NFL Hypocrisy and the Warped Ethics of the PC Anthem Protests

I have zero sympathies for the revenue losses of the NFL because of their extreme hypocrisy with regard to selectively enforcing their rules, especially with regard to offending veterans and the worship of their corporate sponsors and false politically-correct narratives as their highest good. For example, a study in 2016 by African American Harvard professor Roland G. Fryer, Jr. showed that there was no racial bias at all with regard to deaths and shootings by police. However, the main basis of the NFL protests is that there are systemic racial killings by the police. And so fallacious political correctness is at the root of the NFL anthem protests. In addition to hypocrisy, there are at least five illogical aspects of the NFL protests that I'll outline in this article. On a deeper level, there are forces intent on fragmenting and destroying the U.S. through exploiting such protests.

The most pronounced feature of the NFL protests might be the manner in which political correctness is being displayed as a divisive disease more so than as a helpful cure. People are being told what they are supposed to feel and how they are supposed to react based on the illogical actions of protesters. This entire spectacle is helping to show that true and valid ethics are not based merely on feelings, but must be based on facts in order to be valid and convincing. Many people that embrace relativist secular-atheist ethics and political correctness simply do not seem to understand that the toppling of statues, the rejecting of white professors at college, the demand for reparations for white privilege, kneeling for the anthem and flag, and the forcing of their PC opinion, in general, is a trend aimed ultimately towards the destruction of the United States and the removal of the very civil rights that it exploits and uses towards this end, as I'll show in this article.
   

In terms of NFL selective rule enforcement, some may remember that a Christian player, Redskins' quarterback Robert Griffin III (pictured), was basically forced to reverse his Christian T-shirt inside out for an off-field interview because there were explicit requirements to wear only Nike brand clothes. According to an eyewitness, "NFL Uniform Inspector Tony McGee (former Skins DE) approached Griffin...McGee told Griffin he couldn't wear the shirt because it wasn't a Nike product. Made him turn it inside out for the press conference." Player Ryan Kerrigan, at the same press conference, was wearing a non-Nike T-shirt that was not Christian and he was not confronted. Additionally, protests of the National Anthem and Flag are opposed by the rules, but the NFL commissioner basically defends the kneeling for the flag and anthem. But for some reason, simple decals of 9-11 tributes on clothes and tributes to murdered cops were forbidden by the NFL. And then you have the ridicule and harassment of Tim Tebow for kneeling to pray, whereas, kneeling in opposition to the anthem for political reasons is somehow supposed to be far superior.

By all accounts, the NFL is arbitrary in selecting which free speech rules it enforces and which it does not. Likewise, the praises and scandals are selectively promoted by the leftist media. The types of sponsor rules and overall reactions to player behavior ultimately seem to be dictated mainly by corporate sponsor greed, but also by some perceived politically correct need to appease the demands of only minority players. The NFL can seek to modify their player and sponsor rules if they want to, but they don't seem interested. If you look at the anthem rules and guidelines, these are completely ignored by the commissioner. Players are technically required to stand for the anthem. But perhaps since no sponsors and profits are immediately involved in this question, the NFL commissioner selectively ignores these guideline rules:

The NFL guideline rules forbid disrespect for the flag and anthem

Right there in the guidelines, it says: "During the National Anthem, players on the field and bench area should stand at attention, face the flag, hold helmets in their left hand, and refrain from talking. ..it should be pointed out to players and coaches that we continue to be judged by the public in this area of respect for the flag and our country."

The NFL guideline rules are being selectively ignored Commissioner Roger Goodell and I'll show reasons towards the conclusion of this post as to why it seems as though the politics of the NFL players union leaders might be causing Goodell to fear the players and union leaders and base his decisions on this rather than all of the facts. Football fans have already begun judging the NFL behavior very heavily with their wallets through boycotts. A recent Boston Globe article outlines that many U.S. veterans feel as though the NFL is disrespectful and ungrateful in allowing the anthem as a venue for politics. And military veteran Joey Odoms has just resigned, the Ravens' national anthem singer since 2014.

I personally believe in more free speech, not less. But if players are allowed to make personal political statements disrespectful to veterans on game day by kneeling for the anthem, then I believe that Christian players should not be censored and should be able to express their faith if they want to. The act of protesting the flag or anthem in order to address racial injustice really does not make very much sense. Racism and patriotism are apples and oranges. Instead of promoting practical and constructive steps and measures as Dr. M.L. King did, these types of ambiguous blanket attacks against the country itself are more in keeping with Saul Alinsky's destructive Cultural Marxism.

