{"id":25053,"date":"2017-09-28T15:47:56","date_gmt":"2017-09-28T15:47:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=25053"},"modified":"2017-09-28T15:47:56","modified_gmt":"2017-09-28T15:47:56","slug":"ditka-dont-demonstrate-against-the-constitution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=25053","title":{"rendered":"Ditka: &#8216;Don&#8217;t demonstrate against the Constitution&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/sneedditka092817.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-25054\" src=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/sneedditka092817-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/sneedditka092817-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/sneedditka092817.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mike Ditka was a damn good professional football player and coach.<\/p>\n<p>He is a strong supporter of Donald J. Trump. He has strong opinions on the recent controversy regarding NFL players &#8220;taking a knee&#8221; while they listen to the National Anthem at the start of football games.<\/p>\n<p>But he needs to take a breath and maybe rethink what he told the Chicago Sun-Times. He said:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cBut I don\u2019t believe you demonstrate against the American flag. I believe in the American flag. Or demonstrate against the Constitution. I believe in the Constitution. I\u2019m old fashioned. There are other ways to get your point across. But I don\u2019t believe one should demonstrate against our country. Just play football.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cAnd that\u2019s the way I feel. And now I\u2019d like to go back to my card game.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/chicago.suntimes.com\/1985-chicago-bears\/sneed-exclusive-mike-ditka-on-nfl-controversy-just-play-football\/amp\/\">Here&#8217;s more of what he said.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Old-fashioned Mike should examine the Constitution and what it means. It guarantees the right of citizens to do precisely what he&#8217;s arguing against. These football players and their coaches are doing it peacefully. Their initial protest &#8212; which started this past season with quarterback Colin Kaepernick &#8212; has been aimed at police treatment of African-Americans.<\/p>\n<p>Do I agree with the tactic they&#8217;ve employed? No. I wish they would protest differently. But I take no <em>offense<\/em> at what they&#8217;re doing. I do not believe these young men are disrespecting &#8220;the flag&#8221; or &#8220;the Constitution.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I believe in the flag as much as Coach Ditka. I also believe that the cherished flag symbolizes a nation founded on the very principle of dissent and protest.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mike Ditka was a damn good professional football player and coach. He is a strong supporter of Donald J. Trump. He has strong opinions on the recent controversy regarding NFL players &#8220;taking a knee&#8221; while they listen to the National Anthem at the start of football games. But he needs to take a breath and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=25053\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Ditka: &#8216;Don&#8217;t demonstrate against the Constitution&#8217;<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,17],"tags":[1424,3059,3302,5043],"class_list":["post-25053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-national-news","category-sports-news","tag-donald-trump","tag-mike-ditka","tag-nfl","tag-us-constitution"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25053"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25053\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25055,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25053\/revisions\/25055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}