Seth Jahn, a Paralympian soccer player, 11-year military veteran and dissident, was kicked off of the U.S. Soccer Federation’s Athlete Council for speaking out against the organization repealing their policy against kneeling during the national anthem.
Jahn, who played for the U.S. seven-a-side team in the 2015 Parapan American Games, gave a speech before the organization’s board vote on Saturday.
“I’m sure I’m going to ruffle some feathers with what I’m about to say, especially given the athletes council that I’m on, but given the evolution of our quote-unquote, progressive culture where everything offends everybody, those willing to take a knee for our anthem don’t care about defending half of our country and when they do so, then I don’t have too much concern in also exercising my First Amendment right,” he said Saturday. “We’re here to get a different perspective. I also feel compelled to articulate that I’m of mixed race and representative of undoubtedly the most persecuted people in our country’s history, Native Americans.”
Jahn urged that “95 percent of deaths in black communities come at the hands of another black man.”
“I keep hearing how our country was founded on the backs of slaves, even though approximately only 8 percent of the entire population even owned slaves,” He said. “Every race in the history of mankind has been enslaved by another demographic at some point in time. Blacks have been enslaved. Hispanics have ben enslaved. Asians most recently in our country in the freaking 20th century, have been enslaved. Natives have been enslaved. Whites have been enslaved. Shoot, I lived in Africa for two and a half years where I could purchase people, slaves, between the price of $300 and $800 per person, per head depending on their age, health and physicality.”
“Where were the social justice warriors and on the news journalists there to bring their ruminations to these real atrocities?” he added. “And yet in all of history, only one country has fought to abolish slavery, the United States of America where nearly 400,000 men died to fight for the abolishment of slavery underneath the same star and bars that our athletes take a knee for. Their sacrifice is tainted with every knee that touches the ground.”
Following the speech, the athlete’s council said it had removed Jahn because he “violated the prohibited conduct’s policy section on harassment, which prohibits racial or other harassment based upon a person’s protected status (race), including any verbal act in which race is used or implied in a manner which would make a reasonable person uncomfortable. The athlete’s council does not tolerate this type of language and finds it incompatible with membership on the council. While the council understands that each person has a right to his or her own opinion, there are certain opinions that go beyond the realm of what is appropriate or acceptable.”
But Jahn did not back down.
Hours after he was removed, Jahn reiterated his stance in a statement and urged that his words were not a reflection on U.S. Soccer or the U.S. Extended Teams.
“I will never apologize for the statements I made, and I will never bow down to the mob mentality of intimidation, bullying or the social media warrior’s gestapo tactics. I’m embarrassed to represent a hypocritical federation that conducts a complete assault on diversity of thought without even seeking clarifying statements from me in their smear campaign. I’m embarrassed at the cowardice of so-called friends who bent over to the mob, knowing very well the quality of my character, in order to preserve their own image,” Jahn wrote.
Jahn even received death threats for simply defending the national anthem.
“The overwhelming support I received from a number of people within the federation compared to the 30+ death threats I received from the insignificant rabid keyboard warriors was appreciated, but I implore you to speak publicly in your support in the future for those bold enough to challenge the status quo and not just privately,” he said.
Before playing as a forward on the 7-a-side team, Jahn served in the U.S. Army.
He was deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan three times and was injured in 2010, Fox News reports. He started training with the U.S. Paralympics National Soccer Team in 2014, and competed for Team SOCOM in 2013 Warriors Games, and competed for Team USA in the 2016 Paralympics.
Jahn was martyred for doing something any and every American should do: defending our flag and our national anthem. But, cancel culture wants to take even that away from us in their effort to rewrite history and reshape the narrative of today.
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GRRRR!
Communism rears his ugly head. Jahn tells the truth and is crucified for it. Despicable!!!!
SO pointing out facts, is now some how racist.
GO FIGURE.
Everything you do now has to be approved by the
“Socialist Democrat Party State” which is our country’s most destructive Enemy.
The “Socialist Democrat Party State” political officers and Gestapo are just getting started. You will obey, be loyal and support the “Socialist Democrat Party State” or you will be classified as
“Enemies of the State”.
Jahn urged that “95 percent of (~6,000) deaths (each year) in black communities come at the hands of another black man.”
In that light, Bishop Jackson asks: “How many bodies do you have to step over to get to the one that you think is important only because a White police officer was involved?”
When i was in the local tax office, waiting to see if one of the appointments canceled (cause i do walk ins), one of the gals was talking to one of the prep staff, and he was asking about “Did you get the first two installments of the stimulus, since there recently was a third paid out (not sure when), the first two were non taxable, the third supposedly is.. She was asking “Does it matter if you are a trump supporter or not, for that, i am unsure since these days Everything about trump seems to be toxic” The prep staff dude said “NOT yet” in reply…
THIS COUNTRY IS GOING INSANE!!!! THE CANCEL CULTURE IS GETTING WAY OUT OF HAND… people need to stop this crazy garbage.. EVERY day they are tearing down more and more… They all should go find some isolated island to go to so nothing bothers their little sick minds…AND leave us who love this country, alone
THING IS the cancel culture nuts, KEEP WINNING< so what reason do they have, to STOP??
NOT ONE.
