Posted on 09/24/2017 6:28:34 AM PDT by dynachrome
It would be so satisfying if a group of patriotic fans to have at the ready a flash mob of singers at a stadium game. If the players "take a knee" to show their disdain for the flag and the national anthem, these talented souls would wait until just before the kick-off and then stand up and belt out the national anthem themselves. Chances are hundreds of those in attendance would join them. Then they would exit the stadium.
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“You will more than likely only end up occupying a jail cell, then spending some time and money in court.”
Not really. Ten thousand fans occupy the field. Who is going to get arrested by the 40 cops on hand? No one. Every college kid knows this - that’s why they rush the field so often.
If you are arrested, it’s a misdemeanor and a small fine. No big deal.
“The rest of us? We don’t really have that luxury.”
We have the luxury of numbers, money in our pocket because we work, and being right as well. If we don’t start flexing our muscles in ways that really matter, we will lose everything we have. This is better than shooting people - which is where everything is headed if we don’t act very pro-actively now with this small nonsense.
Yeah, but it was a black team. Blacks take ownership of this issue with the anthem!
I can not tell you how much I loathe Obama, the racist communist.
Enough so the game has to be cancelled because the America hating coaches and players can't hear the calls.
Heck, even little 8 year old football players are taking a knee. They haven’t a clue what it means so it is their parents who are instructing them to do it.
From the dead-tree Wall St. Journal:[owner of ESPN] Disney needs to remember that the culture of sports is fundamentally celebratory and unifying, not divisive. - Holman W. Jenkins, “Never mind Jemele Hill, ESPN Isn’t Doomed”But then, it’s an open question whether profit is more important to Hollywierd than “being woke” is.
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