Bills stadium worker quits after 30 years on the job because of team national anthem protests

[ADX]

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/bills-stadium-worker-quits-team-anthem-protests-article-1.3520012

"..."During the National Anthem…the song that is about our country, our veterans that fight and die for us, it's just something I feel you shouldn't disrespect that way," Nikischer said. "I believe people have the right to protest; I just don't believe that's the proper venue for it."

Nikischer posted a photo of himself leaving the stadium Sunday after he quit. He wrote "I can not work in a place where multi millionairs cry that they are oppressed..."

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Well, bye. Don't let the door hit you in the ass on your way out...

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. White privilege is a hard thing to let go of.

This guy is simply saying no, I will not allow anything in my atmosphere that doesnt put me first.

I suppose while he demands respect for the flag, we could easily find out that he disrespects it daily, like supporting a traitor.

[billh58]

2. Bye Felicia... n/t

[LonePirate]

3. Hopefully his replacement won't be a racist.

[HughBeaumont]

4. Oh great. More spelling-challenged dumbasses who think it's still about the flag.

"I just don't believe that's the proper venue for it." = "Can they just protest where I don't have to see it . . . and in a manner and message that doesn't blame me? Because this protest is about me, isn't it??"

[ProfessorGAC]

24. And The Military, Hugh

All the "fought and died for us" stuff and even Key didn't mention the soldiers at Ft McHenry once in the verse we use for the anthem.

So, if one thinks it's about those who "fought and died" that's a figment of their own imagination.

[uppityperson]

5. believe people have the right to protest; I just don't believe that's the proper venue for it."

[CatMor]

21. They are football players....

it is only logical that they protest in a football stadium.

[spanone]

6. you are an idiot, mr. nikischer.

i know you meant to say 'black multi-millionaires'

[fleur-de-lisa]

7. Says the guy who was probably ready to retire anyway. eom

[DinahMoeHum]

8. Fuck him, his loss, not ours, not the fans', not the franchise's.

Stupid peon won't be missed.

[KG]

9. willfully obtuse. the players are protesting on behalf of others. why is this so hard to understand.

[Weekend Warrior]

14. They are not protesting for him personally, or at least he thinks.

Therefore, he doesn't care. One of the greatest benefits of white privilege.

[Weekend Warrior]

10. White privilege on full display. nt.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

11. 👋🏻

[Iggo]

12. But nobody protested the anthem.

What an idiot.

[Stinky The Clown]

13. Dear Dumbass Dipshit, the flag is about MUCH more than your jingoistic perspective.

Fuck yourself with your flag-sponsored rolled up unemployment check.

[Orrex]

15. I fully support his right to render himself ineligible for unemployment compensation

Good luck Erich!

[oasis]

16. I'll bet Nikischer was planning to retire anyway. He'll get free drinks

when he visits his local racist bar for this display of "patriotism".

[ChubbyStar]

17. Bingo! Doofus is looking for 15 minutes of fame

Total tool.

[Blue_Tires]

18. It's not even the flag they're so pissed off about

it's about black folks having political opinions...

[ADX]

20. Coupled with their resentment of the fact that these black athletes...

...are commanding tens of millions of dollars in salary to play a game and they're not.

Haters gonna hate...

[TeamPooka]

19. buh bye liar. They are not "crying that they are oppressed." they are protesting for those who were

oppressed by police and killed.
I think its cute how most of these "principled white man stands" twist the reason for the athletes protest around for their own agenda.
Just like a racist would.

[workinclasszero]

22. He will feel better now at the next tiki torch

KKK/nazi rally no doubt.

OTOH trading in that cushy job for door greeter at Walmart might be a big mistake?

[maxsolomon]

23. that song is NOT ABOUT our veterans who fight and die for us

and they don't fight and die "for us", excepting the Revolutionary War &, arguably, WW2.

our freedoms are not being protected by our foreign adventures.

Iraq was not taking my gun, stifling my speech, or forcing me to house militias.

I'm so sick of this dumb jingoist shit.

[procon]

25. Looks like his primary job is a New York State Court Officer.

He's named and pictured in uniform with a group of his fellow police officers who were getting service awards. That probably means his stadium job is only part time and likely he only works on actual game days, or he could very likely be a volunteer.

Sorry, I can't get the photo to show up, but here's the link.



https://www.facebook.com/NewYorkCourts/photos/a.594275744108431.1073741828.588471394688866/628721313997207/?type=3&theater

[logosoco]

26. I have not, since I was a child, liked the "national anthem"

I do not wish to stand for a song about bombs.

If we really cared about vets, we would be working for peace!

[Phoenix61]

27. He really doesn't get it

They are protesting that others are being killed by the very people who have sworn to protect and serve them.

[angrychair]

28. I do have to agree with him on one point

“I can not work in a place where multimillionaires cry that they are oppressed...”

Apparently when middle class or poorer Americans bring up issues of social and income inequality no one gives a shit but when millionaire sports figures bring it up or get threatened all of a sudden it’s a big national issue all of a sudden.

Almost none of these people gave two shits about this issue last week and none of these people give a shit about the peoples of PR or USVI or the rest of the Caribbean, mostly people of color, either.

Talk shit about a person in the military or a professional sports figure and all of a sudden everyone becomes a social justice hero.

[maxrandb]

29. If everyone who thinks Donnie Short Fingers in the Oval Office

is more disrespectful to the flag than pissing on it quit, we'd lose 90% of our GDP.

[Thrill]

30. Like anyone gives a shit

[Freethinker65]

31. Obviously not a critical thinker...unless the intentions are to set up a gofundme account

[matt819]

32. What's it like to be this stupid?

These particular millionaires are not crying that they are oppressed. Hell, I'm sure they're absolutely thrilled at their good fortune to be earning millions. One of them, the guy who started this whole thing, can't even get a job, and he just gave $1 million to the cause.

These particular millionaires, you dumbass, are calling attention to other who really are oppressed and, you know, dead. They want you to think, for just a minute, about the hundreds of African-Americans who are killed by police every year without any penalties. Heck, I'm sure they'd be pleased if you added in others who were shot and/or killed by police, like the autistic person a couple of years back or the deaf person just a few days ago or the LGBTQ woman with mental health issues last week. They want you to pay attention for just a minute to reality, and not the world presented to you by Fox News. Sadly, however, they know you won't give a fuck because you are white and they are not. Because you are white and the victims are not. Because you are white and the police are white.

Of course, there's probably more to your pathetic tale of leaving your job after 30 years. Retirement, maybe? Termination? Just fucking tired of making minimum wage and want to blame someone, preferably someone who's black?

[smirkymonkey]

33. +1000

[shenmue]

34. Idiot

[jcmaine72]

35. Good. Let him starve.

And when he comes crawling back on his hands & knees begging for his job back because the current job market is saturated with stupid bigots, spit in his face, and then give him an American flag to wipe the spit off his face..... then kick him out.

[NWmountainman]

36. Did you see what shirt he was wering?

After quitting his job... The shirt he was wearing had the American flag UnderArmor Logo which is " Per flag code " disrespectful.

Just saying...

[onethatcares]

37. Time to get out of the way

and let someone younger have your job.

Sheesh, retire already, don't use a protest as an excuse to sit around the bar telling everyone what you did in the fascist wars already.