The radical , cancel culture are SCARED of the truth. Thanks Seth for your service, your sacrifice and Thank You for yours and our TRUTHS. Most of these cancel culture, unappreciative morons WILL NOT stop me and many others for being proud of our nation, our country, our flag ,our god, our police, our military service who sacrifice every day. Most of these cowards probably don’t even sacrifice anything. If they don’t like it here LEAVE and go to another country and also go to hell along the way.
Thanks for standing tall and speaking out. And thanks for your service…
Seth Jahn, is a true hero and a true Patriot, who did not back down to the “woke communists” in our society. God Bless you, Seth John, who unlike some less than men, apologize to the “woke communists”.
I never heard of this guy before but he is my hero. He sounds like a man that can add some backbone and much need sense in Congress. After posting this comment I read his bio and WOW! What an exceptional American.
It is time for a name change, there is something very unU.S. about the Soccer Federation’s Athletic Council. Seth Jahn has expressed American values which are no longer fashionable among the so-called enlightened elite who eschew them as outdated. Perhaps he is the only one qualified to serving in the capcity of promoting sports in the United States as a member of that federation!
It is time to cancel the “cancel-culture”. This insidious view has no values other than to destroy this country and substitute it with Marxism. To allow the media and the entertainment community to shape and control the values of the public is indicative of the lack of awareness of the public.
The US Constitution is your guide and is sacrosanct .
I certainly won’t be watching any “US Soccer federation” game anymore…
What does it say about a country that punishes people for speaking the truth?
I’m a reasonable person, and nothing Seth said made me uncomfortable. I think he was spot-on.
I will say though, that when you’re in any workplace environment, on any other topic not related to work, it’s best to defer to HR or Public Relations. Your employer doesn’t really want your honest opinion.
This attitude (go along to get along) has been a contributing factor for the past 10 or so years. Silence is and always has been taken as CONSENT!!!!!!!!!
Exactly. Silence DOES equal consent.
THEN THAT Is a workplace, that shouldn’t exist. IF THEY DO NOT WANT your honest opinions, GET THE HELL out of america.
In 1959 Russian Premier Nikita Khrushchev stated at the UN, “we will bury you”, he clarified it further, that the soviets were not physically going to do it, but our own people would be the downfall of our country….we laughed at him. Now look, who’s got the last laugh?
I agree with what he said 100%. I guess now even the truth is racist. I will not be watching the Olympics since they will allowing kneeling.
I only watched some swimming and a little of the track stuff last one. I WON’T be watching this upcoming year’s one.
The truth, you can’t handle the truth! This ‘social justice’ crapola parroted by all the pro sports lemmings is based on a LIE that when repeated often enough is ‘thought’ to be the truth, but it is STILL a lie! These DEEP THINKERS that love ‘taking a knee’ in support of the LIE have no consideration or compassion for the 10s of thousands of “kids” killed EVERY year by other “kids!” The police kill on average anywhere from 10-20 black ‘criminals’ per year, and many more than that number are white ‘criminals’ killed! These “social justice warriors” need to look up a few FACTS, like how many police officers are killed in the line of duty every year. As they say, you can look it up! Personally, we have quit watching ANY pro sports in this household simply because we are not interested in watching STUPIDITY on display!
Good for seth jahn standing up for himself, the country and against these counter culture anarchist fools! As far as that council that fired him, they had no right to do that and seth should sue them and the soccer federation out of business!
Soccer is that game played in all the communist countries. That’s why it had to be brought here, to help make us more like them…
SO you think the UK, Australia, Scotland and such are Commie nations??
its a non violent sport unlike the american game of footfball and ice hockey.
soccer is shoved in our face on every sports network and its designed to kill the testaterone in american men.
the mens/womens us soccer teams do not exist to me and when these un american teams play i will pull for the other team.
It’s non violent? Tell that to all the folks who’ve had legs broken, or jaws broken.
Wow! I’m afraid all is lost when I see the uproar on this site about soccer and which sport is more violent or what communist countries play that sport. I subscribe to this site because of it’s conservative slant but I have to read juvenile gibberish while the heroic actions of this man are overlooked. I can just imagine what the left sites are ranting about.
Jahn and Candace Owens speak the truth about the scams and this soccer team/league have joined the scum with their hypocrisy.
It is expected and appropriate for the Republicans to do something about this. At least protest in some organized way. Then see if the US Soccer Federation receives federal funds and if recipients of said funds have any requirements. If so then cancel the US Soccer Federation. This isn’t mirroring the Democrats, it is acting for good cause. If there are no legal requirements then put legislation forward and demand a roll call vote. In 2022will prove useful to show that elected Democrats aren’t individuals but are instead controlled more tightly then members of the Soviet Politburo, so a vote for them is a vote for Pelosi and the DNC.
Finally, there have to be somethings the Democrats don’t want to have happen, and McConnell and McCarthy ought to set up a Republican group to evaluate what can be done to inflict a price on the Democrats for their support for national destruction.
Anything would be better than the present cloying and whining. I could do that myself, or I could get one of my young grandchildren to come out and cry upon request for free. We are paying Republicans far to much for them to wine like babies when the Democrats kick their constituents in the teeth.
PITY THE republicans LACK A SPINE to do anything about it.
Just gave me another reason to ignore all professional sports. Waste of time and money.
The “woke” idiots care nothing about the truth! That’s because their “father” is the “father of lies.” Their sacrifice is the murder of babies. They are EVIL!
I love this guy! Oorah!