David French completely missed the point about the NFL Anthem Protest Rule...

Kneel before political correctness! David French needs a CNN/MSNBC gig as gelded conservative!

Ace is correct about David French  

The players can protest all they want, on their time. When the cameras are rolling just before a game it is NFL time. Idiot Goodell should have shut this thing down from the start, but managed to let it turn it into a much bigger deal. During NFL events, the NFL gets to regulate what players and teams do (within reason). Telling players not to disrupt the anthem (or opt out in the locker room) is within the NFL's authority.

Of course Donald Trump injected himself into this dispute (because he saw it as a political opportunity for himself). That did not help the League. The NFL has also mostly despised Trump going back to when he started his rival league. You know why the NFL owners implemented this rule now? The drop in ratings was really hurting the NFL. The League needs this behind them.  

David French's argument seems to be conservatives were wrong to be offended in the first place. On that point, French is completely wrong. If you see someone doing something you disapprove of, you have the right to be offended. You do not have the right to act violently, but you certainly have the right to respond with withholding your viewership and spending. The smart move is to resist it.  

David French, even when he is right, comes off like such a chidey scold you want to take the opposite position. David Brooks, David Frum, David French...what is it with Davids at National Review?  They seem like they are extended job interviews for left wing media sites.  

Donald Trump was ordered by a Hawaiian judge that he cannot block people on his private Twitter account. David French takes the position Twitter is a public forum. Okay, seems inappropriate for the courts to say who and who shouldn't be banned on Twitter. Does that mean Milo, Stacy McCain and all the other people who were banned or shadow-banned get to go back on Twitter unrestricted to exercise their free speech rights?

Instapundit: Sums It All Up

[Kneeling for the national anthem] is dumb and disrespectful. I think it's a terrible thing to do...I would point out how ridiculous it seems to me to do such an act. If they want to be stupid, there's no law that should be preventive."
--Ruth Bader Ginsburg 10/10/16

RACIST?!?

— Larry Elder (@larryelder) May 25, 2018

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Is it me or is David French morphing into David Frum? 🤔

— Evi L. Bloggerlady (@MsEBL) May 24, 2018

If religious displays started disrupting the NFL bottom line, yeah, the league would ban them too. Of course, religious displays do not upset fans, but protesting during the National Anthem does. https://t.co/PwuTLe94bj

— Evi L. Bloggerlady (@MsEBL) May 24, 2018

Oligarchs of US Football League cynically suppress players’ dissent to reassure hayseed customers.

All DPRK Footballers free to dissent US racist policies.

— DPRK News Service (@DPRK_News) May 23, 2018

The owners aren't doing this because they oppose the message per se. They're watching their ratings and ticket sales drop, and they're not idiots. https://t.co/PB4dD4zQRn

— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) May 23, 2018

Another infuriating David French column. Even when I agree with his message, it’s impossible to escape the thought that he’sliving under a rock or in a fantasy country of his own imagination.

WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN? DO YOU READ YOUR OWN MAGAZINE?https://t.co/0jc9HslLw2 pic.twitter.com/eaG9NcFshm

— David Reaboi (@davereaboi) May 21, 2018

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