Comments Thread For: Will Boxing Take a Stand (Or a Knee) on Anthem Protests?

[GGG Gloveking]

There would be no America without protest.

There'd be no America without war. That said, I fully support the right to protest, but it has to make sense. Protest the police at the police station, or city hall, or whatever. Protesting the flag has the appearance of protesting the entire nation. And just like the blocked traffic, the people watching that disagree with the protest will be angered. We have to understand this when planning out protest

[Kigali]

I guess you're not quite understanding that the whole point of the protest is to bring attention to your cause. A couple people taking a knee in front of a police precinct isn't going to do *****.

You can't reach or teach them.

Some people are just boot-lickers.

[Kigali]

There'd be no America without war. That said, I fully support the right to protest, but it has to make sense. Protest the police at the police station, or city hall, or whatever. Protesting the flag has the appearance of protesting the entire nation. And just like the blocked traffic, the people watching that disagree with the protest will be angered. We have to understand this when planning out protest

Players stayed in the locker room during the national anthem prior to 2010.

How disrespectful of the flag.

Peaceful protest like taking a knee is as benign as a protest can be....

You're just too sensitive.

[GGG Gloveking]

I guess you're not quite understanding that the whole point of the protest is to bring attention to your cause. A couple people taking a knee in front of a police precinct isn't going to do *****.

Do you want positive attention or negative?

[GGG Gloveking]

Players stayed in the locker room during the national anthem prior to 2010.

How disrespectful of the flag.

Peaceful protest like taking a knee is as benign as a protest can be....

You're just too sensitive.

Id rather them stay in the locker room. There is a lot of symbolism in refusing to stand with the nation

[Kigali]

Id rather them stay in the locker room. There is a lot of symbolism in refusing to stand with the nation

There is a lot of symbolism in black-balling a player for drawing attention to a serious issue.

An entire nation can't stand together in the face of such injustice...at least not a free one.

[GGG Gloveking]

There is a lot of symbolism in black-balling a player for drawing attention to a serious issue.

An entire nation can't stand together in the face of such injustice...at least not a free one.

We can debate injustice all day. My only point to that would be how little action out black leadership has taken to address the issue. My point was cause and effect. You block traffic, drivers will be unhappy. Bring drama to football, viewers won't be happy

[Kigali]

We can debate injustice all day. My only point to that would be how little action out black leadership has taken to address the issue. My point was cause and effect. You block traffic, drivers will be unhappy. Bring drama to football, viewers won't be happy

Black leadership has addressed police brutality ad naseum.

Kapernic isn't blocking traffic..

Viewers tune in to watch the game...those that claim to be insulted by these meager protests simple don't care about the issue being protested.

It's just fake outrage.

[Sweet_Science2]

First of all, if you're just talking about people on this site say people on this site. The subset of people on this site is not the same thing as America. As many racist ******s, trolls and haters live in the US a much higher percentage of them post on this site than live in the US. This site seems to attract them like flies to *****.

And with all due respect to Wilder. The guy's technique sucks. He's raw as roadkill in there even with all the fights he's had. He's a scary mofo I would never want to get in the ring with but he's very flawed.


Racism is wrong but excessive nationalism is ok? I don't care what the factor is if race, nationality, what city they come be the only factor which detemines who you root for then you're part of the problem. I don't let race determine who I root for. I am Puerto Rican. Miguel Cotto used to be one of my favorite fighter. Then he became a diva and now I think he can go F himself. Felix Trinidad was another of my favorite boxers. But I stopped rooting for him because I got tired of his excessive loyalty to his father. It was clear as day that he had peaked as a fighter under his Dad's tutalage and he needed someone else to get to the next level. But he kept sticking with the schmuck who insisted Winky Wright "was scared of Trinidad's power" and "was ready to go" while Winky was jabbing his head off round after round. Roy Jones Jr, a non-Puerto Rican, is my favorite boxer of all time. When he was at his best he was like a magician in the ring.





And they are all wrong to do that. This isn't the Olympics.


That is a complete load of crap.


I am not playing ******. Playing ****** is acting like excessive nationalism is any better than racism. Its not.

You are speaking from your own perspective like how you feel. But the reality is America is the only country a foreigner can come in and they will root for the foreigner REGARDLESS of the foreigners or Americans fighting style.

That is because America is racists as shyt!

Nothing wrong with Natiolalism don't even compare that to racism cut that out. If you live in LA and love the Lakers because you live there are grew up there is nothing wrong with that. If you like in OKC and want them to beat every team because you are from there nothing wrong with that.

If you live in Mexico and rooting for your guy to beat the next guy nothing wrong with that. If you live in the Phillipines and want your guy to win nothing wrong with that.

ONLY in America can you have the American fans rooting for the foreigner at a higher percentage than their own guy. When Klitscho fights in his HOME country I don't care who the opponent is YOU know who the fans are rooting for.

Don't try and make it seems like there is something wrong with backing your own country because America is the only place that doesn't back a section of their population. It boils down to SEVERE racism! FACTS!

Miss me with that fighting style bull-shyt you said that is utter garbage and not the reason at all. I had to correct you! It is racism- If not what is it? NEXT

[GGG Gloveking]

Black leadership has addressed police brutality ad naseum.

Kapernic isn't blocking traffic..

Viewers tune in to watch the game...those that claim to be insulted by these meager protests simple don't care about the issue being protested.

It's just fake outrage.

I don't think that's a fair assessment. Being displeased with the protest doesnt equal being displeased with the reasoning. I wouldn't have a problem with him protesting on his own time at the police station, or city hall, the white house, or anywhere relevant to the issue.