marshall Finnel Riley I love you dearly and I’ll see you again one fine day.

  • tom burton
    Posted at 16:46h, 27 September Reply

    I don’t care what you have to do to protest for your beliefs. You can kneel, you can lay down, or you can do cartwheels for all I care. But when you’re asked to stand for the national anthem, you stand out of respect for the people that are protecting you. You can do your little ritual before or after. The fans are the ones who make you famous. If they don’t like you or watch you, then you’re nobody. If you don’t like living in this free country you can move. If you can’t stand, we can’t be a fan. If you take a knee, we turn the T.V. If you walk away, you shouldn’t play.

  • Trybeing. Honest
    Posted at 01:36h, 23 September Reply

    You know what they say about an opinion! Let’s see if we can take the attention off Kaepernick, your arm wrestling with better presidents, flags flying and anthems playing Let’s focus on YOUR “opinion” about where and when YOU say it’s ok to conduct a peaceful protest. Because that’s what it comes down to is YOUR “opinion” and what you don’t like when people different from you don’t do as you do……period. 1# America has thousands of cultures that don’t and have not for decades saluted a flag nor stood for an anthem during a football game due to their own cultures and beliefs. So what made that day different when a football player choose his own time and moment to exercise his freedom? Let’s take that day then…..2# had you scanned the thousands of people in the crowd as the videos I’ve seen. DURING THE ANTHEM, there was A) a woman sitting playing with her toddlers B) to guys drinking down beers C) teens blowing bubbles while standing., D) the concession person conducting his transaction with a customer and that’s just a few I observed ALL DURING the anthem. And I may as well say they were white and yes I am white! Point being, they weren’t protesting racial injustice. They just didn’t give a damn about the anthem! So, based on the decades of football games and other cultural and beliefs that have NOT stood or hand on heart for the anthem AS WELL AS the people that day that were not even focused on the anthem at all……how had all that been excused, never observed, no one gave a crap? Yet, one guy, one day supposedly single hand-idly woke your new found opinion up when you never had a say before ….when this has been going on for decades including that day….that game! See, when you want to be heard YOU have the right to choose the peaceful moment. YOU don’t have to go ask someone when is it ok FOR YOU ….when/where I can conduct my peaceful protest. If something horrific happened to your closest loved one and nothing was done about the justice you desperately needed and the only moment/platform and opportunity you could see it was a moment to be heard for the justice you needed and it ….was during the anthem…..for your loved one, what would you do? Rhetorical question, answer: you do what you have the right to do!
    Again, your opinion ………like everybody else that has a right to one……you know what they say about an opinion.

  • Jennifer McGowan
    Posted at 19:01h, 19 September Reply

    To kneel to the Flag and National Anthem which has been fought by all genders, races and religions representing a bond of pride, freedom and loss that all Americans share is disrespectful. If even one Veteran or family of a fallen hero shares the hurt they are feeling the athletes should have apologized to THEM and found another way to display unity instead of adding to the problem. I know there are many athletes that give their time and money to help others but for most athletes when the cameras are off so is their fight for inequality which makes kneeling to the Flag and National Anthem so disrespectful. We have shown the strength this country is made of but now not only the people but the government all need to stop blaming and pointing fingers and listen listen listen to one another. in order to heal and truly move forward together as one. If we don’t then we can only blame ourselves if one day the flag we are forced to stand for has no stars and stripes and anyone heard singing the Star Spangle Banner is a crime punishable by death. The words “America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we lose our freedoms it will be because we have destroyed ourselves from within” is what keeps me up at night. Every argument has two different versions of why it happened and somewhere between the two is the truth.

  • Heather G
    Posted at 18:00h, 18 September Reply

    If all vets who have served our country to allow us those freedoms would boycott watching football games, we might get some response from NFL..because it’s always about money

  • Vern
    Posted at 00:37h, 16 September Reply

    Oookay

    So we have people who have served disagreeing on if it’s disrespectful or not. The fact that you disagree is proof that we have a freedom of choice. If someone chooses to kneel , you can choose to like it or not but the fact remains many that kneel, also served or have family that served. If you are offended , perhaps you should seek to understand and not undermine.

  • CLIFF
    Posted at 16:07h, 14 September Reply

    I am a Vet. I believe all have rights to kneel for whatever reason they want. I also have the right to not watch them if I think they are disrespecting my country or my family.

  • Rebecca
    Posted at 06:29h, 14 September Reply

    The NFL has always been pro-military, examples include their alliance with the wounded warrior project and the salute to service apparel. Kneeling during the anthem has NOTHING to do with service members. It has everything to do with this country and how blacks are more oppressed than whites. If you don’t believe that’s true it’s because you grew up in a primarily white community where you had all the opportunities in the world. The NFL is PEACEFULLY protesting systemic racism, that’s it, NOT the military. If you think the anthem and the flag is ONLY about the military you need to humble yourselves. It’s also about this country, which is a great country, but greater if you’re white. They’re fighting for equality for all races. Everyone is so pissed off about the opportunists looting and destroying property, instead of peacefully protesting. Well guess what, the NFL… some of the most influential black people in the world are peacefully protesting for racial equality, so let them do it. People aren’t going to listen to anyone else.

  • JIM Case
    Posted at 22:02h, 11 September Reply

    I understand you want to protest and stand behind a cause. That’s fine and my dad and brother and uncle all fought for that right. You want to protest or help change then do it just not during our national anthem. Flag is showing respect for those who have served for our country and not the place to protest.

  • Vickie Welch
    Posted at 16:50h, 10 September Reply

    Our military must stand and salute our flag during the national anthem showing respect for the flag and our country- why is not disrespectful when someone else does it? I am having a hard time understanding this issue. How many of you kneeling were ever in a military uniform or understand what that uniform means? How many of you kneeling understand what it means to lose a father, brother, sister, son, or daughter in a war? Until you have walked in the shoes of our military you cannot understand nor can you feel what they do when you kneel during our country’s national anthem. I have no problem with the peaceful protests and I agree there are a lot of things that need to change in our country but I have to disagree with you, kneeling is disrespectful to our military, to our flag, and to our country.

  • Whitney
    Posted at 19:08h, 24 February Reply

    I believe that NFL players should be allowed to kneel I believe this because of the first amendment states “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” Meaning these NFL players have a voice and opinion.

  • Bob
    Posted at 14:28h, 24 November Reply

    Kapernick used the NFL to do his protest, he was there to play football, if he wanted to get his point across he should of rented the stadium and invited the public

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