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Al Jazeera reports
The National Football League (NFL) announced a new policy that will fine teams an undetermined amount if players on the field fail to stand during the national anthem.
[...] The new policy does not require players be present during the anthem, allowing those who wish to protest and not attend the ceremonial act to remain in the locker room.
Players said they were not consulted and threatened to challenge the policy in the courts. A statement by the NFL Players Association said its athletes had shown ample patriotism by way of their social activism and community support initiatives.
[...] New York Jets chairman Christopher Johnson said he supported the measure out of obligation to the membership, but said players can take a knee or perform another type of protest without fear of repercussion from the team. He will pay their fines.
"If somebody [on the Jets] takes a knee, that fine will be borne by the organisation, by me, not the players. I never want to put restrictions on the speech of our players," Johnson said.
New York Magazine notes
The monetary risk to Johnson isn't huge, since no Jets players took a knee last season. [...] Johnson is currently acting as owner of the team while his brother, Woody Johnson, serves as Trump's ambassador to Britain.
(Score: 3, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 27 2018, @03:03AM (3 children)
I don't like HuffPo. I'm a libertarian and very anti-authoritarian in nature. I hate jingoism and this fake bullshit patriotism where people worship symbols and either actively harm their country (by supporting things such as mass surveillance or the unjust wars overseas) or remain apathetic as authoritarians destroy our liberty.
Strange that you don't say these things when it comes to the SJWs. If this were SJWs getting offended, you'd be talking about how whiny they are or something like that; you certainly would not be calling anyone criticizing the SJWs a fucking idiot for apparently not comprehending why people are offended by whatever was said.
The reality is that anyone could be offended by anything, and this observation is not special or even worth mentioning.
And even assuming that is the case, it shouldn't work. It works because people are oversensitive snowflakes.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Sunday May 27 2018, @05:09PM (2 children)
There aren't enough SJWs to matter and they're so astoundingly destructive and violent that they should never be appeased. There are a fuckload of perfectly ordinary, boring people who are partial to the flag and anthem though.
I agree, to a point. They are overly sensitive but their sensitivity, unlike the sensitivity of SJWs, is utterly harmless unless intentionally provoked. They don't go around looking for people to be offended at, they just get offended easily when someone tries to offend them.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 27 2018, @07:37PM (1 child)
Jingoism and symbol worship are not utterly harmless. They encourage apathy and even support towards violations of our liberty. Not to mention, as seen here, they threaten the principle of freedom of speech, which many people get upset about when SJWs try to get people shut down.
Then the problem is still with them.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Monday May 28 2018, @04:18AM
I think you need to take a step back and realize that most people who are angry over this nonsense are not engaging in anything remotely approaching jingoism or symbol worship. They're just people who don't think America is wrong in everything it has ever done. At worst it's simple tribalism, which is a quality inherent to every last member of the human race.
No, it is not. There is no problem. One group set out to piss all over something they knew damned good and well another much larger group does not like seeing disrespected. They trolled successfully; nothing more, nothing less.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.