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Monday, October 10, 2016

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Justin Verlander is still upset about national anthem protest, tweets 'All Lives Matter'

Posted By Jack Roskopp on Mon, Oct 10, 2016 at 11:05 AM

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While most of us were watching the debate last night/looking up how long it will take to become a Canadian citizen, the Detroit Tigers' Justin Verlander tweeted out some choice words about the national anthem protest. Apparently, it is still bothering him.

Just sang the Canadian national anthem on TBS and we here in America can't stand together for our anthem. #alllivesmatter #TogetherStronger
— Justin Verlander (@JustinVerlander) October 10, 2016

What Verlander was referencing on TBS was the singing of the Canadian national anthem on TV because the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Texas Rangers in extra innings and are moving on to the ALCS.

Verlander clearly thought that this tweet was not going to receive any backlash, but people were quick to call out the baseball player on his insensitivity.

.@JustinVerlander are Canadian police shooting minorities dead at a much higher % rate than whites? Just wondering eh.
— Anti Glib (@AntiGlib) October 10, 2016

@JustinVerlander Enjoying your white privilege?
— btdill (@btdill) October 10, 2016

@JustinVerlander I 100% disagree with this. America is never more together than when they stand, or kneel, together for injustice.
— Andrew Tomlinson (@drew_tomlinson) October 10, 2016

@JustinVerlander thanks for speaking out, wealthy white man. your contribution was needed.
— Jason Cohen (@Jason00Cohen) October 10, 2016

Clearly Justin Verlander doesn't understand the Black Lives Matter movement (much like his fiancé) but he also fails to see the hypocrisy of his tweets.

Agreed... There are people DYING protecting our freedom as well. My point: let's all stand TOGETHER to create change. #standtogether https://t.co/83Dz0xqofe
— Justin Verlander (@JustinVerlander) October 10, 2016

And that is exactly the point of the Black Lives Matter movement, Justin Verlander. Black people are asking to stand together and to be treated fairly by not only the police, but our nation as a whole.

His tweets are a smack in the face to the people of the city that he represents. Does Verlander not realize that Detroit's population is 82 percent black? Clearly he's not hip to institutional racism. Here's a hint, Justin: Nothing's going to change if we ignore what's happening to minorities.

How about we ~~stand~~ kneel together for that, Justin Verlander?

Tags: Justin Verlander, Black Lives Matter, Detroit Tigers, Twitter, Kate Upton, Image

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