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CMV: People complaining about the NFL protests are deliberately misinterpreting them because conversations about racial injustice are uncomfortable

Basically I feel that for some people there will never be a right way for black people to protest. They will always find a reason to silence them and regain a moral highground.  

1. The protestors have come out openly to discuss the reasons behind it.

2. Kaepernick altered his method of protesting after a discussion with a veteran to be more respectful.

3. Historically (and recently), there is always someone telling black people that their protest is the wrong way to send their message, it doesn't 1matter what method they use.

4. The flag represents all US citizens, not only veterens, including people of color, the protestors themselves, and victims of racial discrimination.

5. Advertising or wearing clothes with the flag is not called out as disrespecting veterens.

6. The president said "some [protesters, that included nazis and white supremacists] are very fine people" despite the protest turning violent, but but peacefully protesting black athletes as "SOBs who should be fired."

Responses to some common critiqes:

"I just want politics out of football"

This protest did not make football political.  The playing of the anthem, military flyovers, giant superflags are all political. Many were introduced in the 60s to garner support for the Vietnam war.  Peoplr don't want politics they don't like in football.

"People always criticize protests"

With the exception of violent protests, the criticism should be and usually is of the message not the method, that is the difference I'm highlighting.  Look at Charlottesville, ignoring the fact that it did become violent and some of them were nazis, people were criticizing the protest because of the message that we should allow confederate memorials to stand. 

"The flag is a symbol of our country and kneeling during the anthem disrepsects that symbol and therfore the troopz because they fight for the country"

This isn't really an argument against my point it's just restaing the complaint, I'm calling out for its hypocrisy.  If it was really about respect for the flag and the troops these same people would be outraged that people marched with confederate flags, nazi flags, and defended confederate monuments. Maybe there are people out there who agree that both are wrong, but if you look at the way news outlets covered both issues, there is a strong overlap of people saying the NFL protests are disrespectful, but the march on Charlottesville is people defending our history/defending their first amendement rights/not all nazis also good people.

"The players are protesting on NFL time as employees and it would be okay if it was on their own time"

1. If the NFL as an employer does not want this message then that is an issue the business should address internally.  The sitting president using his influence to encourage employers to silence a peaceful protest is at the very least a questionable use of that goverenment influence.

2. As a customer of the NFL is is perfectly within your rignt not to patronize the business because you disagree with the protests. I'm not calling out people who disagree, I'm questioning the way they are disagreeing.  By subverting the conversation to one about the troops/flag they are avoiding an important, but uncomfortable one about race in the US.  If you think their interpretation of race is wrong then that opens up a dialogue about race relations which is what the protesters are trying to do.
 
3. Steph Curry said he didn't want to go to the white house, he said it in an inverview, on his own time, and acknowledged that he couldn't speak for his team. He was still blasted for being a whiner and referred to as classless and disrespectful by, again, those same news outlets. I admit this isn't a perfect example.
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Most people complaining about NFL protests don't want to have to deal with politics when they watch football.

They're not misinterpreting anything.  Kaepernick is stating a political position that America's police and justice system is racist.  Many people disagree.  Are they not allowed to voice any disagreement, or complain that they don't want to deal with a political debate when they're just trying to relax on a Sunday?