NFL, Protest and Hell
You can lose me with your fake revulsion. I will not be caught up in your specious lies. You immerse yourself in malicious patriotic devotion, However, you ignore the systemic loss of black lives.
None of you stand proud for the flag at home! You laugh, eat, and slurp down beer with your friends. You profess your fielty to a moron on a jingoistic throne, As you wolf down barbeque and pizza until the music ends.
The truth is that the protests make you spuriously afraid. Fear makes you burn the jerseys of conscientious black men Protests show there is still much more progress to be made, But it is easier to burn the story then deal with ancestral sin.
You spit at the spoiled black millionaire trying to do good. You infer that money should make them your willing slave. You ignore their family and friends suffering in the hood, Because your bigotted logic says that they should behave!
Some of you pitifully hide behind the service of honorable men. In your wretched mind, this justifies your rage and dense stand. You embarrass the military service of anyone you claim as kin! Service ensures the right of citizens that choose to sit or stand.
You are a couch sitting moron using our flag as a political shield. You profess false disrespect of American citizens taking a knee. You deafly ignore the calls for change happening on NFL fields. You fain ignorance to the horrors brown people invariably see.
Go ahead you dogmatic misanthrope, Continue to burn your tickets, jerseys, and fancy hats! However, remember hate knows no creed, sex, or color. Think about this as you sidestep the meaning behind the protests.
Violence will not always solely effect our brown sisters & brothers.
The wolf is voracious and will one day attack your beloved kin. At that moment you will remember the line you drew in history. Murderous cops won't care if you kneeled or chose to stand. You will recollect how you thought it sacrilege to take a knee.
When the wolf snatches the life out of someone that you love You will know it not about a national flag or a patriotic song. It was always about unity and a DESIRE for all men to truly belong.
© Eddie K. Phillips
