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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe Devil doesn't want you to know: Kneeling is a sign of reverence -- the OPPOSITE of disrespect.
But DT can't imagine anyone being revered except himself. And his idiot followers believe anything he says.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/taking-a-knee-has-always-been-a-sign-of-reverence-not-disrespect/2017/09/28/8e91981e-a3c9-11e7-8cfe-d5b912fabc99_story.html?utm_term=.dc4a8e7a4a2a
Kneeling as a sign of veneration is clearly not something Trump feels in his bones. In his disdain for kneeling to express devotion to something transcendent, he keeps company with some eminent pagans. The ancient philosophers Plutarch and Theophrastus considered kneeling to be an expression of superstition, while Aristotle viewed it as a barbaric behavior.
This country is many things, but one thing it is not is pagan. Indeed, many of those who side with Trump claim an affiliation with Christianity. Yet theologically, their criticism of the football players could not be more wrong. The posture of the players is an act of faithfulness.
Jesus kneels as part of the suffering and struggle he endures at Gethsemane on the eve of his crucifixion, with his posture serving as a sign of anguish as well as a mark of his true faithfulness. Other New Testament stories describe people who kneel before Jesus in supplication or lament. With their kneeling, these biblical figures say: Something is desperately wrong, please hear us and use your power to help us. Their act of submission signals their faith that healing will come and their prayers will be answered.
This country is many things, but one thing it is not is pagan. Indeed, many of those who side with Trump claim an affiliation with Christianity. Yet theologically, their criticism of the football players could not be more wrong. The posture of the players is an act of faithfulness.
Jesus kneels as part of the suffering and struggle he endures at Gethsemane on the eve of his crucifixion, with his posture serving as a sign of anguish as well as a mark of his true faithfulness. Other New Testament stories describe people who kneel before Jesus in supplication or lament. With their kneeling, these biblical figures say: Something is desperately wrong, please hear us and use your power to help us. Their act of submission signals their faith that healing will come and their prayers will be answered.
For athletes, kneeling in protest echoes both these gestures. Like a hopeful fiance, they are inviting those they kneel before to enter a new kind of relationship, one built on mutual respect and recognition of the dignity and worth of black lives. (Indeed, Colin Kaepernick and Eric Reid decided on kneeling as an act of protest because, as Reid wrote in the New York Times, its a respectful gesture.) But this new relationship can be entered into only if everyone stops and pays attention to what is wrong, ensuring that those who are injured or traumatized by institutional racism are cared for. To carry on as if nothing has happened, while fellow citizens writhe in pain, is callous. Failure to take a knee is an act of disrespect.
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The Devil doesn't want you to know: Kneeling is a sign of reverence -- the OPPOSITE of disrespect. (Original Post)
pnwmom
Oct 2017
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Eliot Rosewater
(31,097 posts)1. Didnt matter once they saw the color of his skin.
And then of course when they found out he was protesting the senseless murder of black people.
SHRED
(28,136 posts)2. Don't listen to the Putin lovers about respect
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)3. It's how they frame the narrative
And we keep letting them frame the narrative for their evil purposes. If we actually had a voice to broadcast our version of the narrative, maybe we would stand a chance, but with all the tighty righties singing Dotard's version, that is the version that sticks.
dlk
(11,438 posts)4. The GOP Specialty is Peddling The Opposite of Truth--Up is Down and In is Out--This is Their MO