Selah Hunter
Donald Trump slams NFL kneeling protest as 'disgraceful'
Summary:
President Trump is disgusted by the events of members of the NFL kneeling, or sometimes not even showing up, while the American anthem is being played or sung. Trump shares his feelings as usual, by tweeting them out, so not only the World can see how ignorant America’s President is, but as well as the whole world. Trump tweets things such as “General John Kelly totally agrees w/ my stance on NFL players and the fact that they should not be disrespecting our FLAG or GREAT COUNTRY!” as well as “The NFL has all sorts of rules and regulations. The only way out for them is to set a rule that you can't kneel during our National Anthem!”
On Tuesday, reporters asked Trump if he was giving to much attention to the NFL, to which he resonded saying the NFL is a very serious issue ( more important than the events in Puerto Rico?). Some statistics show American’s opinion on the kneeling,
57 percent of Americans do not believe the kneeling players should be fired.
82 percent of Democrats and 29 percent of Republicans rejecting Trump's position.
58 percent said "professional athletes should be required to stand during the national anthem at sporting events
Analysis:
This article doesn't state the author, at least I can't find it, but I don't think there is any type of bias in the article, it seems to be strait up facts of everyone's opinion. What really irks me about Trumps statement are that he says that kneeling during the American Anthem should be against the rules for NFL players. That breaks the first amendment. But Trump claims his constant tweeting and speaking out is protect d by the law. What Trum is really saying is that, you can protest and speak out, but as long as you speak out to the same things I believe in. This is one of the main reasons why America had a whole revolution, so they could speak out against their government freely if they feel it is not treating the people correctly.
Couldn't agree more. This analysis is MUCH less bias than some of the other students' that I've read. Although kneeling may be disrespectful in my opinion, it is their constitutional right and should not be fired.
ReplyDeletePeople are allowed to have their own opinion and may voice it however they like as long as they remain in the law. Trump needs to realize that people have options that differ from his own and he needs to learn how to respect that.
ReplyDeleteTrump is not making any sense. He is saying that the football players should not take a knee but everybody has the constitutional right to protest or stand for whatever they want to.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Sam, although I wouldn't do it myself they have the right to, and they shouldn't be punished for exercising their rights.
ReplyDeleteIt is a human's right to protest and show what they believe in. I think it is very hypocritical for Trump to preach about the right to bare arms, but disregard other constitutional rights.
ReplyDeleteI wrote about the same thing and I agree. I can understand why some find it disrespectful- completely being absent from the anthem does seem to come across that way. However, I feel that kneeling still shows that they are disappointed or upset while still showing respect.
ReplyDeleteI feel that the football players do have a right to express their personal opinions but however there are times and places where a professional football player should express their opinions maybe sometime other than the anthem because the anthem can be very meaningful to some people and they could take offense to it. Ive seen times when football players are interviewed maybe they could do that then.
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