Social Media Explodes After Mike Ditka Blasts NFL Players Who Kneel During National Anthem

Dear Mike Ditka: I’m a US Marine who served this Nation with his life. Yet I’ve NEVER felt it my place to tell anyone to “get the hell out of the country.” Let that sink in.

PS: Athletes kneel to raise awareness for racial injustice. And you’re exactly one of the reasons why. https://t.co/FEibCZsrwE

The views expressed of Mike Ditka are nothing new for him. He's just playing his greatest hits on repeat. Wrote this in 2016. https://t.co/jUIu0aSYr0

Ditka (and many others) say “if you can’t respect our national anthem, get the hell out of the country.” What should we do with those who don’t respect the Constitution which says we have the rights of free speech and freedom of assembly? https://t.co/VpAlJgR10o

Legendary NFL coach Mike Ditka just said this in an interview:

“If you can’t respect our National Anthem, get the hell out of the country.”

AMEN!

Mike Ditka is a joke. The world passed him by a long time ago. But he’s going to show up and vote, which is why you have to show up and vote.

Mike Ditka: Athletes who kneel should be kicked out of the country.

Mike Ditka's entire life was made by athletes who would have been, for their skin color, killed by the cops whose actions the kneeling is protesting.

The next time Mike Ditka says something dumb, just remember he played in this helmet and it's really a miracle he ever makes any sense at all. pic.twitter.com/n5gkvEdi6I

Does that include combat veterans? Veterans? Active duty personnel who oppose racism, bigotry, bad policing, corruption? Drs, nurses, teachers? https://t.co/cFmsLc6AGS

Saying that these athletes are protesting the flag, Military, or Anthem—you are choosing to listen to your bias and not their actual words. You’re simply ignoring their repeated statements, in order to perpetuate the narrative you need.#MikeDitka https://t.co/Y0IMkIxwgd

If you can't respect the tradition of non-violent protest enshrined in our Bill of Rights, Mike Ditka, then get the hell out of the country...https://t.co/gUSK4JzC6O

Democrats are pissed off Mike Ditka told kneeling athletes to get the hell out of the country.

They don’t want Ditka to exercise his 1st Amendment rights.

That’s exactly what fascists do.

Everyone listen up, Mike Ditka has something to say! pic.twitter.com/Zc9JxI4LB2

Mike Ditka said people who don’t respect the National Anthem should get the Hell Out of America.

I 100% agree.

You?

Gosh, listening to Mike Ditka here reminds me of the good old days when men were truly men and they didn't give a crap if you were offended 🤣 Mike calls it "old fashioned," I call it "truth,"https://t.co/EUnFYzZr1B

A few years ago Mike Ditka actually said, “there has been no oppression in the last 100 years that I know of.” This coming from a guy who played in the 60s when discrimination was so bad there was an all-star game boycott. Please feel free to permanently ignore anything he says.

BTW, Mike Ditka being a racist asshole has been on my bingo card since 1985.

Hey Mike Ditka, If you want to live in a country where everyone has to stand for the anthem, why don't you move to North Korea? #GFY pic.twitter.com/uhJ4pjI4VY

Dear Mike Ditka,
I'd consider leaving America.
Unfortunately, @realDonaldTrump has so badly botched this pandemic that we can't leave and no countries would have us even if we could.
Instead, I'll stay and I'll oppose thick-headed people who conflate racism with patriotism.

The joke is on old fools like Mike Ditka, James Woods & Jon Voight. All these guys are going to be remembered the exact same way bigots like George Wallace are. Just trashing their already irrelevant legacies. He could only win 1 Superbowl with that defense & Payton. Enough said. https://t.co/SZPJV9ynwc

Mike Ditka is a meathead.https://t.co/uDajAlcdXW

Somebody tell #MikeDitka if he can’t respect the constitution and the right of its citizens to peacefully protest, then GET THE HELL OUT OF THIS COUNTRY!!!