Mike Ditka on protests: There has been no oppression in past 100 years

[TomSea]

Mike Ditka on protests: There has been no oppression in past 100 years
Larry Brown Sports Steve DelVecchio 5 hrs ago

Mike Ditka is unhappy with the protests that have gone on during the national anthem dating back to last year, and the legendary NFL coach has perhaps the most mind-boggling view on the topic of anyone we have heard.

In an interview with Jim Gray of Westwood One Sports on Monday, Ditka said he agrees with Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones that any player who kneels during the national anthem should not be allowed to play. In fact, Ditka doesn’t understand why players are protesting. As far as he’s concerned, there has been no oppression in the United States in the past century.

“All of sudden it has become a big deal now about oppression. There has been no oppression in the last 100 years that I know of,” Ditka said. “Now maybe I’m not watching it as carefully as other people. I think that the opportunity is there for everybody race, religion, creed, color, nationality, if you want to work, if you want to try, you want to put effort into yourself, you can accomplish anything.

Continued at: http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/mike-ditka-on-protests-there-has-been-no-oppression-in-past-100-years/ar-AAtfsDd?OCID=ansmsnnews11

Okay, the statement the MSM is running with mainly is this "there has been no oppression in past 100 years", if he said that, I think it's ill-advised, but Rush mentioned the Ditka interview. The rest of it was pretty good. We will have to see the whole context.

[jmyrlefuller]

Well, it's closer to 50, actually, but the point stands.

[IsailedawayfromFR]

Well, it's closer to 50, actually, but the point stands.

Being an ultra-lib news outlook, they believe people here are still oppressed.

From article:

We could go on and on and on, but anyone who says oppression doesn’t exist in this country is misguided.

[Free Vulcan]

Liberals have to have oppressed people. It's the only path to 'Viva la Revolucion!'

And if you don't have oppressed people, you have to create them.

[TomSea]

Mike Ditka clarifies remarks on oppression
http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/mike-ditka-clarifies-remarks-on-oppression/ar-AAti6oW?OCID=ansmsnnews11

To simplify, Ditka seems to be saying he was talking about the NFL; the topic was the NFL and then, somehow, it gets understood as if he is talking about the nation as a whole. Perhaps SI is actually correct here in saying "Ditka clarifies remarks".

Mike Ditka apologizes for comment on racial oppression
Associated Press
Former Chicago Bears head coach Mike Ditka is apologizing for saying he wasn't aware of any racial oppression in the U.S. over the last 100 years. He made the comments during a radio interview while discussing National Football League players kneeling during the national anthem.

Former Chicago Bears head coach Mike Ditka is apologizing for saying he wasn't aware of any racial oppression in the U.S. over the last 100 years. He made the comments during a radio interview while discussing National Football League players kneeling during the national anthem.

Mike Ditka has apologized for saying he wasn’t aware of any racial oppression over the last 100 years in the United States.

Continued at: http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2017/10/11/mike-ditka-apologizes-for-comment-on-racial-oppression.html

[goatprairie]

Being an ultra-lib news outlook, they believe people here are still oppressed.

From article:

We could go on and on and on, but anyone who says oppression doesn’t exist in this country is misguided.

They could hand every black person one million dollars tax free, and they'd still claim they were being oppressed. You'll never satisfy a great pct. of those people.  Time to tell them the truth and quit patronizing them.