Posted on 09/28/2017 8:37:08 AM PDT by Kaslin
So when does the author think is the right time to play the anthem?
What happens now that the snowflakes in college do not like the 1st Amendment? It is causing controversy. Get rid of it?
Dude is an idiot. National anthem is the only thing that makes sport worth watching. All together, politics at the door, everybody striving at the top of their abilities, the win going to the team that plays the best together.
There is a lot of self-unmasking going on nowadays.
Guarantee if they stopped playing the Anthem, the fans in the stands will start singing it.
Like blaming a rape victim for wearing a tight dress.
First they came and removed the Bible from the schools.
Then they came and removed the Ten Commandments.
Next they came and began removing statues.
Now they can’t even stand and salute Our Patriotism and want to remove our National Anthem?
What! Who is they? They are the ones who need to be removed.
I remember in the days after 9-11, a psychiatrist on the morning radio...for some reason I remember his name - Dr. Will Miller. He was opposed to cancelling the NFL games for more than one weekend...said we needed to do just as you describe - experience the ritual of the games together to regain a sense of normalcy. On 9-12, I never thought we’d end up debating whether or not to sing the national anthem.
BEING SUNG.
Give up no more ground to the left. NO MORE GROUND.
WTH? What kind of a commy ingrate suggests that love of country and patriotism is the reason that "American unity and love of country" has been tarnished?
Somebody check that A$$hat for a concussion.
It is more than obvious, by the anti-Americanism of those imbeciles taking a knee, that we need more displays and encouragement of patriotism not less.
We should implement speeches on “assimilation” and “Principles of Free Government” in the ceremonies at the games.
We MUST appeal to the common principles and mutual understandings that transcend our differences and bind us together as one people. It is painfully apparent it is not happening in our Marxist public schools.
I love it! Let's add God Bless America to that.
If you ever get a chance to go the Indy 500, I recommend you do not miss the live Pre-Race, Memorial Day, ceremonies. All the way up to the dropping of the green flag, it is a VERY patriotic show. I recommend sitting high in Turn #1. ;o)
Right on, my man...giving in is always good.../s
FTA: “”The Star-Spangled Banner” deserves better. A compelled show of patriotism no more belongs at a ballpark than it does at a restaurant. Reverence for the flag and love of country are admirable. Treating the national anthem as merely a prelude to sports is anything but.”
As happens entirely too often these days, it’s clear Mr. Jacoby never served in the US Military where you stand at attention for the National Anthem before every movie shown in the PX theater. I will agree that the anthem deserves better than to be played for a collection of overpaid, overindulged ingrates who should simply be banished to the locker-room until their services are required for our entertainment.
If they remove the flag and anthem, they’ll just find something else to use to make a spectacle of themselves.
psst....Jeff...Congress convenes with a prayer....oh, and so does the Supreme Court.
The NFL has contempt for me and my values.
And I really wish they didn’t, because changing my consumer habits to boycott everything NFL-connected takes time and energy.
For example, getting rid of USAA insurance (USAA has said they will make zero change to their tight relationship with the NFL) requires research into other insurance offerings. Will also need to move (but not sell) some stocks I own through their brokerage.
But it has to be done.
The national anthems of all nations have been played before sporting matches all over the world for at least several decades. The US is no different. If we dropped the anthem before our sporting events, which would give in to the other side, then we would be the only major country who would not be playing our anthem.
Can you imagine the Olympics not playing the Anthem at the Gold Medal ceremony?
Do countries that play professional soccer sing their anthem before a match?
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