Many Christian NFL players probably don't understand that they are being exploited by the Marxist undertones of the Democrat Party and the kind of central secular-atheist values the party embraces. Racism is actually enabled by and encouraged by secular-atheist social Darwinism. But racism is not in keeping with God's perfect altruistic love. And this is the standard for everyone by which we will all be judged. "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding." (Proverbs 9:10)

These actions of kneeling for the U.S. National Anthem only serve to offend veterans and others that embrace the very freedoms that these players employ in protest. If you want to make a clear statement about racism and what your solution is, then articulate this with some clarity and take practical steps to improve the situation, instead of just taking divisive actions that insult veterans. These brave people gave their very lives for rights and freedoms, while these ignorant people use these very rights and freedoms in a manner that denigrates those that gave their lives. Listen, if you want to protest corruption and racism then this is a very good thing to do. But the US Anthem is not a symbol of corruption and racism. This is a unique country that was founded by men that understood the true basis of ethics and human rights. The foundation is not bad. And when you attack the foundation you cut the very branch that you are sitting on. It's not wise. It's not altruistic. It's offensive. The ethical illiteracy of NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell is astounding in his support of all of this.
 

I like to coach flag football and it's a lot of fun for the players. But the NFL has turned an enjoyable sport simply into a profit machine in which money is the beginning and end of the story. The only thing that the NFL has reverence for across the board is money. I don't worship money so I don't really identify with their values. I could care less if their god of money is taken from underfoot by boycotts of sports fans against the NFL and their sponsors. Maybe then they will understand that money is not a very good god to worship. The establishment media continues to try to spin any comments by critics as racially motivated while President Trump suggested that the anthem is not an appropriate venue for making personal political statements: "The issue of kneeling has nothing to do with race. It is about respect for our Country, Flag and National Anthem."

The denial of unnecessary and offensive repercussions
  

The following is a common type of argument we hear: "This has nothing to do with veterans. If you think more about it, close to 40% of military personnel are men and women of color."

The fact is, many veterans are being offended by these actions, and spouses and children of veterans that lost their lives. A Boston Globe article clearly documents this.

First, let's clarify that what is defined as "respect for the flag and country" according to NFL protocol: "During the National Anthem, players on the field and bench area should stand at attention, face the flag, hold helmets in their left hand, and refrain from talking. ..it should be pointed out to players and coaches that we continue to be judged by the public in this area of respect for the flag and our country." When the announcement is made to stand and sing, it is clear that those in the military, not the police or president, are being honored: "Please stand to honor our military in the singing of the national anthem." With all of the talk of empathy, where is the empathy for those that gave their lives, and their families, that are offended by kneeling during the anthem?

1. Whatever the claimed or supposed protest goals are, many veterans are being offended based on clearly defined protocol and breaches of respect. (as well as patriots that honor the flag, anthem, and values of the country.)

2. Because veterans are being offended and have a right to be offended, it does actually have a lot to do with veterans. (You, me, and the players do not decide who gets to be offended and why. That is probably the most arrogant and self-centered type of position possible).

3. Because NFL kneelers (and all supporting this) are denying the fact that they are offending true and sincere veterans and patriots, their message of racism is completely lost on the resentment that this all creates.

Colin Kaepernick's quote and reason for protests

In 2016 when Colin Kaepernick first began kneeling, he used some poor logic for choosing his venue as he summarized his reasoning to NFL.COM's Steve Wyche:

“I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses Black people and people of color. To me, this is bigger than football and it would be selfish on my part to look the other way. There are bodies in the street and people getting paid leave and getting away with murder.” 

Five illogical aspects of the NFL protests

First of all, for all the people saying, "It's not about the flag," here you go. Colin Kaepernick singled out the flag as his targeted symbol for resistance, and thus he made it "about the flag" by making this the specific target. Second, he focused in on alleged racist "murder" by cops of blacks, a claim debunked by statistics by a Harvard black professor. Third, his animosity is for some reason aimed at the entire "country" for the actions of some police officers calling an entire country oppressive because of the actions of some police officers is simply not a logical position. Fourth, it's illogical that NFL protests are fueled mainly by black Clinton supporters when that party supports Planned Parenthood founded by Margaret Sanger, who was intent on exterminating all blacks. Fifth, a person usually is not permitted to make political protests while at their job. So why should NFL players feel so entitled? And another point: Rejecting the authority symbolized by the flag is more in keeping with the goal of anarchy rather than positive change. George Soros and his anti-American agenda have been linked to the NFL protests and the secular-totalitarian nature of his end goal will create a loss of freedom and hell on earth. This is a definition of anarchy:

"Anarchy is the condition of a society, entity, group of people, or a single person that rejects hierarchy."

