Brittney Griner at it again!

[SHUMatt]

When she first got back from her prison time in Russia, Brittney stood for the National Anthem. Her appreciation for this great country was unfortunately short lived as she in now kneeling during the Anthem again. This classless piece of trash had the nerve to say that her kneeling makes her more patriotic and does not understand the criticism she is receiving.

I am all for the right to protest. However, there is a time and a place for protests. Blocking roads, burning buildings, looting and during the National Anthem are not proper forms of protests.

 

[STLPirate12]

Then don't look at her. It's not like she's yelling/screaming/disrupting the performer or anyone listening to it. You don't have to like or agree with it, but the outrage over it is a massive overreaction IMO. It literally doesn't impact anyone in any way.

 

[HALL85]

Then don't look at her. It's not like she's yelling/screaming/disrupting the performer or anyone listening to it. You don't have to like or agree with it, but the outrage over it is a massive overreaction IMO. It literally doesn't impact anyone in any way.

She has a platform and has decided to use it to advance her views. Last time I checked, we have the right to have an opinion and voice it. How is a one paragraph post on a message board a “massive overreaction “?

Words and actions do matter…impact people in different ways.

 

[STLPirate12]

She has a platform and has decided to use it to advance her views. Last time I checked, we have the right to have an opinion and voice it. How is a one paragraph post on a message board a “massive overreaction “?

Words and actions do matter…impact people in different ways.

Not you specifically, just the general outrage over it.

And the reality is if nobody talked about it, there'd be no reason for her to do it. So all the complaining is really doing nothing but amplifying her platform.

 

[HALL85]

Not you specifically, just the general outrage over it.

And the reality is if nobody talked about it, there'd be no reason for her to do it. So all the complaining is really doing nothing but amplifying her platform.

I don’t think it’s gotten much airplay, in fact until I saw Matt’s post I didn’t even know she did it. After what she did, and how our government got her out of Russia you would think she would be forever grateful.

I don’t get your last point. She did it fully knowing people were going to react both positively and negatively because of her platform. People are talking because she did it when we were all supposed to feel sorry for her by what she went through.

 

[Hall-O-Daze]

Any word on what the real-life James Bond villain that we traded her for is up to? Hadn’t heard anything in a while, but that doesn’t mean he doesn’t have his hands in something nefarious. In all honesty, I think he the much more interesting side of this story. Griner is as predictable as a bad romantic comedy - is anyone really surprised she initially said all the right things but then went back to kneeling - but Viktor Bout is a total wildcard. During these days of unrest, he’s one to keep an eye on.

 

[cernjSHU]

When she first got back from her prison time in Russia, Brittney stood for the National Anthem. Her appreciation for this great country was unfortunately short lived as she in now kneeling during the Anthem again. This classless piece of trash had the nerve to say that her kneeling makes her more patriotic and does not understand the criticism she is receiving.

I am all for the right to protest. However, there is a time and a place for protests. Blocking roads, burning buildings, looting and during the National Anthem are not proper forms of protests.

Would you include raising the flag upside down as not a proper form of protest? Someone who would disrespect the flag like that would also be a worthless piece of trash which would be worse because they are essentially desecrating the flag by hanging it upside down.

 

[chickenbox]

I am all for the right to protest. However, there is a time and a place for protests. Blocking roads, burning buildings, looting and during the National Anthem are not proper forms of protests.

Which are the acceptable times and places, and which are the proper forms?

 

[ed odowd]

Alito’s wife deserves to be criticized for flying the flag upside down to protest a dispute with her neighbor.

 

[SHUSA]

yea she sucks so let's not give her any airspace

 

[SHUMatt]

Which are the acceptable times and places, and which are the proper forms?

Proper times and places:

• Marching on a sidewalk with signs, chants etc..between 9AM and 9PM.
• On public streets in the shoulder. same hours as above
• Public space such as a park as long as you allow people that are not involved in the protest to enjoy the public space as well.

Not proper times and places:

• Blocking roads and bridges - Putting a cause over emergency vehicles, people getting to work, people trying to get to airports, meetings etc, is insane!
• Looting
• Burning police cars, buildings and property
• Chanting at all hours of the night in front of someone's house. Disturbing a family of someone that you don't agree with, or all the neighbors is insane!
• During the National Anthem - This is a time to come together as a nation, not divide it. Just because they have the right to do it, does not make it right to do.
• Taking over a college buildings and basically kidnapping staff members.
• Blocking access to public spaces such as parks. The right to protest should not trump the rights of people looking to spend a nice day in the park.

 

[Merge]

• Blocking roads and bridges - Putting a cause over emergency vehicles, people getting to work, people trying to get to airports, meetings etc, is insane!
• Looting
• Burning police cars, buildings and property
• Chanting at all hours of the night in front of someone's house. Disturbing a family of someone that you don't agree with, or all the neighbors is insane!
• During the National Anthem - This is a time to come together as a nation, not divide it. Just because they have the right to do it, does not make it right to do.
• Taking over a college buildings and basically kidnapping staff members.
• Blocking access to public spaces such as parks. The right to protest should not trump the rights of people looking to spend a nice day in the park.

All of your proper forms do not negatively impact others, and all of your not proper forms negatively impact others except for one.

That said, was she kneeling again? She hasn't even played this year.
Maybe just media telling you to be outraged?

 

[chickenbox]

Proper times and places:

• Marching on a sidewalk with signs, chants etc..between 9AM and 9PM.
• On public streets in the shoulder. same hours as above
• Public space such as a park as long as you allow people that are not involved in the protest to enjoy the public space as well.

