Just something to think about. Maybe the SY players didn't make this political. Is it possible that their boss made it political when she implied a particular political stance on them with her twit post? Agree or not, kneel or stand, flag or no flag, Marvel or DC. All of these are individual stances that are personal to each person based on their individual journey in life. IMO, that individual thought or belief was taken away from them. That is what they are standing for. The right to have a belief that is there's, not what someone says they believe.
My daughter follows several of these former SY players on Instagram because we went to see them play at their college which is pretty close to us. They are some of her SB heroes as players. Since she's 12, I follow them too so I can half-way regulate the madness she sees on "social platforms". These young ladies never posted political stances before the twit. IMO, all they wanted to do was play ball.
We should be careful when we attempt to place blame and not use our personal beliefs to judge what is in someone else's heart or mind.
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I just read that before I posted it and it sounds sickeningly sappy, but I tried to walk that thin line to not blow things up. We don't have to agree with someone to empathize with them. If one of the former SY players were your daughter, would you support her to be an individual and not want that individuality taken from her?
This! No one has been looking forward to Olympic softball more than me, and I assume Michelle Smith will be calling games? The first time racism and this whole Scrapyard BS is brought up, the TV will be turned off and I’ll go cut grass! I won’t be lectured!
The softball world is small, but it is bigger than most think, there will be lots of people who will remember what this group of self absorbed, look at me, adult brats did and Olympic softball won’t mean quite as much to them either!
They had a chance to help defuse some of the lunacy going on today in front of their younger fan base, guess not! Screw them all!
Great post @flash277
I for one never said a thing about the kneeling, which BTW I find disrespectful, I said I wouldn't be lectured by the commentators on racism that you know is coming! And I can promise you I'm not a snowflake!Turning off a game because they kneel?
My bad, what was I thinking?ANNASDAD, you need to say the whole thing.... 2 time Olympic Gold Medalist Michele Smith or else you can't say her name. Get it right.
Yup.
Turning off a game because they kneel? Wow, y'all are snowflakes. This is America, they are free to do as they wish. Funny how people scream and bitch about "FREE SPEECH" until they don't like what the other side has to say.