In response to football players kneeling during the national anthem, Vin Scully has announced tat he will not watch the NFL ever again.
His comments:
“I have only one personal thought, really. And I am so disappointed. And I used to love, during the fall and winter, to watch the NFL on Sunday. And it’s not that I’m some great patriot. I was in the Navy for a year — didn’t go anywhere, didn’t do anything. But I have overwhelming respect and admiration for anyone who puts on a uniform and goes to war. So the only thing I can do in my little way is not to preach. I will never watch another NFL game.”
Questions:
Does Scully not know that the players who are kneeling are protesting police brutality and racism in the criminal justice system and not the flag or our servicemen and women?
Has he not heard that thousands of military veterans have openly supported the players’ First Amendment right to kneel, arguing that this is exactly what they fought and risked their lives for? Some have even taken a knee in solidarity with the players.
Has no one told Scully that at least one Major League Baseball player also kneeled in protest this past season? Is he done with baseball, too?
Has he forgotten that he is a wealthy, white man who grew up in a segregated America, attended a prep school, and has no clue about what it’s like to be an African American in America today? He can’t begin to imagine what it’s like to be an African American man during a routine traffic stop or what it’s like to be locked up for a crime while your white counterpart goes free.
Could someone please clue this old, white guy into the stupidity of his boycott, please? I’ve always liked and admired Scully, but this nonsense is seriously tarnishing his image.
