America was founded on multiple principles, one of them being that America is supposed to be a country where people can say what they want and believe what they want without being punished. Over the past couple years however, more and more people who are standing up for their beliefs, are being punished, specifically 17 NFL players who have decided not to stand during the national anthem. Many news outlets have had opinions from NFL owners, players, and fans about the protest, but not a lot of media has had opinions from military veterans. I wanted to get a true military perspective from a veteran who wouldn’t hold anything back. Richard Carter has served in the military under the Air Force for 8 years and in the reserve for two years. He has …show more content…
Both organizations agreed to do this to say that each organization is still behind the NFL players who are protesting. “I believe they have the right to do that even though I don't believe in that. As long as they don't impose anything I'm fine with that.” I was in the middle of asking Carter the next question when he interrupted me. “Patriotism is an empty emotion, too many people get the feeling of patriotism without any action. It's almost like faith, if there is no action then it is useless. Unless you can stand in front of me and tell me I protest them because I have done these things in this country, you are probably not going to get my …show more content…
He had cousins who lived on the west side of Germany while the wall was still up. “When the wall got taken down and I had a chance to go see them comma the thing that bothered me the most was when they said ‘We have no racism.’ “of course you don't have racism you're all white!” Carter exclaimed. Their response was “We have Cubans we have Africans and we have Vietnamese.” “ Yeah, but you have 5 of them throughout the entire country.” He went on to say that “until you live next to and engage with other cultures, you really aren't