Coach John Calipari, Kentucky Basketball Team Kneel for National Anthem

[VeggieDog]

https://www.si.com/.amp/college/2021/01/09/kentucky-wildcats-calipari-kneel-for-national-anthem

The entire Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team, as well as coach John Calipari, took a knee during the national anthem on Saturday before their 76-58 win against Florida.


In previous home games this season, the Wildcats had stayed in the locker room while the anthem played in Rupp Arena, according to The Athletic's Kyle Tucker.


Calipari had previously said Kentucky would decide how to carry out any protests as a team, and that either all would participate or nobody would. The Wildcats stuck to that line of thought in their first public protest.


The protest comes on the heels of the attack of the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday by a mob of President Trump supporters who were contesting the legitimacy of president-elect's Joe Biden's win in the presidential election.


Along with the entire Wildcats roster and staff, Gators guard Scottie Lewis also took a knee during the national anthem. Lewis, a sophomore, has been actively protesting racial inequality and is a supporter of the Black Lives Matter movement.

[HAPPY BOY]

assholes

[actiondan]

These 18-19 year olds are well informed. We should probably take our cues from them

[Chi_archie]

this is outrageous and despicable, how dare they disrespect this great country.

now let me get back to watching youtube videos of Patriots honoring the flag, by carrying it into the Capitol in pursuit of liberty

[jjgold]

losers

[pablo222]

This is egregious.
Should they be hung for treason to this great country?
They were undermining the rule of law.
I know I am triggered by this act that does nothing to affect me at all.

[Bostongambler]

Sick of it all.

[mngambler]

oh they're still doing this fake outrage stuff?

[Justin3587]

Starts in the home. They aren’t just 18-19 years old and start thinking shit like this.

[TommieGunshot]

Let me guess: The same people who think this type of expression should be stopped because they don't like it are the people outraged when stops certain expression that they don't like.

[seaborneq]

Shame on those student athletes for expressing themselves by peacefully kneeling when they could easily go and storm and desecrate a nearby federal building to get more sympathy.

[pavyracer]

Attacking the Capitol to start an insurrection and overturn the election = Patriots

Kneeling on the national anthem in peaceful protest = Assholes

[Four33]

Recruiting tactic by cal he doesnt give a crap one way or the other about the kneeling

[Brock Landers]

not this bullshit again

give it NO attention

[dlowilly]

this is outrageous and despicable, how dare they disrespect this great country.

now let me get back to watching youtube videos of Patriots honoring the flag, by carrying it into the Capitol in pursuit of liberty

Shame on those student athletes for expressing themselves by peacefully kneeling when they could easily go and storm and desecrate a nearby federal building to get more sympathy.

Attacking the Capitol to start an insurrection and overturn the election = Patriots

Kneeling on the national anthem in peaceful protest = Assholes

Maybe the difference is very few on the right condone what happened at the capitol while the vast majority on the left are just fine with this display.

Also, the motivation behind what happened at the Capitol, at the very least an illegal manipulation of voter laws to secure an election, is a valid one. These kneelers are motivated by false narratives pushed by the lying media.

I've said it before, it's just a form of wearing your pants low to show your ass to maybe piss some people off.

[jjgold]

Tell these worthless scums to stop destroying neighborhoods they live in

[TommieGunshot]

Maybe the difference is very few on the right condone what happened at the capitol while the vast majority on the left are just fine with this display.

Let me see if I can get this straight. You are against violent expression, like the terrorists who attacked the Capital building; and you are also against peaceful expression, like kneeling. It seems you are just against the idea of people expressing themselves in anyway at all if it might be offensive. I guess you must agree it was a good thing that twitter banned Trump, right?

Also, the motivation behind what happened at the Capitol, at the very least an illegal manipulation of voter laws to secure an election, is a valid one. These kneelers are motivated by false narratives pushed by the lying media.