Kaepernick's hypocrisy and Kaepernick's confusion are based on self-contradictions.
Aside from the protests being illogical on many levels, Kaepernick's hypocrisy as the disgruntled victim and partaker of massive oppression is highlighted by the fact that he refuses to vote. The L.A. Times highlights that "Blacks and whites were beaten, busted and bitten by police dogs while marching for voting rights in the 1960s. Some were murdered." Kaepernick's disregard for the right to vote is a slap in the face to all those that took practical steps to gain this right. The exaggerated victim mentality and the separation of people from their roots and their patriotism are things that Marxist Saul Alinsky advocated as a means towards a Marxist-Socialist revolutionary takeover: "They must feel so frustrated, so defeated, so lost, so futureless in the prevailing system that they are willing to let go of the past and change the future. This acceptance is the reformation essential to any revolution." A lot of people do not seem to understand the difference between valid altruistic activism that is rationally grounded and has a clear and tangible goal and mere anarchy that causes division and denigrates authority. Hopefully, more people will wake up and understand the difference before it's too late. I worship God and not the NFL. I stand for the rights of all races and to honor all veterans that died for my freedoms. I do not kneel for anarchists that cause division with no clear plan or purpose. I love football but I love other things more. Goodbye NFL!   

    

Jesus showed that if you want to point out dirty feet, be ready to get down on your knees to actually address the problem. These people just want to point out problems and cause a sensation while not actually doing anything about it. I challenged a defender of Colin Kaepernick to post a link to one single website showing that he is actually doing something tangible to address his concern about police brutality. The most he could find was news that Colin would donate money to community groups. However, news reports show that Kaepernick's donation money is actually being used for far-left causes.

How is racism addressed by funding queer causes and cop killers?

"$15,000 for teen training, part of the group’s commitment to “develop and train young people, ages 4-19, in the Black queer feminist tradition and in the spirit of Assata.” If you aren't aware of who Assata Shakur is, this is clarified:

"The Colin Kaepernick Foundation donated in April $25,000 to Assata’s Daughters, a Chicago “direct action” resistance organization honoring Assata Shakur, who escaped prison and fled to Cuba after being found guilty in the 1973 murder of Officer Werner Foerster."

Why is debunked racial bias in police shootings still promoted?

A study from Harvard in 2016 was featured in an article titled, "No racial bias in police shootings, study by Harvard professor shows" and a statement by the African American professor that produced the study helps to show that there was no bias in the report preparation:

"Mr. Fryer, who is black, told The New York Times that the finding of no racial discrimination in police shootings was “the most surprising result of my career.”"

The Harvard report is titled: "An Empirical Analysis of Racial Differences in Police Use of Force" and the sense of surprise from the black Harvard professor is most likely due to the fact that the leftist media always seems to highlight issues where blacks are killed and basically ignores issues where whites are killed by comparison. Most people immediately recognize the name Rodney King, for example, who was a black man beaten by cops after a high-speed car chase. But I'll bet that few protesting African American "oppression" by police will recognize the name Kelly Thomas, that of a white mentally-ill man that was unarmed and yet tasered and beaten mercilessly to death by six cops. If you feel that police problems are based mainly on the oppression of blacks, I challenge you to watch this embedded video of him being beaten to death as he cries out for help to his father who is nowhere around to help him.

 
 

Additionally, the key police killing case used as a platform for the Fergasun riots, Black Lives Matter, and the NFL protests, was shown by the evidence to support the police officer's testimony. An article in the Washington Post outlines, "The physical evidence in the Michael Brown case supported the officer". The Washington Post is considered more liberal than conservative, so it should be an acceptable source for naysayers. In the article, soot from a gun was evidence on Michael Brown's hand showing that there was actually ya close-range struggle. DNA from brown was found on the officer and inside the police car, and no DNA from the officer was found on Brown, indicating that Brown was the aggressor. Also, the final fatal bullet holes in Brown are consistent with the police officer's testimony that Brown, at last, charged the officer. Despite the evidence, Michael Brown is still considered an altruistic and heroic martyr for such causes as the NFL anthem protests, when it is more likely that he was an aggressive and unpredictable attacker.

Roger Goodell and many black players still aren't aware that the NFL protests feed right into George Soros' anti-Americanism and socialist agenda.

