{"id":184795,"date":"2021-03-01T12:46:31","date_gmt":"2021-03-01T17:46:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=184795"},"modified":"2021-03-01T12:46:36","modified_gmt":"2021-03-01T17:46:36","slug":"combat-vet-paralympian-blasts-u-s-soccer-vote-to-allow-kneeling-during-anthem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/combat-vet-paralympian-blasts-u-s-soccer-vote-to-allow-kneeling-during-anthem\/","title":{"rendered":"Combat Vet, Paralympian Blasts U.S. Soccer Vote To Allow Kneeling During Anthem"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcombat-vet-paralympian-blasts-u-s-soccer-vote-to-allow-kneeling-during-anthem%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=184795&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Seth-Jahn.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>U.S. Soccer voted Saturday to repeal a rule mandating that players stand for the national anthem, prompting a blistering dissent from one member.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Soccer Athlete Council nixed the 2017 rule, called Policy 604-1, in a weighted vote that came out to roughly 71% in favor to 29% opposed. Prior to the vote, the council heard from a handful of anti-repeal voices, including U.S. Paralympian Seth Jahn, who gave a seven-minute monologue in support of respecting the U.S. national anthem.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. Soccer removed Jahn, an Army combat veteran and former Defense Department counterintelligence agent, from the council following his monologue. Reporter Bryan Armen Graham of The Guardian posted a transcript of Jahn\u2019s speech to Twitter in which the Paralympian ripped anthem kneelers and the politicization of sports, as well as argued against liberal talking points of police brutality and systemic racism.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m sure I\u2019m going to ruffle some feathers with what I\u2019m about to say, especially given the athletes council that I\u2019m on, but given the evolution of our quote-unquote progressive culture, where everything offends everybody, those willing to take a knee for our anthem don\u2019t care about offending half of our country when they do so, then I don\u2019t have too much concern in also exercising my First Amendment right,\u201d Jahn began.<\/p>\n<p>He noted his Native American ancestry, saying the \u201ccurrent obsession of identity politics, and that my resolute belief after countless examples in my life [is] my voice holds less relevance when I identify with my Caucasian side than it does when I identify with my native side over these issues\u201d drove him to.<\/p>\n<p>Jahn then slammed \u201cpoliticizing sport\u201d and asserted that allowing athletes to kneel for the anthem is costing U.S. Soccer as well as numerous other sports leagues significant amounts of money that could otherwise be invested in the communities anthem-kneeling athletes claim to be speaking up for.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFirst, politicizing sport is the last thing anyone really wants. Why would the general public care to watch a bunch of privileged people politicize their entitlement?\u201d Jahn asked. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t take an economics expert to see how recklessly crazy this is regarding our monies and the resources it\u2019s costing in allocating to our athletes, underprivileged areas, and the tremendous opportunities that are squandered for minorities by not nipping this in the bud.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jahn then argued against two of the dominating narratives encouraging kneeling during the national anthem: police brutality and racism. He pointed out that unjustified black deaths at the hands of police are a tiny percentage when compared to black deaths at the hands of other black people. \u201cIt\u2019s truly a statistical anomaly,\u201d Jahn said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI worked in law enforcement in two large agencies alongside my black, brown, white, yellow, red, purple peers, I never once saw a hint of police brutality,\u201d Jahn said. \u201cDoes that mean it doesn\u2019t exist? Absolutely not and it\u2019s important to address those atrocities when they manifest, to exercise critical thinking, and to also rebuke the divisive narrative exacerbated by the media in order to garner their ratings as they exploit our emotive state.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Paralympian then addressed the history of slavery, pointing out that the U.S. is not alone in human history in allowing the practice but fought a civil war that cost hundreds of thousands of American lives to end it. He also noted that slavery still exists in parts of the world today.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere are the social justice warriors and the news journalists there to bring their ruminations to these real atrocities? And yet in all of history, only one country has fought to abolish slavery, the United States of America, where nearly 400,000 men died to fight for the abolishment of slavery underneath the same stars and bars that our athletes take a knee for,\u201d Jahn said. \u201cTheir sacrifice is tainted with every knee that touches the ground. It\u2019s shameful and embarrassing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have draped nine of my brothers\u2019 caskets who died fighting for those oppressed with that same flag that is humiliated every time I see an athlete kneel,\u201d Jahn said, wrapping up his speech. \u201cI want to be clear, I would gladly give my life to preserve every athletes\u2019 right to express their First Amendment right \u2013 though I doubt they\u2019d reciprocate the same gesture \u2013 but not while representing out country on the pitch. Do that on your own individual platform and I\u2019ll support that all day. I\u2019ll help you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe individual athlete does not speak for every athlete in our federation, yet they represent us all and cost an exorbitant amount of funds that could be allocated to the same communities they say they\u2019re advocating for. Every company in the world has these policies in place to ensure employees do not embarrass or speak on behalf of a mission statement unless in an elected position, so why is it not the same here? After being in staff positions on the senior teams, youth national teams, and a player with the national team, a great number of the biggest in our federation vehemently disagree with kneeling, behind closed doors of course, but they are ostracized for voicing their positions within the team or publicly, which I am not afraid to do. I\u2019ve earned the right. I promised I\u2019d keep their identities concealed, but how do you think this ultimately affects the culture and cohesiveness of the team and their performance? United we stand, divided we kneel. I vote to preserve Policy 604-1,\u201d Jahn concluded.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The vote \u2013 71% in favor with only a simply majority required \u2013 directly followed this sensational seven-minute dissent by Seth Jahn, a US Paralympian who is a current member US Soccer Athlete Council. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vH4Pc4vkT4\">pic.twitter.com\/vH4Pc4vkT4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bryan Armen Graham (@BryanAGraham) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BryanAGraham\/status\/1365770405118685188?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 27, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. Soccer voted Saturday to repeal a rule mandating that players stand for the national anthem, prompting a blistering dissent from one member. 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