Colin's Last Stand, Episode 47: NFL Protests, Disrespecting the Flag, and the Brewing Culture War
Added 2017-09-28 19:38:30 +0000 UTCI don't care if you kneel. I just want to know what your endgame is.
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You may have already seen it, but a video went up today about it. I hope you enjoy it.
Colin Moriarty
2017-10-06 06:04:18 +0000 UTCFair enough (and thank you for your service), but understand that that's a constitutionally protected right. I would never, ever dream of doing it. I wouldn't respect someone else doing it. But I'm not going to assault someone for doing it, or say they don't have the right.
Colin Moriarty
2017-10-06 06:04:05 +0000 UTCHi Collin, I know you have a lineup of videos due to voting, etc., but do you think that you could talk about the shooting that just happened? I live here in Vegas and for the first time in my life I know people who have been in a terrible act of terror. I know your dad was there during 9/11 and may have some insight that could be helpful.
Don Wagner
2017-10-02 16:16:55 +0000 UTCI agree with you on most things C.M. but there is one point in the video I didn't agree with. As a Veteran, I am one of the few who does not care if players kneel. They are peacefully protesting. But I wholeheartedly disagree that it is the same as flag burning. To me flag burning is not a peaceful protest, but a sign of aggression and I will do everything in my power to stop anyone who tries to do it. Burning the flag to me is like burning the Declaration of Independence. It is a act of hatred and to me a form of civil disobedience. I understand it's legal, but if it was mandatory that every politician's child had to serve, it wouldn't be. Other than that keep up the good work.
Alex Ball
2017-10-01 10:55:12 +0000 UTCThank you so much. I'll keep on keeping on.
Colin Moriarty
2017-09-30 21:03:20 +0000 UTCThanks ma! Love you. <3
Colin Moriarty
2017-09-30 21:03:09 +0000 UTCI fear it's becoming reality. To break the spell, good people need to stand up and do something about it. I'm really trying; I hope many of you are, too.
Colin Moriarty
2017-09-30 21:02:53 +0000 UTCThank you! I'll do my absolute best to keep delivering.
Colin Moriarty
2017-09-30 21:01:09 +0000 UTCThank you so much for your support! Hope you enjoy the merch when you get it.
Colin Moriarty
2017-09-30 21:00:51 +0000 UTCI'm not so sure. People are tuning out because of this. Ticket sales down nearly 20% YoY; television ratings in the toilet. The Rams and Chargers can't even fill half of their buildings. I think the NFL is in for a rude awakening, which makes me sad, as a fan of the sport and the league.
Colin Moriarty
2017-09-30 21:00:32 +0000 UTCIt's all nonsense, I agree with you. The flag is a symbol. To me, it's a symbol worthy of reverence. But it really doesn't mean anything to me at all if someone else disrespects it. It's like when someone sends me spoof DTOM flags on Twitter, as if that hurts my feelings. Why would I care?
Colin Moriarty
2017-09-30 20:58:10 +0000 UTCThank you for your kind words. I'm glad that quote stuck out to you!
Colin Moriarty
2017-09-30 20:57:34 +0000 UTCGreat break-down of the issues. Keep up the good work.
Alex Garris
2017-09-29 13:22:12 +0000 UTCThank you, Colin, for beautifully articulating what many of us feel. I love your work- not because you're my son, but because it's so well done. πβ€οΈ
BettyAnn Moriarty
2017-09-29 11:29:56 +0000 UTCI'm not sure I can be as optimistic as you. I see Trump being just as much a result as an instigator of this still-widening division that began well before his presidential campaign.
Josh Squires
2017-09-29 02:35:26 +0000 UTCWhen everyone, no matter how qualified, has a voice, its all too easy to go from standing for something (and I think Kaepernick's stance was a worthy one) to simply choosing a side. The question I keep coming back to is whether there's a solution to this kind of polarization or if this is just a generational reality.
Josh Squires
2017-09-29 02:30:10 +0000 UTCGreat video Colin. Keep up the good work.
