Thoughts on Kaepernick & the national anthem

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by Eric72

This entire thread has been political, no?

Frankly, I am surprised it has not yet been locked.

Not locked, it needs to go POOF like the Nazi flag thread.

[Eric72]

Originally Posted by bnorth

Not locked, it needs to go POOF like the Nazi flag thread.

Ben,

I do not know about the Nazi flag thread to which you are referring.

As it pertains to Net54, to Leon's credit, he does not moderate this site like the folks on the other side of the street, so to speak.

Still, I remain surprised this thread is not yet locked. It is filled with political views, name calling, and vitriol.

As one prominent member once suggested, Net54 very well may have jumped the shark.

Best regards,

Eric Perry

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by Eric72

Ben,

I do not know about the Nazi flag thread to which you are referring.

As it pertains to Net54, to Leon's credit, he does not moderate this site like the folks on the other side of the street, so to speak.

Still, I remain surprised this thread is not yet locked. It is filled with political views, name calling, and vitriol.

As one prominent member once suggested, Net54 very well may have jumped the shark.

Best regards,

Eric Perry

A member was trying to sell a vintage Nazi Flag in the proper section with Leons approval. Then a few idiots had to make posts in the thread that had nothing to do with buying it or asking questions about it. Sadly that has become common place lately.

Not sure what happened that it went POOF though.

[1952boyntoncollector]

Originally Posted by bnorth

A member was trying to sell a vintage Nazi Flag in the proper section with Leons approval. Then a few idiots had to make posts in the thread that had nothing to do with buying it or asking questions about it. Sadly that has become common place lately.

Not sure what happened that it went POOF though.

I think you have to be living under a rock to assume the posting of a nazi flag wont elicit some comments that have nothing to do with buying the nazi flag.

To compare that posting with the sale of a baseball card as far as having the same b/s/t eitiquette is a bit of a stretch

[ALR-bishop]

Flags can get you in trouble, even a Flags Of The World ISIS trading card...bam

[vintagetoppsguy]

Originally Posted by ALR-bishop

Flags can get you in trouble...

Apparently so. Now the Gadsden Flag is considered racist.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...=.f89946075fac

Maybe they could shorten the list by telling us what's not racist instead of telling us what is racist? Just a thought.

[vintagetoppsguy]

BTW, Leon, why is Packs still allowed to post w/o his full name?

[tschock]

My sentiments on trying to provide "studied facts" as well as other items to consider can be summed up below:

I have squandered my resistance
For a pocketful of mumbles,
Such are promises
All lies and jest
Still, a man hears what he wants to hear
And disregards the rest.

[ibuysportsephemera]

1) If you are interested in a coach's (and by extension the entire organizations) take on the National Anthem...watch the clip below from HBO's Hard Knocks about the LA Rams training camp. Way to go Coach Jeff Fisher...great example that (IMO) should be followed by all others.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inzwAWOXlbg

2) My Father in Law is a retired Police Officer and many of my good friends are PO's. One is a PO in the South Bronx in New York City and he works in a neighborhood that is almost 100% minority. So, all of the arrests, questionings etc. make it look like the PO's are racist.

Unless your family member is a PO or you are friendly with a PO you cannot even begin to understand how difficult the job is and how skewed the statistics are.

Jeff