Not Surprisingly, Alejandro Villanueva Is Tired Of Being Used As A Pawn To Push A "Political" Agenda10/2/2017
In fairness, I bet the thousands of people that started buying up the jersey of an offensive lineman without having a clue as to what position on the line that he plays didn't even realize what they were doing in waiting until his unintentionally polarizing actions supported their beliefs before committing $100+ to wearing his name on their back. Hell, maybe it was even a pure coincidence that people started treating a long time veteran as the hero that he is only after he stood alone and saluted during the National Anthem exactly the way they happened to see fit. I know Alejandro Villanueva didn't ask to be used as a political pawn, but - come on - what were people supposed to do? Not take advantage of his status as a service man in this nationwide game of civic chess? Ignore the snap shot that could so easily be used as a symbol for the self righteous? Understand that the fearless mountain of a man that they were adopting as their own without his consent didn't fight for a fucking flag or a song, but for the freedom of speech that they both represent? Yeaaaaah, okay! Thinking you can both stand for the anthem while also respecting the first amendment rights of those that have chosen not to?! HA! Imagine that! That's a concept that's damn near as silly as treating a non-violent kneel in response to a dictatorial threat from the President as if it were a sign of adamant opposition to the military.
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