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America has been fixated on football players who insist on kneeling during the national anthem as a form of protest. Millions of Americans view this as incredibly disrespectful, and are indignant over these protests.

A number of high-profile people have come out against the protests. On Monday, Keith Harman, commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, and a Vietnam combat veteran himself, issued a strong statement about the protests, according to the VFW website.

“There is a time and place for civil debate, and wearing team jerseys and using sporting events to disrespect our country doesn’t wash with millions of military veterans who have and continue to wear real uniforms on real battlefields around the globe,” Harman said in a statement.

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These football players are so blinded by their desire to get a little more fame that they forget there are real Americas who fought and died for that flag. Refusing to stand for a few minutes to honor their memory is the height of disrespect.

“My oath to protect the Constitution also protects my right to vehemently disagree with how others may choose to air their grievances,” he stated.

Harman also noted that there are still Americans at war in Afghanistan, dying to defend the flag and all the freedoms it represents. The people our brave men and woman are fighting don’t care about freedom — all they want to do is destroy us.

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“I stand for our flag and anthem,” Harman stated, “And I kneel for our fallen. That’s what patriots do. We rally around the flag of our country, not use it and our Constitution as both shield and sword.”

I couldn’t have said it better myself.

These NFL players, and the team owners who back them, don’t understand that this protest is accomplishing nothing but angering millions of Americans who hate to see the flag disrespected.

If these players actually cared about the issues that have sparked these protests, they would do something other than kneeling for a few minutes during a football game.

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H/T Breitbart

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