The Washington Times has recently highlighted that there is much more to the NFL protests than meets the eye: "NFL players’ union teamed up with Soros to fund leftist advocacy groups Tax documents show NFLPA activism goes beyond take-a-knee protests" The NFL union is connected with the far left organizations, including George Soros’s Foundation for Open Society. This helps to explain the extreme anti-Trump attitude supported by the NFL players, owners and NFL corporate executives that fear a rift with the unions:

"Even before its feud over the national anthem with President Trump, the NFL Players Association wasn’t on the same political team as many of its fans, judging from its contributions to leftist advocacy groups. Tax documents released by 2ndVote show the NFLPA donated $5,000 in 2015 to the Center for Community Change Action, a group active in the anti-Trump resistance and bankrolled by a host of liberal foundations, including top Democratic donor George Soros’s Foundation for Open Society." George Soros' organization has been paying protesters to protest and incite unrest since before the election of President Trump. And it was shown by WikiLeaks that Soros funded a plan to overwhelm the United States with Islamic refugees, something that has destabilized and fragmented Europe to the point where France has 751 Islamic "No Go Zones" and so we can conclude that Soros is intent on creating civil unrest and destroying the U.S. as it is, based on references offered by The New American:

"The recent anti-Trump riots have been reliably reported as the handiwork of paid “protesters” organized by MoveOn.org, Planned Parenthood, #BlackLivesMatter, and other groups that have been heavily funded by Soros. The violent #BlackLivesMatter riots that have wracked America and fomented racial turmoil since the Ferguson, Missouri police shooting have been funded with tens of millions of dollars from Soros' foundations. The WikiLeaks e-mails have exposed the Soros funding of the United Nations/Obama administration scheme for flooding the United States and Europe with unvetted Muslim “refugees.”

For those that think NFL protests are just a fad that will last 2-3 weeks, a quote by Saul Alinsky from his book, Rules for Radicals might help. Whether it's toppling statues, protesting the anthem and flag, or attacking peaceful demonstrators, Alinsky's Rule 8 outlines the goal to never let up until the goal of a complete socialist revolution has occurred:

"8. “Keep the pressure on. Never let up.“ Keep trying new things to keep the opposition off balance. As the opposition masters one approach, hit them from the flank with something new."

For those that claim these types of PC protests are the same as ones by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., they really are not. King understood that valid ethics must ultimately be based on God and that the type of atheistic socialist-Marxism promoted by George Soros, for this reason, was untenable and undesirable. Furthermore, he never advocated violence or anarchy, but dialogue and actions with a clear statement and a practical goal towards a better and improved society of peace:

“I knew that I could never again raise my voice against the violence of the oppressed in the ghettos without having first spoken clearly to the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today, my own government.” –Martin Luther King Jr.

King used his voice to communicate clear ambitions and goals for equal rights. And these goals were broken down into clear milestones:

"The work of the Civil Rights Movement was very much a group effort. Each time the movement accomplished a milestone, it inspired many others to join and act."

Conclusion

The more we learn about the NFL protests, the more we see that the most serious problem is not systemic racism by the police, as it is systemic lying by the media and systemic corruption in general in society. There is much more death occurring in the black community based on black on black crime related to serious and entrenched cultural problems. Much of the actual racism is coming from very bitter African American football players that have grown up in broken families in and crime-ridden neighborhoods. The glorification of violence and hate in rap music is probably more of a problem than the police officers that come into neighborhoods to try to deal with aggressive and rebellious youth. As I outlined in a previous article, racism reveals slavery of the mind. If anything, the roots of racism need to be addressed and vague statements of kneeling are not going to address the root causes of racism. And on a deeper level, we have those behind the scenes exploiting such division and fragmentation of the country towards their end goal of destroying the U.S. and establishing a more totalitarian and socialist-Marxist state. For further reading on this, look into the underlying socialit-Marxist ideologies displayed by Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. Ultimately, socialist-Marxism is based on secular-atheist ethics that not only do not work well for society but also encourage more corruption and misery in the long run.

Robert Griffin III offered a very true statement on his T-shirt: No Jesus, No Peace: Know Jesus, Know Peace. There really is no genuine peace or goodness when the god of money is worshipped above all. Maybe the NFL's extreme idolatry of money is being challenged by boycotts, and it's not just about the apples and oranges of racism vs. patriotism. Maybe the NFL should allow players that humbly want to state their own (better) values to do so. Maybe offering only special free-speech favors for ambiguous statements against the flag and the country really is not going to help anyone. One thing is certain, the American public is getting sick of double standards and hypocrisy, the enforcement of leftist anarchy, and warped relativist values. Recent polls show an extreme disconnect between the liberal media and the U.S. public, which is shown to be solidly against the anthem protests. While NFL players are being supported by leftists as tools for Marxist divisiveness, the only opinions that the NFL seems ultimately concerned about are the opinions of their corporate sponsor list. Photo: CC, MarineCorps NewYork - Flickr: Marines at NFL Draft 2012 (without endorsement)

NOTE: As an update, the NFL rejected a polite and respectful request by veterans to post an ad simply requesting that people stand for the National Anthem during Super Bowl 2018.

Related:

Kaepernick's Confusion: LGBT and Islamo-Leftist Values Aren't Exactly Harmonious
  
Racism Reveals Slavery of the Mind

Cycles of Freedom and Bondage
    

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