Disrespectful NFL Players

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As you may know, everyone has a voice and rights. In my personal opinion, it doesn’t matter how you make your message as long as it's not hurting anyone or destructive. Even if a person is taking a knee during the national anthem, it is not “ disrespectful”.

After all, these NFL players are professional and won’t do something like use foul language on live tv or something.. Kraft believes that “Our players are intelligent, thoughtful, and care deeply about their community”(2). Thus proving these players are not generally disrespectful. In addition, since the Seahawks played last night they took a knee for the protest. However has multiple donation and charities, so is that really disrespectful? For the most part, people have

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