Dion Waiters skips national anthems because of his religion

Abdul-Rauf part 2

 

I was trying to guess which religion it might be...probably a D&D topic.

 

I don't remember any other muslims prior to him having a problem. Sounds like attention whoring.

 

fkn bhuddists

 

I don't think the Islamic belief is against the anthem... dude just hates the song.

 

Well, there was Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf, who played for the Denver Nuggets in the 1990s.

From Wikipedia:

 

from kareem to hakeem to shareef abdur-rahim, there didn't seem to be a problem w/ this anthem before. i actually like this kid's game….hope this stuff won't affect him on-court

 

waiters is lucky he was born in the US
if it was the other way around and he did that in afghanistan or pakistan "i aint doin that muslim stuff", let's see what happens

 

It's completely within his rights to do this. It's completely within my rights to think he's a jacka$$ and to boo the hell out of him when he comes to the Toyota Center.

 

!!!

 

I would have comments, but I'll wait until this is in the D&D.

 

If you love America, you love the right to free expression.

That being said, you are free to express your opinion of his expression.

But if my $25 million dollar career was involved, I'd get with the program until I retired.

 

Well at least he said he'll "excuse himself" and will wait in the locker room rather than making a scene on the court in public. I think he did the right thing and announce what he is going to do so that nobody takes it as an offensive gesture.
Or maybe it's the other way around, and by him announcing it's the spit to the face lol

 

I think that's stupid and nothing about the anthem goes against Islam. That said, I'm quite in favor of people's right as an American to be stupid if it's not hurting anyone else so rock on, Waiters. It's really not a huge deal.

 

The cavs need to get rid of him and kyrie.

 

A national anthem is a kind of prayer to one's country, and nationalism is a kind of religion (the fact that so many are "offended" that he doesn't want to participate underscores this, in my view). I can understand why one would want to abstain from participating on religious grounds.

 

I don't understand why a man of any faith would skip our national anthem. Our anthem has nothing to do with religion but about being proud of this nation. If these people really don't love this country and won't reapect our anthem, there are other places to play basketball. Europe, China.... has our youth really lost it?

 

Damn ISIS got to him.

He might be a terrorist. LeBron is in danger.

 

What a selfish guy. He ballhogs and now doesn't want to respect the national anthem.