Posted February 20, 2018 11:00 am by Comments

By Tom Knighton

Following a controversial NFL season which featured a number of players refusing to stand for the National Anthem, it would be easy to dismiss the thoughts of any and all professional athletes. To be fair, they are like most folks in that they’re entitled to their opinions, but people shouldn’t put too much stock in those opinions. After all, they play a game for a living. They don’t spend their time studying the issues sufficiently to fully grasp what’s going on.

As I said, like most folks.

However, Baltimore Ravens tight end Benjamin Watson made a point recently when he argued the problem with things like school shootings are due to cultural issues, not political ones.

Baltimore Ravens tight end Benjamin Watson urged America on Monday to take a look at its culture after the Florida school shooting, arguing that “people suffer” when faith is taken out of the public square.

Watson appeared on Fox News to discuss a Facebook post he made after the shooting in Parkland, Florida. In that post, the NFL player urged Americans to “take an honest assessment of our culture in its totality and how it relates to this tragedy and others like …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms

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