âI donâtâ believe theyâre changing anything, I donât believe theyâre changing the world, and I donât believe in any way theyâre making the world a better place, in fact, I think theyâre actually making it worse.â
With National Anthem protests coming back in the fray this week as Michael Bennett and Marshawn Lynch became the latest big names to publicly juke the Star Spangled Banner, Clay Travis says individuals like Bennett and Lynch arenât actually accomplishing anything in regards to their perceived âcauseâ, but actually just using the limelight to acquire notoriety onto their own brand.
Travis mocked Bennettâs post-game comments after the Seahawks Pro Bowler explained his protest by stating âI donât love segregation, I donât love riots, I donât love oppression, I donât love gender slander; I just want to see people have the equality that they deserveâ. Travis said the vague moralizing was an empty jumble of trigger words and wondered why Bennett is being applauded for presenting a point of view as rudimentary as the idea that he doesnât like riots, segregation, or inequality when publicly arguing an alternative would just be utterly absurd.
âBrave of Michael Bennett to come out in favor of equality, anti-segregation, and anti-oppression; so brave. I was out there thinking to myself, âyou know what Iâm looking forward to is guys who are anti-equality and anti-oppression.â
Travis says efforts like Bennett's can sometimes have damaging effects on its audience, as 'read between the lines' public displays of protest, like sitting for the National Anthem for example, often get lost in translation as countering sides often making misinterpretations, much like Colin Kaepernick's infamous kneel was quickly branded as a physical display of anti-military rhetoric.
âProtests like these make things worse because youâre not going to convince anybody that youâre making it better, all you do is antagonize,â Travis said. âI donât believe itâs anything other than these guys wanting to get attention.â
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