Posted on 09/10/2016 3:20:48 PM PDT by Impala64ssa
While crybaby millionaire athletes opt to disrespect the land that provides them the incredible opportunity to play a game for a living by sitting during the National Anthem, legendary rockers KISS are taking a very different approach.
Arguably one of the best rock bands in the history of the genre, KISS is currently on their “Freedom to Rock” Tour, which they fittingly launched on July 4th, making it a point to show our country and the men and women who are sworn to protect her the respect they so richly deserve.
During one particular concert, the band stopped in the middle of the show and decided to do the Pledge of Allegiance.
Truth Revolt is reporting Currently, Kiss is on their “Freedom to Rock” tour, which launched on July 4th, and as they’ve done before, Kiss put their patriotism and love of our military in the forefront by giving Hiring Our Heroes $150,000 and selecting a current member of the National Guard or Reserve in all 32 cities of the tour to be a roadie for the day to work backstage with the crew and prepare for the evening’s concert. In addition, Kiss partnered with Veteran Tickets Foundation which offers discounted tickets to veterans. To top it all off, the band also gave $125,000 to the Wounded Warrior Project.
But it gets better. At a recent stop in Worcester, Massachusetts, this week, Kiss brought its roadie for the day onstage, along with other members of the military past and present, and led the entire arena in the Pledge of Allegiance, something the band has done before. However, this one had a bit of a special message to a particular NFL player — a not-so-subtle knock to the recent shenanigans by San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, lead singer Paul Stanley said:
“You should remember, patriotism is always cool. Loving your country is always cool. Standing up, respecting and honoring our military is always cool. So, to show some respect between pick-throwing, we’re going to put our right hands over our hearts and why don’t we say the Pledge of Allegiance.”
What makes this gesture even better is that it isn’t the first time KISS has made it clear they love their country and support the troops. In fact, during a tour in 2014 that was geared toward honoring our military, they hired veterans to be roadies.
When you see the self-entitled left-wing brats on the left — most of which are millionaires thanks to the country they love to trash — sitting for the National Anthem instead of standing up and celebrating the land of opportunity, remember that not everyone in pop culture has gone mad.
There are still awesome, patriotic Americans like KISS, who have an even bigger platform than professional athletes who are here today and gone tomorrow, sticking up for the values and principles that make our nation great.
KISS is on my list of favorites.
Good on them, but they should have done a bit of research on the fraud that is the Wounded Warrior Project.
I am glad not all celebrities are entitled, thoughtless brats.
Hendrix was an exceptionally talented man who was horribly abused as a child.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimi_Hendrix
OK, but that’s gross when he puts his tongue over his heart.
“Hendrix was an exceptionally talented man who was horribly abused as a child.”
And that has what to do with this?
My baby bro has every KISS item ever made. Will tell him about this. ; )
Thanks for posting this!
And he endorsed Trump even though Trump fired him on “the apprentice”.
Forget that I said anything. Live with yourself as you will.
Oh yeah I know the song well. Thanks
:)
Wow...and this happened in the soviet enclave of Worcester???
“Forget that I said anything. Live with yourself as you will.”
Hey, my childhood was no bed of roses, either, but that doesn’t entitle me to disrespect the National Anthem.
KISS is a holdover from the late 70s. I maybe like one or two of their songs. However Poison and I believe RATT were 80’s white hair bands. The reason I say this is because the 80’s was a deeply patriotic time for this country even if one of the most famous songs from the era “Born in the USA” by a traitorous Springsteen later revealed the tru e meaning behind the patriotic song. I grew liking Springsteen, I threw out all that I owned after learning the truth about him and what he really felt of America. Regan made this country great by instilling a deep patriotic feeling into all of America - its music, its businesses and the hearts and souls of its citizens. Regan wasn’t infallible but he loved this country and Clinton with no economic policy in the 90’s except to raise the taxes caused the recession. It was said Clinton had a surplus when George Bush Jr took over. 6 months into the Bush’s first term the surplus disappeared as fast as Enron did because the Clinton Administration did the books just like Enron had done.
The 80’s were great and led to the boom of the 90’s but the evolution of the internet is the mainstay as to why the mid to late 90’s did so well. The Y2K issue busted before New Year’s on 2000. It is commonly referred to as the dot com bubble.
I never considered what he did disrespect.
“I never considered what he did disrespect.”
I am baffled by that. He certainly meant disrespect. His audiences unanimously inferred disrespect. At the time, no other take would have been even marginally credible.
I always thought it was a rather creative version. Being patriotic I heard it as such, regardless of his actual intent.
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