Posted on 10/21/2017 6:38:10 AM PDT by William of Barsoom
(Note: This is sarcastic humor, for those challenged in ID-ing such material.)
If one wanted to besmirch the National Anthem, just hire Roseann Barr to reprise this performance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkhbpeL-8sY
One could hardly do better.
(Note: This was an attempt at humor.)
Clickable link?
Sorry. I thought I did that. I’m not too good at the finer points, as I rarely post, and 99.99% just “listen.”
Here’s a clean line at least:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkhbpeL-8sY
I hope that’s good enough...
I find this interesting:
“This failure of many of our younger activists to understand the art of communication has been disastrous. Even the most elementary grasp of the fundamental idea that one communicates within the experience of his audience — and gives full respect to the other’s values — would have ruled out attacks on the American flag. The responsible organizer would have known that it is the establishment that has betrayed the flag while the flag, itself, remains the glorious symbol of America’s hopes and aspirations, and he would have conveyed this message to his audience. On another level of communication, humor is essential, for through humor much is accepted that would have been rejected if presented seriously. This is a sad and lonely generation. It laughs too little, and this, too, is tragic.” - taken from Prologue, Rules For Radicals, Saul Alinsky
What a disgusting POS.
The snowflakes taking a knee are too stupid to realize that that is a sign of submission as opposed to obeyance or support by standing upright.
Personally, if they are not going to observe this simple cultural norm, I don’t trust them or want them near me.
Protesting the flag is another issue that we can debate. If you wish to be disrespectful of the people who made it possible for you to be wealthy, do it on your own time.
What is not open to debate is protesting on “company time” and while we are paying you to work. Otherwise, we will fire you. “Shut up and” play.
End of story.
Why all the sarcasm warnings?
You aren’t 100 percent wrong. It was a disgusting abomination.
The ONLY person who gets to mess up the Anthem and we can laugh about it is FRANK DREBIN!!!
“Lots of bombs in the air” :)
I have written hundreds of technical reports, most for a nontechnical audience. If my audience misunderstands or rejects any of my points, I have failed. It’s not their failure; they hired me because I have expertise they lack. The failure is mine alone. Keeping that basic truth in mind and teaching it to my pollsters and statisticians were the among reasons why my organization succeeded.
If we pretend that the National Felons League protests had a message, it was their responsibility to communicate that point. No one is actually discussing the range of very different reasons that they have over time claimed as the foundation for their actions. We only notice that they are insulting our Anthem, our flag, our military, our country, and our ancestors. The motive for that shocking rudeness and disrespect is irrelevant to us.
Their message is ignored, so they have failed. Just as 2-14 loser Colin K failed as a quarterback, those who followed him into irrelevance also failed.
I have discovered that as blindingly obvious a satire or some sarcasm is, a few folks take it oh,-so-seriously, and fail to “get it.”
I am by nature a humorous and sarcastic bastard, and while staying pleasant, I find this is a powerful weapon against delusional liberal obsessed thinkers — who are almost always entirely humorless.
Alas, even some (very) few Freepers seem to need a trigger warning...
Back in my teleproduction days, I had a writer pal who said “Good communicatons are a 200% effort. The Sender needs to be 100% careful and clear to the message — and the audience’s ears — and the listener needs to be 100% clear and careful as he listens and interprets what he hears.”
Both must make a Complete Effort to Get It Right.
The only flaw is that today the listeners are often poorly educated and pop-culture obsessed, and are largely deaf.
You ain’t a-gonna get far with the Creatively Angry And Hopeless. They will WORK to get it wrong. (Like “Big-Hat-Wilson.)
Years ago there was a book: “Games People Play.”
She’s playing, “Now-I’ve-GOT-you, you-sunnafabitch!!”
I have heard them say what they are NOT protesting against: the military, police, flag, etc. I have not yet heard a clear communication of what they ARE protesting, what they want to happen and what success will look like. I have not heard what action, if taken by their foes, would prompt them to feel their complaint has been addressed and they can then stand up again? Epic communication failure. No solution has been proposed. Confusing!
Don't hold your breath on the last two. We are now informed that people who make more than 99% of the population in general and 99.9% of their fans are protesting "inequality". Irony abounds.
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