Official Texans @ Seahawks Game Thread, 10/29/2017

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Originally Posted by barrett

The kneeling was weird to me. I don't get protesting the anthem to protest your boss.

That's easy - McNair made it plain that he did not want his players kneeling or sitting, and up until this week they hadn't. But once he went full idiot, kneeling was the tidiest, simplest way for the players to let McNair know that they were protesting HIM and his comments and his attitudes.

Protesting the anthem is already a stretch to protest local police forces...

I'm not trying to change anyone's mind on this but to me it is no stretch at all. Citizens of the United States are meant to receive equal protection under the law. It's in the constitution. It's really not all that ambiguous. It is clear that not everyone receives equal protection under the law, and if someone wants to protest this, making a peaceful protest during the national anthem strikes me as the perfect time to do so, especially if they asume a posture of supplication or submission such as kneeling.