Originally Posted by
Born2Steel
I was having a conversation with my father on this topic. He is really turned off to the NFL right now due to this whole protest thing. To me, it's really not that big of a deal as far as me enjoying the games, so I asked him to explain. Of course I put out there that this is not a protest of the flag, military, police, etc, but about inequality and oppression. His point of view is that it's WASN'T about those things until the protesters themselves made it about those things. I really had to take a step back at those words and look at this from that perspective. I have been saying all along, you may not like 'how', but you need to understand 'why' these things are going on. I do fully support every individual's right to peacefully protest, however they see is the best way to get their point across. This series of protests however, have become more about 'THIS IS HOW WE ARE GOING TO DO THIS', than what the protest is REALLY about. Like it or not, these players need to understand that this stance is not going in the intended direction. It's just not. It's falling on deaf ears, not because the offended don't care about the main issue, but because in the process of getting the point across, they have become the offenders. The general public has taken an opposing/dividing view at this point. The protests are only serving to divide loyalties rather than a movement to change. It is now my belief that a new path to change needs to be taken. The current path is only going to lead to increased hostility and probably an end to the 'peaceful' part of the protesting. In other words, this whole thing could get very ugly, very quickly, and kill any chance for positive change and resolution. I know many of you have already been seeing this issue from this perspective for some time now, even from the beginning. I think I am more on board with this point of view now. I'm still going to watch the games, that hasn't changed for me. But I no longer give these protests any merit for causing real change, and therefor, should end while they are still peaceful.