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We Fought We Won We Are Free Analysis
We Fought, We Won, We Are Free
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal with certain unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.” In this excerpt for the United States Constitution, it states that all men in the United States are created equal with certain unalienable rights. Through the past few years the black community has been taking a stand, and saying that they were not getting the same treatment as everyone else. The main act that has stood out is Colin Kaepernick began to refuse to stand at one of his NFL games in 2016. Now many other professional players are kneeling down, and showing a disrespect to our country, in the wrong place, while millions of people watch, including young kids.
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every time a game is on, and now they are seeing these players kneel down. They might think that it is the “cool” thing to do when they hear our national anthem, even if it's not. Most likely, they have no clue why they are kneeling but do it anyway. And may do it in school assemblies if they know that some people kneel when they hear the national anthem. We as americans should be proud to live in this country even if we don't agree with everyone's decisions. Another Reason the kneeling during the national anthem is that it's very disrespectful. The United States, our country where everyone is free, fought a war against discrimination. Many people have given up their lives to live in America, and now sports players disrespect that. Veterans that fought might be at a game where they see a player kneeling, and that man or woman could have lost their life fighting for the player kneeling so he could be free and playing the sport. Yet a selfish sports player kneels down in front of

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