“We Have Been Here Before” – Pat Buchanan Asks “Will NFL Demand Respect for Old Glory?”

‘America refuses to address the pervasive evil of white cops killing black men, and I will not stand during a national anthem that honors the flag of such a country!’
That is the message Colin Kaepernick sent by ‘taking a knee’ during the singing of ‘The Star Spangled Banner’ before San Francisco ’49s games in 2016. No NFL owner picked up his contract in 2017. But a few players began to copy Colin and to ‘take a knee.’
Friday night in Alabama, President Trump raged that any NFL player who disrespects Old Glory is a ‘son of a b – -h’ who ought to be kicked off the field and fired by his team’s owner. And if the owners refuse to do their patriotic duty, the fans should take a walk on the NFL.
And so the stage was set for NFL Sunday.
Two hundred players, almost all black, knelt or sat during the national anthem. The Patriots’ Tom Brady stood in respect for the flag, while locking arms in solidarity with kneeling teammates.

This post was published at Zero Hedge on Sep 26, 2017.