NY Rep: NFL Players Kneeling Is Like Giving Nazi Salute

[Initech]

New York Republican Representative Peter King compared National Football League Players who kneel during the National Anthem to giving the Nazi salute.

Saturday, King slammed New York Jets co-owner and chairman Christopher Johnson who announced on Wednesday that he would pay fines for any of the players who wanted to kneel during the National Anthem. The Republican representative said it was “time to say goodbye to the Jets” for their decision.

“Disgraceful that @nyjets owner will pay fines for players who kneel for National Anthem. Encouraging a movement premised on lies vs. police. Would he support all player protests? Would he pay fines of players giving Nazi salutes or spew racism? It’s time to say goodbye to Jets!” King tweeted.

The NFL announced Wednesday that players will be required to “stand and show respect” for the national anthem. Team players have the option of remaining in the locker room if they do not want to stand for the anthem, but teams will be fined if anyone takes a knee on the field.
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No, you fucking asshole. You know what else is like Nazi Germany? The fact that we have fucking Nazis marching on American soil - and they all voted for Trump!

[Solly Mack]

1. Peter King is an idiot.

Not a very satisfying explanation but nonetheless true.

[brewens]

2. No. Trump troopers with their little fasci hairdo's and tweaker torches giving Nazi salutes, is

like giving a Nazi salute! But white wingers feel those are some "fine people", just like Der Fuhrer says.

[ailsagirl]

3. ARGHHH!!!!!

[Initech]

4. I know it makes you want to...

[ailsagirl]

5. YES!!

It's crazy-making!!!!!!!!!

[oberliner]

6. Can I ask a provocative question?

What if the protests were in support of a cause we did not agree with?

[treestar]

7. I would let them do it

We can understand that. It could be tough (suppose they did it out of pro-life sentiment) but we'd have to accept that.

The right often boasts that they don't protest (saying the people there have time because they don't have jobs) and deriding people for protesting in general - I ask do they say the same about the annual right to life march every Jan. 26 in D.C. Right wingers tend toward hypocrisy. But usually we don't see DUers complaining on the day of that march that it shouldn't take place.

[oberliner]

15. A pro-life protest during a NASCAR event

That's a good potentially illustrative example.

[Initech]

10. Like Blue Lives Matter?

[oberliner]

14. Yes, something like that is what I had in mind

[oberliner]

16. Seems like this is something that could occur

It would be interesting to see the resulting responses from all corners.

[Blue_true]

8. What a fool.

Being like Nazis would be allowing cops to kill people without consequences, or even an investigation into their actions.

[onlyadream]

9. For fucks sake

Kneeling is NOT giving the middle finger.

People kneel in churches. They’ve knelt to kings and queens.

[Initech]

12. What *IS* giving the middle finger...

Is that we have fucking god damned Nazis marching on American soil and the people we elected don't seem to give a shit!

[onlyadream]

20. Democracy is getting the middle finger

Via gerrymandering, and denying a Supreme Court pick to Obama, and packing the courts with judges that go against what the majority of Americans believe, and voter suppression.

[Boomerproud]

13. I knew it was Peter King before I opened the thread

The people in his district have some explaining to do. This egotistical jerk has been on the national stage way too long.

[DinahMoeHum]

17. Peter King has always been a fucking drama queen.

The guy can't kick a duck in the ass unless he stands on a brick, and even then he'd miss the mark more than 50% of the time.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

18. Peter King, who supported the IRA for years?

I guess in his world, terrorists are fine as long as they're white.

[TeamPooka]

19. If there is Karma then Peter King chokes on a hot dog this weekend.

[choie]

21. I knew which rep said it

as soon as I read the headline.

[trof]

22. King is such a jerk.