‘Stand With Michael Vick’ Petition Began
Somebody named Roger Duncan has began a petition, “Stand with Michael Vick in opposition to his racist detractors” in response to the backlash over Vick’s choice as a legends captain for the 2020 Professional Bowl.
When information of Vick’s choice started to flow into, on-line petitions had been began protesting his choice.
The animus and backlash geared toward Vick is because of his 2007 felony conviction for working a dogfighting ring, the place he and his associates brutally tortured and killed a number of canine.
Associated: Over 200,000 Signal Petition Demanding NFL Take away Former Quarterback Michael Vick As Professional Bowl Captain
At present depend, the 2 on-line petitions protesting Vick’s choice as Professional Bowl captain have over 800,000 signatures and counting.
Within the “Stand with Vick” petition Duncan writes in assist of Vick:
“In a nation that claims to be constructed on Christian ideas, I do not see the Christ within the folks that proceed to talk out in opposition to him and his potential to get pleasure from his life to the fullest, I and lots of others are uninterested in these racists disguised as animal lovers attempting to manage this mans each transfer, if they may, they’d deny him the flexibility to easily breathe. Sufficient is sufficient, the NFL ought to on no account form or type, bend the knee to those individuals. Stand with Vick as I’m.”
There isn’t any doubt that among the backlash Vick obtained on the time of his launch from jail and re-entry into the NFL was steeped in racism.
His defenders say he is served his time for the crime and must be allowed to maneuver on with out continued harassment or vilification.
They may usually level to the double commonplace with regards to the outrage over animal rights vis a vis a human’s. Particularly Black people.
They may also ask the place the outrage is when discussing somebody like Pittsburgh Steelers’ quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, who’s white, and was twiced accused of sexual assault.
“There are various white athletes which have performed loads worse, Ben Roethlisberger, is one which involves thoughts that these similar petitioners nonetheless stand and cheer for,” wrote Duncan. “He’s a person that was accused of sexual assault not as soon as however twice and he has by no means been vilified the best way that Vick has been and continues to be, Sufficient is sufficient!”
Vick’s critics level to the innocence and defenseless nature of the animals, and the abhorrent means he and his associates, tortured and killed them.
To date Vick and the NFL have been quiet relating to the backlash.
Eventually depend the “Stand With Michael Vick” petition has greater than 17,000 signatures and counting.