Giants manager Kapler will skip national anthem going forward

[3rdWorld]

Giants manager Gabe Kapler says he will skip national anthem going forward​

San Francisco Giants manager Gabe Kapler will no longer take the field for the national anthem after the horrific mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, that has sparked new debate over gun control and the role of the police in America.
Speaking with reporters before a game against the Cincinnati Reds, Kapler said he would only start coming out for the anthem if he felt "better about the direction of our country."

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Kapler's comments:

“I don’t plan on coming out for the anthem going forward until I feel better about the direction of our country. That’ll be the step. I don’t expect it to move the needle necessarily, it’s just something I feel strongly enough about to take that step."

Kapler has protested during the national anthem in the past, taking a knee with four of his players in a 2020 preseason game following the murder of George Floyd.
Earlier in the day, Kapler published a 729-word post titled "Home of the Brave?" on his personal Kaplifestyle blog reacting to the shooting and discussing his own feelings about patriotically standing for the anthem immediately after a moment of silence for the killing of 19 children and two teachers.
Kapler heavily criticized "police officers who had weapons and who receive nearly 40% of the city’s funding" for failing to stop the shooter from killing children for an hour as their parents pleaded for the police to intervene. He also blasted politicians who suggested "locked doors and armed teachers" could solve the problem.
Above all, Kapler expressed frustration with being expected to celebrate a country that has seen little meaningful change after so many mass shootings:

I’m often struck before our games by the lack of delivery of the promise of what our national anthem represents. We stand in honor of a country where we elect representatives to serve us, to thoughtfully consider and enact legislation that protects the interests of all the people in this country and to move this country forward towards the vision of the “shining city on the hill.” But instead, we thoughtlessly link our moment of silence and grief with the equally thoughtless display of celebration for a country that refuses to take up the concept of controlling the sale of weapons used nearly exclusively for the mass slaughter of human beings. We have our moment (over and over), and then we move on without demanding real change from the people we empower to make these changes. We stand, we bow our heads, and the people in power leave on recess, celebrating their own patriotism at every turn.

Every time I place my hand over my heart and remove my hat, I’m participating in a self congratulatory glorification of the ONLY country where these mass shootings take place. On Wednesday, I walked out onto the field, I listened to the announcement as we honored the victims in Uvalde. I bowed my head. I stood for the national anthem. Metallica riffed on City Connect guitars.

My brain said drop to a knee; my body didn’t listen. I wanted to walk back inside; instead I froze. I felt like a coward.

Kapler told reporters he was "having a hard time articulating my thoughts the day of the shooting" and needed a couple days to put it together, hence why he initially stood for the anthem.
The 46-year-old Kapler, who played 12 seasons in the majors, is in his first third season as Giants manager, having previously managed the Philadelphia Phillies. He isn't the first Bay Area sports figure to speak up, as Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr blasted Republican lawmakers for blocking a background check bill soon after the shooting.

Gabe Kapler wants real change before he celebrates his country. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)



But when brehs took the knee to protest this shythole the backlash was insane..

 

[Son Goku]

Giants manager Gabe Kapler says he will skip national anthem going forward​

San Francisco Giants manager Gabe Kapler will no longer take the field for the national anthem after the horrific mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, that has sparked new debate over gun control and the role of the police in America.
Speaking with reporters before a game against the Cincinnati Reds, Kapler said he would only start coming out for the anthem if he felt "better about the direction of our country."

https://t.co/J1MdlVL3XI

Kapler's comments:

Kapler has protested during the national anthem in the past, taking a knee with four of his players in a 2020 preseason game following the murder of George Floyd.
Earlier in the day, Kapler published a 729-word post titled "Home of the Brave?" on his personal Kaplifestyle blog reacting to the shooting and discussing his own feelings about patriotically standing for the anthem immediately after a moment of silence for the killing of 19 children and two teachers.
Kapler heavily criticized "police officers who had weapons and who receive nearly 40% of the city’s funding" for failing to stop the shooter from killing children for an hour as their parents pleaded for the police to intervene. He also blasted politicians who suggested "locked doors and armed teachers" could solve the problem.
Above all, Kapler expressed frustration with being expected to celebrate a country that has seen little meaningful change after so many mass shootings:



Kapler told reporters he was "having a hard time articulating my thoughts the day of the shooting" and needed a couple days to put it together, hence why he initially stood for the anthem.
The 46-year-old Kapler, who played 12 seasons in the majors, is in his first third season as Giants manager, having previously managed the Philadelphia Phillies. He isn't the first Bay Area sports figure to speak up, as Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr blasted Republican lawmakers for blocking a background check bill soon after the shooting.

Gabe Kapler wants real change before he celebrates his country. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)



But when brehs took the knee to protest this shythole the backlash was insane..

Didn't read all that and don't follow Giants baseball.



Other athletes/teams have done this too. Didn't work during BLM, I doubt it'll change anything with this.


Not taking the field is not the same as taking a knee, just like standing by the door inside during retreat is not the same as running to your car once the music starts.

 

[Absolut]

Just stay in the locker room then. Why the Attention whoring

 

[bourgeoisie tall freak]

Just stay in the locker room then. Why the Attention whoring

that only works for incel IG babble. it's not really a point when it's a major league baseball manager in media everyday who is going to be interviewed about it 100 times

 

[Cladyclad]

Didn't read all that and don't follow Giants baseball.



Other athletes/teams have done this too. Didn't work during BLM, I doubt it'll change anything with this.


Not taking the field is not the same as taking a knee, just like standing by the door inside during retreat is not the same as running to your car once the music starts.

 

[DaPresident]

Respect



Country is a joke right now…we look like huge hypocrites (we have for a LONG time)

Sucks that this white man gets applauded for doing what we got blasted for doing, but in this instance, crying about that is secondary because the “why?” of him doing that is so true and important…

Country is going backwards and because of how it’s set up, nothing can or will be done. Everything Kapler wrote was right. The people in charge who’s supposed to fix and help, exacerbate the problem. They sit back and twiddle thumbs and enrich themselves…

 

[BlackBall]

Wow he’s making a difference

 

[3rdWorld]

Wow he’s making a difference

Well, better a cac make the statement and take that position because clearly the majority of US inhabitants do not respect the views and opinions of Black men when it comes to how screwed the US is. This should leave cacs confused and dazed by kaplar

 

[Skooby]

It never made sense to me to play the national anthem between two American teams anyway.

 

[br82186]

It never made sense to me to play the national anthem between two American teams anyway.

Military paying leagues, don't be surprised if the muh freedom crowd lobbies to have it played before concerts.

Only time the anthem should be played is during the Olympics, World Cup and their qualifiers.

 

[Unknown Poster]

Well, better a cac make the statement and take that position because clearly the majority of US inhabitants do not respect the views and opinions of Black men when it comes to how screwed the US is. This should leave cacs confused and dazed by kaplar

Family this is why I just kind of don't care anymore. White people love to applaud white people doing stuff they should have fukking done in the 1st place.

They should have bushed that racist national anthem.

Especially considering the fact the 3rd verse that's omitted celebrates the death of African slaves.

 

[Benjamin Sisko]

Would he have sat out for Buffalo?

 

[3rdWorld]

Would he hate sat out for Buffalo?

 

[R.E.N. Spells Ren]

Just stay in the locker room then. Why the Attention whoring

To bring attention to the cause he’s talking about.

 

[Son Goku]

Kapler may suspend protest for Memorial Day