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Your Statement Was Wrong

Sorry Colin, I don't agree

Hannah Tamul
Sep 06, 2016
College of DuPage
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Your Statement Was Wrong
Hannah Tamul

I am not the person to watch many politics, or say much about that is going on in the news. In recent news it has been going around about a football star not respectful enough to stand up for the National Anthem. There's something that we can all learn from this. Not only why Colin Kaepernick was so wrong, but why a statement can be taken very wrong.

Let's first take a look at who he is as a person. He makes about 19 million a year for barely playing football for the San Francisco 49ers. This is not the first time he has done something to go against what others want. He is a religious person and has many bible verses tattooed on his arms. Yet he has been fined for using vulgar language. So you tell me does this look like a person of color truly understands what is going on in our world?

You have the right in this country to standing up for what you to believe. I have the right in this country to not agree with it. I don't agree with what you did at all. This country deserves respect. The reason I stand up during up the National Anthem is for the safety and security that military personnel has provided for me.I stand up because I would never want to have to go through what they have. I stand up because I am able to walk out my door safely unlike the supposed people you are trying to stand up for. I stand up because the great education this country tries to provide for us. I stand up because it shows me how far this country has come.

This is not about violence. This not about how people of color are being oppressed. You need to get your priorities straight. You sitting on your a@# when other people are trying to show respect for something has NOTHING to do with violence. You are making people more angry about the situation. The National Anthem is played for peace. It is played for the people that are no longer with us because they protected YOU.

It is time to get your stuff together. Instead of sitting down stand up. Go into those neighborhoods, get involved, and make a difference. The only thing you need to do to make a difference is donate your time to something good. Do you really want to go out in history as the guy who sat during the National Anthem. The guy who lost his career over a statement, a wrong statement. The guy who has videos out there of people burning his jersey or smack talking him. I know that I am not perfect or the exact image of how someone should act in this world. Colin, you need to know that it is the wrong image that you are trying to send.

Sincerly,

The one from the outside



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