Charlie Kirk destroys student who says knee-takers are patriots

[00:00] go ahead first of all do you mind if i

[00:01] film the question i just want to know

[00:02] you're good whatever all right so

[00:04] obviously we got plenty of cameras here

[00:06] so you're not the only one i just want

[00:07] to have it but like obviously i'm a big

[00:09] kaepernick guy i think that he's a

[00:10] patriot based on my definition of a

[00:12] patriot of sacrificing something large

[00:14] in order to help the greater good of the

[00:16] country

[00:17] and he sacrif he sacrificed his ge

[00:24] all right easy mahoney let him talk all

[00:27] right

[00:29] military all right

[00:31] no let him talk charlie it's it's a it's

[00:33] a viewpoint held by a question it's a

[00:35] view held by a lot of americans so i

[00:37] want to hear what he has to say

[00:39] so can we so like the legitimate

[00:41] viewpoint i want to hear you to dispel

[00:42] him can we agree that going to war for

[00:45] your country isn't the only way to be a

[00:46] patriot without a doubt okay okay i just

[00:48] wanna yeah so um you've been criticizing

[00:51] at least what i saw on twitter the

[00:52] kneeling

[00:54] of the nfl players but yes what i've

[00:56] seen since the kneeling is more

[00:58] social activism within the athlete

[01:00] community a lot of money has been raised

[01:02] chris long recently has donated his

[01:04] entire season game check after kneeling

[01:06] colin kaepernick donated a million

[01:07] dollars to

[01:09] many things including know your rights

[01:10] camp i just want to know like

[01:13] what is more important what would you

[01:14] say is more important helping black

[01:17] people inequality in this country or

[01:18] standing for the anthem when many

[01:20] terrible people who i would never

[01:21] consider patriots stand for the anthem

[01:24] so i don't think that is as much of a

[01:26] symbol as loving your country as

[01:28] actively doing something to help it like

[01:29] colin kaepernick has done okay so

[01:32] i you can do both but i don't think

[01:36] i don't think you have to stand for the

[01:38] anthem to love your god so here's the

[01:39] one thing i will say not i want to make

[01:41] it very clear not once do i think they

[01:42] should be forced to stand for the anthem

[01:44] i think they should be able to

[01:45] voluntarily do whatever they wish to do

[01:47] i think they're making fools of

[01:48] themselves quite honestly um and i think

[01:51] that the criticism towards them is

[01:53] warranted and right and so when you when

[01:56] you have a act of civil disobedience

[01:59] during the national anthem

[02:02] in protest of what exactly

[02:04] now tell me tell me yeah they are

[02:06] protesting because they feel that black

[02:08] people are oppressed in this country in

[02:09] ways including education there's

[02:12] education oppression there's been

[02:14] housing discrimination still going on in

[02:15] this country there's police brutality

[02:17] which is still an issue in this country

[02:19] there's lack of accountability for

[02:20] police when they do commit crimes and

[02:23] that's what they have so you believe

[02:24] during the national anthem the song that

[02:27] represents the very fabric of this

[02:29] country is the appropriate time to do

[02:30] that in front of the flag in front of

[02:33] veterans saluting you feel that's

[02:35] appropriate i am not i want to make sure

[02:37] your position is clear yeah i am not

[02:40] going to tell someone how to protest me

[02:42] neither i'm asking if you think it's

[02:43] right i think it's right yes you do yes

[02:45] i believe that get your message out when

[02:47] most people are watching somebody most

[02:49] people can hear your message and you can

[02:50] help the most people people were telling

[02:52] like rosa parks the bus is not a place

[02:55] to voice are you really equating modern

[02:57] day protesting of

[02:59] the two to 19 to to blacks not being

[03:02] able to vote really

[03:04] you're equating

[03:07] no seriously i believe that oppression

[03:09] are you really making a moral equivalent

[03:11] to kneeling during the national anthem

[03:13] of not being able to of rosa parks

[03:16] in the 1960s i agree

[03:19] oppression is oppression and i believe

[03:21] that any sort of protest against

[03:22] oppression is something that is a

[03:23] patriotic act and unless it crosses way

[03:26] more lines like heart physically harming

[03:28] people you should not be told not to do

[03:30] something that helps people no i agree

[03:32] i'm not telling they shouldn't be doing

[03:33] i think they're fools

[03:35] and people have bled and died for that

[03:37] flag

[03:38] and that flag represents more than just

[03:40] a fabric let me be perfectly clear yes

[03:43] it does it's

[03:44] intimate you've said your piece now it's

[03:45] time for mine

[03:47] let me say my piece

[03:49] the flag in this country have and will

[03:51] continue to be the greatest symbol of

[03:53] freedom both domestically and

[03:55] internationally all around the world

[03:57] have always been

[04:00] the flag of the united states of america

[04:02] symbolizes a couple different things the

[04:04] white for the peace that we that we

[04:06] strive here

[04:07] domestically and the blood of the

[04:09] veterans that died internationally for

[04:12] our freedoms and liberties

[04:13] [Applause]

[04:16] so

[04:17] when you when when athletes

[04:20] who quite honestly

[04:22] i would be hard-pressed to understand

[04:25] why they believe that is an appropriate

[04:27] time for them to protest it just i

[04:28] believe it what goes directly insulting

[04:31] to the very fabric the veteran community

[04:33] to what the flag stands for and what

[04:35] this country has always stood for but

[04:36] more than that

[04:38] the the oppression that that they are

[04:40] talking about is kneeling really the

[04:42] best way to address it

[04:44] seriously no i'm not

[04:46] i'm crit

[04:48] volunt how about they give away 90 of

[04:50] their money to local charitable groups

[04:52] why don't they run for office why don't

[04:54] they raise more money to do it why don't

[04:56] they start a business