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erschel Walker: ‘Why Are We Penalizing People for What Their Ancestors Did?’
NFL legend and Heisman Trophy winner Herschel Walker responded to the growing tensions across the country by appealing to the Bible, stressing the power of forgiveness and asking, “Why are we penalizing people for what their ancestors did?”
“I was reading the greatest book ever written, the Bible, and I read ‘But if you don’t forgive others, your Father will not forgive your offenses.’ – Matthew 6:15,” the NFL great wrote, appealing to the words of Jesus.
“Why are we penalizing people for what their ancestors did?” he asked. “Forgiveness doesn’t mean you get something in return.”
On Friday, Walker said that he doesn’t want to defund the police. Nor, does he want to see the country’s history torn down. Instead, the former Heisman winner wants Americans to be “united.”
Walker’s plea comes as protesters call for the removal of historic monuments, companies rebrand iconic items, and in some cases, activists demand individuals to admit their supposed “privilege” — all in the name of racial and social justice.
Officials in Columbus, Ohio, for example, recently removed the statue of famed explorer Christopher Columbus, which stood outside of the City Hall. Mayor Andrew J. Ginther (D) stated that the statue represented “patriarchy, oppression and divisiveness” for “many” people in the community.
“That does not represent our great city, and we will no longer live in the shadow of our ugly past,” Ginther added.
Several activists nationwide have taken matters into their own hands, vandalizing monuments and demanding reparations from individuals who played no part in slavery.
“Now is the time to go big,” Robert Johnson, founder of Black Entertainment Television (BET), told CNBC’s Squawk Box during a June appearance, demanding over $14 trillion in reparations and urging Americans to view it as an “investment.”
“It is an atonement for 200-plus years of slavery, desegregation — I mean, segregation, Jim Crowism, and a denial of equal opportunity rights,” Johnson said during a June appearance on Fox News Channel’s Special Report.
“But the result of that payment would be to bring African-Americans equal to white Americans in terms of opportunity, wealth, and income,” he added.
The proposal has gained traction among far-left politicians and celebrities, with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) recently urging Congress to enact Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee’s (D-TX) legislation, which would form a commission to study proposals for issuing reparations.
Actress Lena Dunham has also demonstrated support for such measures, essentially apologizing for her white “privilege” and urging people to “shut up, unless it’s to advocate for change for Black people,” “give reparations widely,” and “defund the police.”
https://www.breitbart.com/sports/2020/07/03/herschel-walker-why-are-we-penalizing-people-for-what-their-ancestors-did/
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Wow! Former NFL player gives ‘bold and brave’ answer on ‘Black Lives Matter’ hardly anyone saw coming
Retired NFL defensive end Marcellus Wiley may soon get a first-hand taste of just how intolerant the left is today, after the host of FOX Sports 1’s “Speak For Yourself” opted to explain why it’s a bad idea for the NBA to paint “Black Lives Matter” on the floor of basketball courts.
In an indication of just how much control prima donna millionaire players have in a league where better than 80% of the players are people of color — the demographics of season ticket holders is the flip side of that, with 85% being white — the NBA said this week social justice messages will be allowed on the backs of jerseys instead of the last names of players during the upcoming restart of the NBA season.
In addition, the NBA reportedly plans to paint “Black Lives Matter” on courts when the season resumes, and Wiley brilliantly articulated why that’s not a good idea.
“It’s not a good idea,” the former NFL player said. “I do want to give players credit for their flex to even get this to be more than an idea, but something that is going to be in reality. I give the players that.”
(Despite a progressive commissioner in Roger Goodell, who is determined to prove how “woke” he is, owners in the NFL still have some control in that league.)
“But there’s a problem when you start to go down this road of freedom of expression, freedom of speech, and how much social space is allowed for those who don’t support in that same space,” he said. “And that’s where I wonder where this is going to go in terms of identity politics.”
Without a trace of partisanship, Wiley explained the perils of slicing and dicing the American population.
“We know what identity politics does — it divides, and it polarizes,” he said. “No matter how you want to look at it, that’s just the effect of it, no matter how great the intentions are. We all know the road to hell is paved with good intentions.”
Wiley, an Ivy League sociology graduate from Columbia University, then displayed the very thing the left abhors: free thinking and discerning the truth for oneself.
“It’s an interesting play right here,” he continued. “I don’t know how many people really look into the mission statement of Black Lives Matter, but I did. And when you look into it, there’s a couple of things that jump out to me. And I’m a black man who has been black and my life has mattered since 1974. And this organization was founded in 2013 and I’m proud of you but I’ve been fighting this fight for me and for others a lot longer.”
“Two things: My family structure is so vitally important to me,” he said. “Not only the one I grew up in but the one I am trying to create right now. Being a father and a husband, that’s my mission in life right now. How do I reconcile that with this, the mission statement that says, ‘We dismantle the patriarchal practice. We disrupt the Western-prescribed nuclear family structure requirement.'”
The former athlete did a deep dive on the disadvantages of single-parent homes, and how so many children in those homes “found themselves outside of their dreams and goals and aspirations.”
“So when I see that as a mission statement for Black Lives Matter, it makes me scratch my head,” Wiley said.
As bad as that may be for the radical left movement, Wiley then committed what they consider the cardinal sin — he cast doubt on the whole white privilege narrative.
“When I also see their mission is to eradicate white supremacy — in 2020, white supremacy is the mission. That’s a lot of digging through minutiae right there,” he said. “I’m on a show that I’m hosting with another black guy who is hosting with me who replaced another black guy, and that’s just one example of it.”
“So, I understand, I respect your space. I respect what you’re protesting for. But will you respect others who don’t support that same protest?” Wiley asked.
Of course, we already know the answer to that question — not only is the answer no, it’s hell no.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2020/07/03/wow-former-nfl-player-gives-bold-and-brave-answer-on-black-lives-matter-hardly-anyone-saw-coming-942524
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agreed, and chek't