Not proper times and places:

• Blocking roads and bridges - Putting a cause over emergency vehicles, people getting to work, people trying to get to airports, meetings etc, is insane!
• Looting
• Burning police cars, buildings and property
• Chanting at all hours of the night in front of someone's house. Disturbing a family of someone that you don't agree with, or all the neighbors is insane!
• During the National Anthem - This is a time to come together as a nation, not divide it. Just because they have the right to do it, does not make it right to do.
• Taking over a college buildings and basically kidnapping staff members.
• Blocking access to public spaces such as parks. The right to protest should not trump the rights of people looking to spend a nice day in the park.

I can't even tell if this is satire anymore.

 

[SHUMatt]

I can't even tell if this is satire anymore.

Instead of being a keyboard warrior and mocking what other people say, how about an original though of your own? Apparently you are okay with looting, burning cars and blocking roads etc...

 

[Robot_Man]

People believed Alito when he threw all the blame on his wife for the flag thing, huh?

 

[cernjSHU]

Instead of being a keyboard warrior and mocking what other people say, how about an original though of your own? Apparently you are okay with looting, burning cars and blocking roads etc...

Seems like you are ok with raising the flag upside down.

An upside down American flag (which is akin to burining the flag) being flown at the house of a sitting Justice of the Supreme Court. Yet, not a peep from you.

But Brittney Grier kneeling at the national anthem ( which appears did not happen recently) makes ur blood boils. SMH.

 

[SHUMatt]

Seems like you are ok with raising the flag upside down.

An upside down American flag (which is akin to burining the flag) being flown at the house of a sitting Justice of the Supreme Court. Yet, not a peep from you.

But Brittney Grier kneeling at the national anthem ( which appears did not happen recently) makes ur blood boils. SMH.

Well, you would be wrong. I am not okay with an upside down flag.

 

[Robot_Man]

I'm confused - is she kneeling during the national anthem again or not? The only recent thing is I see is last week people got mad that she went on The View and said she was "blown away" by critics who said she was unpatriotic for kneeling during the anthem previously.

WNBA player Brittney Griner shocked by critics who claim she's unpatriotic: 'I was blown away’

WNBA player Brittney Griner hit back at critics who called her unpatriotic and undeserving of American help during "The View" on Thursday.

www.foxnews.com

After being released, Griner stood for the national anthem in her first game back in 2023.

"You have the right to protest, the right to able to speak out, question, challenge and do all these things," Griner said at the time. "What I went through and everything, it just means a little bit more to me now. So I want to be able to stand. I was literally in a cage [in Russia] and could not stand the way I wanted to."

"Just being able to hear my national anthem, see my flag, I definitely want to stand. Now everybody that will not stand or not come out, I totally support them 100%. That's our right as an American in this great country," she continued.

 

[HALL85]

People believed Alito when he threw all the blame on his wife for the flag thing, huh?

His wife is a kook, FWIW.

 

[PiratePride]

Then don't look at her. It's not like she's yelling/screaming/disrupting the performer or anyone listening to it. You don't have to like or agree with it, but the outrage over it is a massive overreaction IMO. It literally doesn't impact anyone in any way.

Well it does influence young people who watch athletes "protest" in this way. It's a bad look IMO. Have we lost ALL propriety? You sounded as "outraged" as you accused others of being.... they're voicing opinions... as you are doing.

One other thought..... a little heavy maybe.... but worth mentioning. Think about the large numbers of veterans who are experiencing some form of PTSD and how kneeling at the National Anthem serves to belittle and mock their efforts. Too many of these guys and gals are having suicidal ideations. We need to support them as much as possible. Standing tall at the National Anthem is an appropriate way to do that.

 

[HALL85]

The whole virtue signaling stuff is just lazy. If you don’t like something that is going on in the country get out there and do something. Kneeling, posting a meme, writing something on your sneakers takes little or no courage…..go effect change in a meaningful way….but when someone complains about both candidates (and ends up voting for one of them), or about what this country stands for (and they virtue signal)…meh…..weak sauce.

 

[STLPirate12]

Well it does influence young people who watch athletes "protest" in this way. It's a bad look IMO. Have we lost ALL propriety? You sounded as "outraged" as you accused others of being.... they're voicing opinions... as you are doing.

One other thought..... a little heavy maybe.... but worth mentioning. Think about the large numbers of veterans who are experiencing some form of PTSD and how kneeling at the National Anthem serves to belittle and mock their efforts. Too many of these guys and gals are having suicidal ideations. We need to support them as much as possible. Standing tall at the National Anthem is an appropriate way to do that.

The only opinion I expressed, and quite calmly at that, is that people would find themselves much happier if they wouldn't waste their energy stressing over things that are, in general, completely harmless.

 

[sami]

If someone kneels during the national anthem of a WNBA game, does it make a sound?

 

[chickenbox]

Instead of being a keyboard warrior and mocking what other people say, how about an original though of your own? Apparently you are okay with looting, burning cars and blocking roads etc...

The Civil Rights Movement | The Post War United States, 1945-1968 | U.S. History Primary Source Timeline | Classroom Materials at the Library of Congress | Library of Congress

The United States was rocked by a nationwide movement for equal rights for African Americans.

www.loc.gov

 

[SHUMatt]

The Civil Rights Movement | The Post War United States, 1945-1968 | U.S. History Primary Source Timeline | Classroom Materials at the Library of Congress | Library of Congress

The United States was rocked by a nationwide movement for equal rights for African Americans.

www.loc.gov

From what you posted (or pasted) with no comments of your own, I have to surmise that you are okay with looting, burning cars, burning buildings, blocking roads etc... As long as the cause is worthy.

Again, I am all for the right to protest as long as others' lives are not placed in danger as a result of the protests.

Let's just hope that it is not your car or office being burned or your business being looted. I hope that none of your loved ones are blocked from emergency care for the protestors you support.