Kneeling In Sports Rhetorical Analysis

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Football players in the NFL are kneeling during the national anthem protesting racial inequality. Which isn’t going to help the cause. Kneeling during the national anthem is disrespectful and isn’t going to solve the situation at hand. Kneeling is disrespectful to the flag, the country, and the soldiers who died for our country. For the teams coming on the field after the national anthem, that is not going to solve the cause either. As far as Trump’s view goes, he believes “locking arms is good, kneeling is unacceptable”. Also, as the person who started this entire thing, Collin Kaepernick was adopted and raised by white parents. So, at this point, where does his argument even stand? Everyone has a right to an opinion, and a right to protest,

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