{"id":460019,"date":"2021-04-27T15:05:43","date_gmt":"2021-04-27T19:05:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=460019"},"modified":"2021-04-27T15:05:45","modified_gmt":"2021-04-27T19:05:45","slug":"willie-robertson-kneeling-at-nfl-games-un-american","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/willie-robertson-kneeling-at-nfl-games-un-american\/","title":{"rendered":"Willie Robertson: Kneeling At NFL Games \u2018Un-American\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/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%2Fwillie-robertson-kneeling-at-nfl-games-un-american%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=460019&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\/04\/fb_image-786.jpeg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>Former \u201cDuck Dynasty\u201d star Willie Robertson believes that kneeling during the National Anthem at sporting events is \u201cun-American.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During an episode of the Facebook Watch series \u201cAt Home With the Robertsons,\u201d Willie Robertson and his wife, Korie, sat down for a discussion with current and former NFL players Arian Foster, Michael Thomas, and Nate Boyer where they debated about the American flag protests that former 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick sparked in 2016. At the time, Kaepernick stated he was kneeling during the National Anthem to protest police brutality. Korie Robertson said she understood the protests in the context of police brutality in the wake of the George Floyd tragedy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe guys made the point that this is not hating America,\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watch\/?v=405801690724814\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">she said<\/a>. \u201cThis is a specific protest about police brutality and injustice against Black people. Once that came out and that message was kind of understood, people were more accepting of it, where at first it just felt like a total, just like, rejection of America and the values that we hold.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Willie Robertson, however, believed that the games were not a place of protest, though he supported players wearing a logo for a cause of their choice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPersonally, I don\u2019t have a problem if someone wants to wear a logo or something,\u201d he said, as reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/willie-robertson-debates-protest-kneeling-nfl-games-players-unamerican\">Fox News<\/a>. \u201cIt\u2019s when they got to the flag, of choosing that exact time to make your protest, I just felt like the flag should really bring us together\u2026 yeah, that just feels a little un-American.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI understand, though, wanting to change for sure,\u201d he later added. \u201cIt\u2019s just like, is that the best time? You know? The flag and even, for me, football. When I watch football, I don\u2019t want to be thinking about who the president is and what the politics are.\u00a0 I just want to watch either my favorite team or two teams go after it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Michael Thomas countered Willie\u2019s claims by saying the protests were meant to take a stand for people in their community.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverybody who took a knee, everybody who was fighting for social justice and using their voice and platform,\u201d said Thomas. \u201cWe were just trying to say, \u2018Look, if we\u2019re looked at as leaders in our community, and we can talk about, you know, stopping domestic violence; we can talk about, like, you know, raising awareness for cancer, anti-bullying and stuff like that, when it comes to issues in the African American community, why can\u2019t we be the leaders and the champions of that as well? And use our voice and platform and do it?&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Korie agreed and said that protesting during the games was about people using their platform. \u201cIf you have a platform and there\u2019s a chance for you to get eyeballs on it, and you have something that\u2019s really important to you, that\u2019s probably a good time to do it,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/duck-dynasty-stars-talk-raising-a-biracial-son\">\u00a0\u2018Duck Dynasty\u2019 Stars Talk Raising A Biracial\u00a0Son<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"css-p8ym73\"><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\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former \u201cDuck Dynasty\u201d star Willie Robertson believes that kneeling during the National Anthem at sporting events is \u201cun-American.\u201dDuring an episode of the Facebook Watch series \u201cAt Home With the Robertsons,\u201d &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2276846,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-786.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Willie Robertson: Kneeling At NFL Games \u2018Un-American\u2019","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-460019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-786.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Willie Robertson: Kneeling At NFL Games \u2018Un-American\u2019","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=460019"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460019\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2276846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=460019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=460019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=460019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}