If there was any legitimacy to the media's narrative of illegal voting, why was Trump was unwilling to present that evidence in court? It is pretty clear your entire position is based on your feelings and emotions when you see someone kneeling, rather than any facts or logic. Typical Liberal propaganda from dlo.

[TommieGunshot]

Tell these worthless scums to stop destroying neighborhoods they live in

I'll do that. I'll tell exactly that to this one white rich guy, and a dozen college students. I'm sure they'll just look at me like I'm a mental patient. Then I'll explain I'm just passing along a message from some idiot on the internet who is too ashamed to say it them himself.

[dlowilly]

Let me see if I can get this straight. You are against violent expression, like the terrorists who attacked the Capital building; and you are also against peaceful expression, like kneeling. It seems you are just against the idea of people expressing themselves in anyway at all if it might be offensive. I guess you must agree it was a good thing that twitter banned Trump, right?

LOL that's quite the verbal gymnastics routine you performed there! Those posters were saying those on the right condemned the kneeling but praised what happened at the Capitol. I was correcting that. Somehow or for some reason you took a tangent to Mars.


If there was any legitimacy to the media's narrative of illegal voting, why was Trump was unwilling to present that evidence in court? It is pretty clear your entire position is based on your feelings and emotions when you see someone kneeling, rather than any facts or logic. Typical Liberal propaganda from dlo.

No facts or logic...righhhhhht. At the very least this was a highly irregular election with unprecedent changes in the structure made illegally and benefiting one side. That's indisputable. It's pretty telling you end your post with a trolling lie (liberal propaganda lol) as opposed to a meaningful summation.

[TommieGunshot]

I agree that there were very few who praised the terrorist attacks against our country this week. But there are many who are condemning the peaceful expression made by Calipari and the Kentucky players. That is not mental gymnastics. That is exactly what is going on. You can see them quite easily here:

https://www.sportsbookreview.com/forum/players-talk/3641711-coach-john-calipari-kentucky-basketball-team-kneel-national-anthem.html#post30021091

https://www.sportsbookreview.com/forum/players-talk/3641711-coach-john-calipari-kentucky-basketball-team-kneel-national-anthem.html#post30021228

https://www.sportsbookreview.com/forum/players-talk/3641711-coach-john-calipari-kentucky-basketball-team-kneel-national-anthem.html#post30021284

As for the election. The idea of illegal voting and voter fraud is absolutely, 100%, a media driven narrative. If there was truly any evidence, it would have come out in the 60+ court cases that were brought up. I am all for Trump testifying in front of Congress and exposing everything. He is the one who doesn't want to do that.

[TheMoneyShot]

Calipari... another cocky a$$hole.

[stevenash]

[dlowilly]

I agree that there were very few who praised the terrorist attacks against our country this week. But there are many who are condemning the peaceful expression made by Calipari and the Kentucky players. That is not mental gymnastics. That is exactly what is going on. You can see them quite easily here:

https://www.sportsbookreview.com/forum/players-talk/3641711-coach-john-calipari-kentucky-basketball-team-kneel-national-anthem.html#post30021091

https://www.sportsbookreview.com/forum/players-talk/3641711-coach-john-calipari-kentucky-basketball-team-kneel-national-anthem.html#post30021228

https://www.sportsbookreview.com/forum/players-talk/3641711-coach-john-calipari-kentucky-basketball-team-kneel-national-anthem.html#post30021284

As for the election. The idea of illegal voting and voter fraud is absolutely, 100%, a media driven narrative. If there was truly any evidence, it would have come out in the 60+ court cases that were brought up. I am all for Trump testifying in front of Congress and exposing everything. He is the one who doesn't want to do that.

It's like you can't interpret what I say

I did not say there aren't many who condemn the kneeling.

I was not referring to illegal voting and voter fraud. I was referring to the illegal changes to state voting laws. While I suspect it happened at least to some extent, proving widespread individual illegal votes and voter fraud would be very difficult, expensive, and time consuming. What I was referring to was the circumvention of state legislatures to allow for mass mail in votes, changes or elimination of vote verification procedures, extension of deadlines, etc. That is easily provable and indisputable.

