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1 posted on 07/22/2023 11:58:55 AM PDT by george76
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I’ve always stood near attention with hand on heart. I don’t sing.


2 posted on 07/22/2023 12:01:30 PM PDT by EEGator
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What motivates them to play for a Nation they hold in such contempt, while others from around the world, all the places people want to escape, are so proud?


3 posted on 07/22/2023 12:01:49 PM PDT by motor_racer ("We're gonna punish our enemies, and we're gonna reward our friends" - Barak Hussein Obama)
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Maybe they were staring “stoically ahead” is because they are still butthurt to losing to teenage boys.

Rapinoe: Can’t Understand Normal Thinking


4 posted on 07/22/2023 12:05:38 PM PDT by Glennb51
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This is the crowd that got a huge salary raise because they whined about it, not because they deserved it.
Megan Rapinoe is part of this bunch and we know she hates the USA.
So do you think I’m going to have the slightest interest in how this team plays?


5 posted on 07/22/2023 12:06:48 PM PDT by I want the USA back (A man is not a woman. A woman is not a man. There is no in-between or undefined middle. Cat = cat.)
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I think we should send a few men to try out for the club. Maybe people would watch?


6 posted on 07/22/2023 12:07:12 PM PDT by JonPreston ( ✌ ☮️ )
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Rapinoe, who is playing in her last World Cup before retiring and was the first woman to kneel in the practice, claimed in the weeks before her team’s 2019 World Cup win that she would “never put my hand over my heart.”

Why then does she play for a team that represents the USA? Could it be it offers better rewards she would get than from playing for some other nation's team, or not playing at all?

Go Vietnam!

9 posted on 07/22/2023 12:10:02 PM PDT by Robwin ( )
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Their behavior is 100% in line with current ruling class thinking.


10 posted on 07/22/2023 12:10:08 PM PDT by Salman (It's not a slippery slope if it was part of the program all along. )
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The designation of US should be pulled from the team.


12 posted on 07/22/2023 12:15:58 PM PDT by JayGalt (Convenience is the bait in which the true poison is concealed.)
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Well I ‘spect their bass and tenor voices wouldn’t sound that good anyway.


13 posted on 07/22/2023 12:21:29 PM PDT by dblshot
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I hold utter contempt for these overly privileged crybabies. I can only hope they are beaten by a team that actually is happy to represent their country.


14 posted on 07/22/2023 12:35:13 PM PDT by animal172 (This ain't the country I grew up in.)
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Further destroying and tainting their brand. They will never be popular in this country and will continue to rely on the men’s teams to carry them financially. Some people would call this fraud.


16 posted on 07/22/2023 12:39:04 PM PDT by Obadiah
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I see Zach Ertz’ wife and two other players sang with hand over heart. They’re the courageous ones.


17 posted on 07/22/2023 12:40:55 PM PDT by JZelle
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It’s a leadership problem: “If you don’t stand respectfully with your right hand over your heart during the playing of the Star Spangled Banner, you’re gone immediately, no discussion, no debate. Singing along is optional. If you disagree, see me now, and I’ll give you your walking papers.”


18 posted on 07/22/2023 12:44:54 PM PDT by twister881
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I hope they lose up front. Get rid of the anti American lesbians and I’ll root for them.


19 posted on 07/22/2023 12:45:52 PM PDT by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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If you ever get a chance to watch 6 Nations Rugby games, notice how the players bellow out their national anthems. (Except maybe for Ireland which plays three anthems because NI is included on the team).


20 posted on 07/22/2023 12:46:30 PM PDT by hanamizu
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21 posted on 07/22/2023 12:46:46 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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99% of all athletes in America keep their mouth shut during the anthem. This is just looking for a reason to get upset.


24 posted on 07/22/2023 12:50:22 PM PDT by discostu (like a dog being shown a card trick)
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They’d prefer saluting the rainbow flag and singing something by k.d. lang.


25 posted on 07/22/2023 12:50:37 PM PDT by Allegra (Stop the Zeepers from Censoring FReepers)
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I saw it and I was hoping for better enthusiasm for representing our/their wonderful Country.

Disappointed.

I never root against the USA, even if the athletes feel entitled, privileged, and feel no visible sense of gratitude.

That said, have any of the team members or coaches or sponsors quibbled with Miss Rapinoe's hatred of America or Miss Rapinoe's statement endorsing men competing in womens' sports?

29 posted on 07/22/2023 12:56:44 PM PDT by Seaplaner (Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never...in nothing, great or small...Winston ChurchIill)
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hope they all break a leg........


32 posted on 07/22/2023 1:00:32 PM PDT by Sacajaweau ( )
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