USAA Rejects Military Members' Calls to Pull NFL Sponsorship

SSG Jessica Bautista - Then I stand corrected, but I still don't understand why you would condone the continued disrespect. With all of the lose you have suffered, you don't deserve the disdain they are showing you.

Capt Gregory Prickett - Not an arrogant assumption, but possibly wrong in some cases. I support heir constitutional rights, I don't support the venue they are using it in. If anyone disrespecting the anthem has lost someone in the service, they are essentially disrespecting their sacrifice.

Capt Gregory Prickett - I understand your position, I too want everyone to have the freedom to protest. All this is doing is pissing people off and ruining what little respite anyone has from politics. Add to that how, any other statements in support of police is denied by the NFL. If the NFL does not allow all players to support their views, they should not allow any....it fails to be freedom of speech when the organization picks and chooses who can exercise it.

MSgt Danny Hope
Capt Gregory Prickett puts it nicely. I don't take their protest as disrespect because I know it's not personal. Racism and other factors that contribute to police brutality must be addressed. Protest is MEANT to make people uncomfortable. As far as protesting goes, taking a knee harms no one. Why won't people address what they're protesting? Because it requires us to talk about uncomfortable truths. People and their beliefs are valid, legalities aside. We can't stop people from protesting, but we can make a serious attempt to find solutions.

I have great respect for you, Capt Dwayne Conyers but ... unfortunately, the method by which some have chosen to protest ... is more significant than what they are protesting, at least in my view ... whether it is perceived police brutality ... or Donald Trump (and knee-takers have claimed both). Imagine the reaction if on Martin Luther King Day, I dissed Martin Luther King ... in protest over the race-baiting actions of Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton. I suspect that my disrespect of MLK would overshadow any possible justification I might have for protesting Jackson and Sharpton. Take a knee before the anthem, stand up and place one's hand over one's heart during the anthem, and play football ... and I will listen respectfully to one's position. Can't do that and disrespect what I hold dear ... then I have no interest in hearing what one has to say. Take a look at this article from April of this year, paying particular attention to this:

"The stoic 97-year-old army retiree labored out of his wheelchair at the start of the ceremony and stood for five long minutes throughout the Pledge of Allegiance, the national anthem, French national anthem and Cienega High School’s JROTC presentation of the colors."

http://www.wildcat.arizona.edu/article/2017/04/former-ua-rotc-commander-receives-frances-highest-medal-of-honor?_h=14c1a213-2969-4a1e-8979-21d0e1f5c762

Your logic is rather skewed, at best.

Capt Gregory Prickett - They haven't made me uncomfortable. They've made me angry. While I'm angry, I am non-supportive. They are their own worst enemy ... in a number of ways. As much as they have a right to be assholes, I have a right to despise them for it ... and I do.

I think the meme’sters articulate matters better than I.