Daniel Boyer
2017-09-29 01:01:21 +0000 UTCAs always Colin, thank you for bringing clarity and perspective to the argument, and a sane approach to the actual problem. Per usual Trump is creating more of his own messes, and I doubt that will actually stop, but you are right about the message being lost. Keep up the great work, can't wait to get some of the merch!
Bryan Finck
2017-09-28 21:39:03 +0000 UTCHere it is, I'll predict the future: NFL owners will be laughing their asses off for the huge increase in ratings due to the millions of people tuning in just to see which players will kneel and which ones won't. Just to resume their lives and focus on something else right after the game kicks off. If Trump shuts the fuck up, players will stop that little by little and people will soon forget what all the fuss was about. Just until the next unnarmed black person is shot dead by a white officer, then we'll do it all over again. The whole thing is a mess, and people who should give an example instead pick a side and brings their whole "base" along.
Lucas Gremista
2017-09-28 21:25:54 +0000 UTCAh well. Don't care.
Peter Campbell
2017-09-28 21:16:12 +0000 UTCGood video but as a UK viewer, I have to wonder what the fuss is about.
Peter Campbell
2017-09-28 21:12:51 +0000 UTCAlso, "how bout them cowboys" sounds decidedly camp in a british accent. Just FYI!
James Schubert
2017-09-28 21:12:07 +0000 UTCOkay british perspective here so take this with a pinch of salt and understand no disrespect is meant. I'm totally for anyone protesting at any opportunity, especially when given this sort of platform for attention. But lost amongst the crowd I have no idea why each of the team I follow (cowboys) bent the knee. I just wasn't interested enough to find out. For all I know they all chose one reason to kneel for together. But I don't care. At the same time I have little interest in what an oscar winner has to say if its not related to their craft. So let them protest, and if the owners of them teams don't want that, well that's fine too. They're on your payroll and if they do as required then punish them. Still doing it? Sack them. These are privately owned companies. This now leads me to the national anthem and flag thing. I don't get it. Every game? Every sporting event? It amazes me that this still goes on. Sports are for entertainment purposes. We aren't following because we simply have to know who the best in the world is. The flag doesn't mean anything either, it's not a symbol to be worshipped. People constantly call my flag the union jack and now I'm out of the armed forces I've stopped correcting them. I just don't have the time for it. This will all blow over by next season as we consider the sides of the next sporting outrage. This, like many other bullshit excuses for newsworthy stories, will simply disappear the second people stop talking about it. If this protest was ever going to be on message, it would have had to remain one man and only one man defying the rules and clearly displaying his message. Problem is, the message was never as big as the story.
James Schubert
2017-09-28 21:07:24 +0000 UTCWhatβs dumb is people say itβs disrespectful to the flag yet wear flag tshirts, flag bathing suits, flag shorts. They decorate cookies, cakes, and use little mini flag toothpicks. They carry giant flags that cover entire football stadiums instead of letting the flag fly freely as itβs supposed to. Yet no one has a problem with this. They say itβs disrespectful to veterans but look at how well everyone takes care of veterans. Everyone that wants to take a stand on this has some anecdote but they let these other things go. Why? I still donβt understand.
Owen
2017-09-28 20:44:57 +0000 UTC"...I am not everyone." Four incredibly true words spoken that are all-too-often forgotten in today's discourse. The core of either "side" of this issue isn't inherently wrong, but many seem guilty of refusing to even hear a perspective that differs from their own. As always I appreciate your ability to see and acknowledge differing perspectives, and to make sense of it through your own lens. Cheers
Cam McCabe
2017-09-28 20:36:35 +0000 UTCThings will change in 3 1/2 years when Trump is out of office and we can try to figure things out and our president isn't trying to split us apart. I've been able to vote since 2000 and I can't remember a time when we have been soo divided. I cant stand the US/THEM mentality we have now in this country... Something has to change.
Joey Finelli
2017-09-28 20:00:15 +0000 UTC