[jjgold]

lol ghetto blacks so dumb

[TommieGunshot]

It's like you can't interpret what I say

I did not say there aren't many who condemn the kneeling.

Thanks for the clarification.

"I did not say there aren't many who condemn the kneeling." -- Triple negative is hard to follow. Let's just be as straightforward as possible. Virtually everyone condemns the violent expression that happened at the capital. There are many who also condemn peaceful expressions, such as kneeling.

You have not really taken a position on whether you are offended by it, or if you think something should be done to stop offensive expression. What do you think about it? Do you have the same feelings as HB, bg, and jj? Do you find it upsetting when other people take a knee? Do you think it should be stopped?

I was not referring to illegal voting and voter fraud. I was referring to the illegal changes to state voting laws. While I suspect it happened at least to some extent, proving widespread individual illegal votes and voter fraud would be very difficult, expensive, and time consuming. What I was referring to was the circumvention of state legislatures to allow for mass mail in votes, vote verification procedures, extension of deadlines, etc. That is easily provable and indisputable.

I did not follow other states very closely, but where I live, it is easily provable and indisputable that changes to voting laws for the November election were made by the legislature: https://www.rgj.com/story/news/polit...re/5568282002/

Were things a lot different in other states?

[Mac4Lyfe]

I was not referring to illegal voting and voter fraud. I was referring to the illegal changes to state voting laws. While I suspect it happened at least to some extent, proving widespread individual illegal votes and voter fraud would be very difficult, expensive, and time consuming. What I was referring to was the circumvention of state legislatures to allow for mass mail in votes, changes or elimination of vote verification procedures, extension of deadlines, etc. That is easily provable and indisputable.

Please share with us the illegal changes to state voting laws? That should be very easy for you to share. While you are at it, please share how laws were circumvented to allow for mail in votes? Let me help you. You won't be able to do it.

Do you realize the tens of millions Trumps legal team spent (at tax payers expense) trying to prove voter fraud? Do you know how many people he had trying to prove his case? It was expensive, it was time consuming but it was not very difficult because their wasn't any mass voter fraud. The few found were radical Trump zealots trying to steal votes but were quickly found. It is not hard to verify votes in an election. Every state has a simple process. Verification procedures were never eliminated. Where are you getting this stuff??? Please show us proof of these things. Not just what you think or were told.

[jjgold]

These dopes do not even know why they are kneeling let alone even know one word of the Anthem.

[Mac4Lyfe]

These dopes do not even know why they are kneeling let alone even know one word of the Anthem.

Honest question JJ. If you were an Native American, would you ever stand for the anthem???

[Ghenghis Kahn]

Niqqa Lives Matter = Marxism

I'm sure these players have no clue who Karl Marx was or what he represented

[Ghenghis Kahn]

Having said that, why is our national anthem about WAR?

Probably the only country singing about WAR

"America the Beautiful" should be our national anthem

[Mac4Lyfe]

Niqqa Lives Matter = Marxism
I'm sure these players have no clue who Karl Marx was or what he represented

Do you know who Karl Marx was and what he represented? Obviously not... You're just throwing shit out.

[7deuceoff$uit]

Glad these athletes are finally protesting riots. Opening their eyes. I'm sure they would have knelt during the summer too.

[Mac4Lyfe]

Having said that, why is our national anthem about WAR?
Probably the only country singing about WAR
"America the Beautiful" should be our national anthem

I agree... It's a much better song IMO as well.

[jjgold]

Glad these athletes are finally protesting riots. Opening their eyes. I'm sure they would have knelt during the summer too.

[Ghenghis Kahn]

Do you know who Karl Marx was and what he represented? Obviously not... You're just throwing shit out.

I know more about Niqqa Lives Matter and Marxism than you that's for sure