It's been a while, huh?

NP: Barbarian Overlords - Static in the Attic

*Blows dust off the page*

Hello?  HELLLLLOOOOOOOOO?!  Is this thing on?  Last time I was writing was when I went through ACL repair surgery.  And that was over 4 and a half years ago!  I guess to put that part of my life to rest, the knee is still pretty strong, I've been in and out of the gym forever but the repaired ACL is hanging in there!

The reason Im writing today is because while I would love to post this on social media, I am of the mindset that everyone on SM just loves talking over each other and no one really listens to the other person, they just see someone with a different view and freak out on them.  So, while this is pretty much the same thing, Im not talking at anyone, Im not putting this out there... if you found this, you did it on your own accord, so congrats!

The big topic this past weekend was WWE Hall of Famer, President Trump making some weird remarks about NFL players taking a knee during the singing of the National Anthem and how it's "disrespectful to the troops" and owners should fire those "sons of bitches."  Here's the deal, the troops fight for our rights to the freedoms we have, including the right to protest.  Especially a peaceful protest.  These players aren't making a spectacle about what they are doing, they're just making a statement.

It's also pretty telling that our WWE HOF member President didn't even bother acknowledging the reason the players were protesting.  Him, like most others, seem to think these players are just protesting for the sake of protesting.  There's a very big and important reason these players are protesting (Racial discrimination especially amongst police profiling) and the President is basically hand waving it away.  And why should players that feel discriminated against celebrate an anthem that tells them that they are otherwise free?

When Colin Kaepernick first started doing this last season, it irked a lot of people, as the whole idea of the National Anthem is standing appreciative of your country that grants you your freedom.  Yes, your freedom to make choices!  Colin chose to take a knee, and he's made the choice to accept the consequence of his actions by not being signed for 2017.  (Mike Glennon and Jay Cutler were clearly better choices to be starters.  As well as Case Keenum [until this past week, wowzers!]) But his word has spread quite far, to the point where NFL owners and personnel have also joined in in linking of arms/kneeling because a WWE Hall of Famer that is also President told them how to do their jobs.

It's pretty crazy that there's an actual thing/person that makes supporting Roger Goodell not that bad of an idea.  I also do kinda wish Al Davis was still alive as he would have LOVED dealing with this.  Al was HUGE in racial equality in the league and life.

The problem is that the overall reason why Kaepernick started doing this and why players have continued taking a knee is lost, not just on the people that are angry that they are doing this, but even some people that support them are lost on the reason why... which defeats the purpose, right?

So let's take the next few days before Week 4 begins to really read up on Kaep's reason for doing what he did and the movement it started and not just call him unpatriotic.  Because let's face it... you're probably not standing in your living room watching this on TV.