Posted on 06/13/2019 10:13:45 PM PDT by MtnClimber
More Megan Rapinoe doesnt sing the national anthem. This, to followers of soccer, is not news. Rapinoe hasnt belted out the Star Spangled Banner since 2016. She no longer puts her hand over her heart. As she told Yahoo Sports last month, she probably never will again. But with the U.S. womens national team kicking off its 2019 World Cup campaign on Tuesday, and Rapinoe captaining the squad, her unflinching face and pursed lips became a story.
Naturally, it also became a subject of misinformation and misunderstanding among casual fans who werent familiar with Rapinoes activism.
She has been very clear about her reasons for not singing, though. The 33-year-old winger explained them at length in an in-depth Yahoo Sports feature published in May.
Rapinoes reasons for not singing national anthem For Rapinoe, the anthem is a somber moment for a peaceful protest of inequality and injustice throughout the United States.
Its inequality and injustice she has been aware of for years now, even as she proudly sang the anthem prior to the summer of 2016. But that summer, she had what she calls an awakening. She was very much inspired by Colin Kaepernick and his protest of racial injustice and police brutality.
Around that time, the whole meaning of the anthem changed dramatically for me, Rapinoe told Yahoo Sports. And she came to a realization: I need to do something.
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Her Flag is the Rainbow Flag, that’s the flag gays are loyal to.
In Soccer you are expected to sing the anthem. The camera pans on each player as the anthem is played. It’s a long-standing tradition.
Exactly right.
She ought to go to some Islamic paradise where people like her are thrown from rooftops. What an ungrateful puke.
I can’t believe this is getting network prime time play. It just goes to show the desperation of the Big Four for programming this is cheap, unscripted, and non-controversial. This time of year, TV really is a vast wasteland. At least in the middle of winter, it was only half vast.
She has a right to not sing. We have a right to dismiss her as unworthy of our attention.
Inequality and injustice? Try any one of the hundreds of other countries in this world for a few years, then get back to us.
Your argument makes sense. If you don't want to see Rapinoe, don't watch her. I also have an issue with the TV stations making this an issue by showing her during the anthem. This would all go away if they just focused on the flag. Which would make too much sense, I guess.
She's a natural born leftie. Like at lot of aggrieved lefties, she was difficult from birth.
Of course, Yahoo! News gives her sympathetic and fawning coverage in this article. Sheesh
My main issue is hypocrisy. Go to a sporting event and you’ll see drunk idiots buying beer and high-fiving during the anthem. Then they’ll badmouth this soccer player because she only stood silently during the anthem. It must be really nice to have a life where THIS is what you can spend your time kvetching about.
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Yes, indeed, some fans do act like idiots during national anthem...I am not happy with those people either.
I am just hoping that athletes representing United States to behave better than some idiotic fans.
I read that TV ratings for this WWC is better than 4 years ago...
I am thinking that majority of people are not bothered by Ms. Rapinoe’s behavior...
I would not be surprised if this WWC has best TV ratings ever...
I’m With you on all of that. Thanks for giving me a team to root for.
Thanks for getting me straight on the misunderstanding and misrepresentation, Yahoo News!
Well, yeah, except that previously, she kneeled, to support her homie Kapernick. She was told she couldnt kneel, so she compromised by scowling. You go girl!
She was kneeling in the past until US Soccer told her to stop. They should have kicked her off the team.
U.S. Soccer admonishes Megan Rapinoe for kneeling during anthem before match
What inequality are the fags seeing?
They can have their agenda legislated against straights, they can get “married”, they can adopt kids, they have healthcare for “life partners”
What the hell? Rapinoe has ruined watching the World Cup for me, although I am not a soccer fan. Hope the USA team loses in the next few rounds.
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