Name: Theo's Thoughts on Taking a Knee
Uploaded: 2017-09-27T14:57:16.000Z
Description: Watch the stand-up comedy video 'Theo's Thoughts on Taking a Knee' from Theo Von on Comedy Buff. Published 2017-09-27. Transcript available.

Watch the stand-up comedy video 'Theo's Thoughts on Taking a Knee' from Theo Von on Comedy Buff. Published 2017-09-27. Transcript available.

The other thing I wanted to talk about was the kneeling during the National
Anthem.
Take a knee, I think, was the hashtag, right?
And I get it.
I get that you want to create awareness.
I get it.
And I think do the knee thing.
Do it for a game.
I mean, this isn't the first time this has happened.
Let's don't, you can look back, go Google 2016 athletes taking a knee, 2015.
Keep going back through the years.
Every year, somebody or a group of people and there's been a stance.
And look, it's a good ground.
This happens every year for a few games.
This is the largest we've seen it to this magnitude.
You know, I think the media blows it out of proportion.
If some guys want to take a knee, let them take a knee.
You know, that's their choice.
You know, for a few weeks, I'm not going to really feel anything about them.
I think that there's better ways to get your point across.
I think that taking a knee thing is a little outdone.
You know, I think it's always a player that starts it that's kind of not that
good.
Colin Kaepernick was okay.
He was good in his first year.
In the next two years, he was not good in the NFL.
I'm not saying he's not a good player, but he didn't do very well.
You know, and so I wonder of how much of that is just him, like, if there's
some energy in there that it's also him being disgruntled.
With that said, I think awareness that racial indiscretion and racial issues,
always good.
Everybody needs to be reminded.
You know, I try and remind people that poor white people have had a fucking
tough time in America.
And that poor people overall have a tough time in America.
I'd rather see somebody take a knee for the financial disparity in America that
continues to grow.
I'd love to see that.
I'd love somebody to see somebody take a knee for how gas stations are allowed
to sell sour milk.
You ever gotten this shit?
You go get some milk for your children.
And next thing, within 90, you have 90 minutes, dude.
You have 90 minutes to use that milk.
That is the Jack Bauer of milk.
That is 90 minute Jack Bauer sauce.
That's that Jack Bauer bottle, dude.
In 90 minutes, gas station milk is going to be sour.
So you better get it into your kid's mouth.
Get it wherever you need to get it.
But I get taking the knee.
You know, I get it.
But I think take it against some other stuff.
How about take it against laziness?
You know, take it against, you know, third and fourth and fifth generation
people in America just sucking off the system.
You know, I just feel like there are just sometimes the the causes just get it
gets like I've heard it before.
You know, I'd like to see a new novel way overall for almost any cause.
And for me, I stand for I stand for the Pledge of Allegiance.
For me, it's not about me at all.
It's about the fact that I am blessed to live in America.
That's it.
That's what it's about for me.
Now, for other people, it might be about something else, but I stand as long as
I'm, you know, know that it's going on.
I stand.
I honor.
It's about the fact that, you know, that millions of people, you know, lost
their lives so that I could have this freedom right here, freedom of speech.
So it's crazy to and that to me is something that's a little crazy.
It's like you're you're expressing your freedom of speech, but in a way that
kind of to me seems like you are are putting shade or are casting a downward
light on the people that sacrifice their lives for it.
So to me, that's kind of how it seems, you know, so I just like to see some
taking a knee for other stuff.
You know, I'd like to see taking a knee for racial violence in all directions
and and the racial inequalities that everybody faces.
Sure.
Do it for a game or two, you know, but let's let's get let's also play football.
Let's make it about what it is.
You know, let's these guys are playing sports.
You work at an office.
This is an office, you know, and it also is weird, though, that at the
beginning of your office, they happen to say the Pledge of Allegiance.
But I think it's just because it's an event that gets so many people together,
so many diverse groups of Americans together that that's when they want to do
it.
You know, maybe the NFL shouldn't have ever put it in, but I don't know.
It kind of it's it's the National Anthem is a thing that they put in at the
beginning of everything.
There's a neat video of one of the Pittsburgh Steelers and their team chose not
to come out of the tunnel and be involved during the National Anthem at all,
which I thought was interesting.
At least they're saying we're going to we might all stand for it, but we're
going to stand for it in our locker room.
But they had one player who had served a few military tours Villanueva was his
last name and he came out and there's a cool video of him out there by himself
saluting the pledge saluting the flag and and and and and standing up for the Pledge
of Allegiance.
You know, I live here. I'm happy to live here. I'm happy to be here. I'll
always I'll always stand for the pledge.
It's not about me. It's not about me. And that's just my thoughts, man.
You can have totally different thoughts. And if you do call me, let me know.
I want to know more about him. I'm happy to have my mind opened up as well.