Nickolai wrote:
https://youtu.be/VSmBhj8tmoU
I feel sorry for our military service personnel, risking their lives, fighting to make the world safe for capitalism. We have been fighting some one for the last 74 years and since the end of WW-ll been responsible for between 6 to 20 million people in 137 third world countries. Not one service person has been killed on American soil protecting our so called freedoms since 1814 Over 30,000 Boys were killed or wounded no counting PTSD for nothing in Iraq
nikki: Back to school! We lost 24% of our male population in our own Civil War!....The North had a 20% higher casualty rate due to the fact they were giving the Iris incentives to immigrate if they would get off the boat, put on the uniform grap a rifle' and straight to the battlefield without any training! All the other wars we have fought came nowhere near our casualties rates in our on Civil War! You had better thank capitalism for saving your ass! You might have been speaking German if it wasn't for Yankee Ingenuity! German is probably better than your ancestry language?
Corinne Weaver
Ah, the media double standard. When an NFL player kneels in protest, it’s considered “unifying,” according to MSNBC. When Tim Tebow kneels in prayer, NBC calls it “polarizing.”
While the NFL outrage poured in on all fronts over the weekend, resulting in mass protests among football players that were heavily encouraged by both the media and liberal celebrities, it’s interesting to note that about six years ago, these same outlets bashed quarterback Tim Tebow for kneeling on the field in prayer.
In 2015, NBC’s Matt Lauer called Tebow “one of the most popular and polarizing quarterbacks in NFL history.” But that’s just some of the nicer things the media has aimed at Tebow for daring to flaunt his Christianity on a public platform.
In 2012, the always classy Chelsea Handler said that if she dated Tebow, it would be “reverse rape.” CBSChicago.com called Tebow “little more than an affable simpleton” earlier that same year. And when the New York Jets hired Tebow, Nation sports editor Dave Zirin accused them of “moving backwards 30 or 40 years” because LGBT fans didn’t like Tebow.
There wasn’t even a real controversy perpetrated by Tebow. He didn’t commit a crime or protest. CBS Sports columnist Gregg Doyel said in 2011 that if “Tebow had more class he’d just kill dogs or get drunk and run over somebody and maybe end their life.” The stream of unjustified hate was unending.
It still is. The Washington Post’s Michael Frost described the split between Tebow and Kaepernick as representative of the split in Christianity. He said, “It feels as though the church is separating into two versions, one that values personal piety, gentleness, respect for cultural mores, and an emphasis on moral issues like abortion and homosexuality, and another that values social justice, community development, racial reconciliation, and political activism.”
And while Frost pointed out that people have labeled Kaepernick a traitor, he ignored the media’s hateful outrage pointed at Tebow. When the pro-life ad featuring Tebow aired at the Superbowl in 2010, the media was angered and showed it.
While the ad showcased Tebow’s mom as a woman who did not have an abortion, even though she was advised to for health reasons, pro-choice celebrities found something to attack. The View co-host Joy Behar said that even though Tebow turned out a success, “he could just as easily become some kind of rapist pedophile …There are others who decide to [commit abortion], and they’re glad that they did it.”
The media will praise Kaepernick because liberal public activism is always encouraged as a part of the media’s agenda. But simply act the part of a pious Christian, then you will be deemed “polarizing” and “simple.”