The First Amendment

I've been trying to not pay too much attention to the whole NFL protest issue.  You know, one jackass decides to kneel during the National Anthem, nothing comes of it except he loses his job, then a few more jackasses decide to emulate him, and it's mostly a distraction but not much else.  But then President Trump, in a way that only he can, steps in it and decides to call the guy out.  And not only call him out but declare to the world that "the son of a bitch should be fired".  So that causes the NFL players and owners to circle the wagons, do some further demonstrations of solidarity, and escalate the issue to heights that it should never have been escalated to.  It is beyond stupid.  A pox on all their houses.  And I'm mostly pissed because we have disasters to attend to, health care to fix, tax reform to pass, an infrastructure plan to create, and a ton of other things to get done.  But the MSM is focused on a bunch of millionaire jackasses who perceive that kneeling during the National Anthem will bring light on injustice.

I really, really find Trump's actions distateful.  I really, really find the NFL distateful.  I saw this video over on FB and it captures what I've thought pretty well.  Bottom line...the First Amendment trumps everything.  That doesn't mean I have to like those NFL idiots.  But by God they have the right to protest.  So Trump should just shup up.