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Good topic to discuss in the political forum, if they'll allow it somewhere
When John Carlos and Tommie Smith both did the black power salute at the 68 olympics? Several sports writers (including a young Brent Musburger) were critical of them. Do I agree with the criticism? No. But i can certainly understand why there was criticism of them at the time.
That would not happen today. If a sports writer wrote a article critical of say...kaepernick? He'd be pretty much cyber mobbed out of a job. People would attack the guy's sponsors, publish his home address, all that stuff.
And I'm approaching this as a left winger with libertarian tendencies on these sorts of matters. I do not think that my side of the aisle having a monopoly on the above is a good idea. Because, not only does it make us look like bullies, but it doesn't allow ourselves criticism in terms of making our overall ideas better.