09-27-2017, 06:03 PM
It seems to me that Trump is diving into another controversy. It's the NFL now. As an ordinary mortal, you can buy into the notion that there is no bad publicity. You want to be in the public eye, the more the better.
As a politician, people usually choose their targets more carefully.
Still, careful has never been a strong point for Trump.
This one has been twisted by what gestures mean. Between institutional hatred, lack of training and cheap military equipment, police culture is less than ideal. I've always supported BLM's original message, though I haven't made it anything like a primary cause.
However, the gesture chosen has been converted in some people's mind from a gesture against the police to a gesture about the military and the nation. Free speech is wonderful, but choosing to deliberately misconstrue what the other guy is saying is not free speech.
I guess that puts me with the players, but perhaps not for the usual reasons.
As a politician, people usually choose their targets more carefully.
Still, careful has never been a strong point for Trump.
This one has been twisted by what gestures mean. Between institutional hatred, lack of training and cheap military equipment, police culture is less than ideal. I've always supported BLM's original message, though I haven't made it anything like a primary cause.
However, the gesture chosen has been converted in some people's mind from a gesture against the police to a gesture about the military and the nation. Free speech is wonderful, but choosing to deliberately misconstrue what the other guy is saying is not free speech.
I guess that puts me with the players, but perhaps not for the usual reasons.
That this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth.