The Football Player Controversy

In the United States there has been controversy over a football player who refused to stand during the national anthem.I get it if you don't agree with everything here in America, but our country is still an amazing place to live. I'm sure everyone has someone in their life that has made sacrifices for them. You need to think about the people fighting overseas and for what, people not respecting them, not standing to say I appreciate your sacrifices. Yes, you may not like this country, but there are people fighting for this country, there are people dying for this country! Sure, I may not agree with everything that has happened in the past but that doesn't mean that I'm going to depreciate those who served and what this nation and anthem stands for. I'm not saying that one person is right in this situation we've all had some race issues, I don't know a country that hasn't had problems. But I can say that the only way we can get through all this, is to be UNITED as one nation. Not some people sitting and choosing what battles to fight and which ones to sit out. Our soldiers are fighting for their lives and instead of being a good american and standing you sit. I am thankful for the food in my stomach and a roof over my head. We all have freedom to the right of speech, if you wanted to speak out about police brutality, go right ahead. But not standing for the national anthem is not going to stop bad things from happening. It is disrespectful to everyone who has worked to help save us from a terrible society. Yea our country may not be perfect, but I'm pretty sure you know dang well how bad others have it! So next time you think you are gonna insult us, don't do it from the United States, because that is a slap to the face for everyone who works hard to help this nation. This is the land of the FREE and home to those who are BRAVE enough to risk their lives for us. This is what an AMERICAN means and if you don't like that you can choose to go somewhere else!

I'm sorry if I come off a little harsh I'm just mad that instead of doing something to stop what is happening to police, blacks, whites, no matter the race, that you decide to disrespect not the people who are in the headlines, but all the people behind the scenes, the soldiers, the naval, people dying everyday so that you can say that you have the right to speech and opinion!