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Originally Posted by Nucky
I am happy to see that your view has evolved since the first day this issue was HOT last year.
People are going to feel and believe and speak and act and type whatever they wish about this issue. More power to them.
I wish the Political Forum was open so these subjects could be fully explored without tiptoeing around the Forum Rules.
I remember being taught to STAND AND SALUTE THE FLAG in kindergarten. No one would have dared to take a knee in class then or at a professional sporting event. No Way. The question is what changed and what gives a Professional Athlete the option of deciding which way to go in public? When they are on the clock they are not paid to think about anything except the sport they are paid to entertain us playing in.
Riddle me this???? Why no display's of disrespect (My Opinion) No Link. For Baseball, Basketball, Soccer, Field Hockey, The Olympic's etc? Makes you wonder why just Football doesn't it??
I wish one of the Yankees tried this when George Steinbrenner was alive. Think there was a reason he was called "The Boss"?
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If you do not get the intent of the standing and why in football, then you just flat out do not understand what the issue is, and it is
NOT about disrespect. It was made political and there it remains, while we seem to ignore snubbing our noses at the systems, beliefs, morals and all the goodness that flag was meant to represent.
Nobody who demeans
EVER these players, comments on what the flag represents or understands that these players
KNOW what it stands for.
These players, nor most Americans have a chance to demonstrate or show how they feel about the abuse of war heroes, the first ammendment, or the values that are the
TRUE meaning of our flag.
I do not like the demonstration either, but I know why they demonstrate....I do not know how those who oppose this kneeling can possibly justify the standards that the flag actually
represents and then stand by while those virtues being trod on and that is
not a political statement as the opposition to this demonstration is and has always been, the political statement.
As those who attend church on Sunday then sin all week are looked upon as phony and false christians, I still maintain that standing for the anthem and then turning your back on all that it actually means makes anyone who does that a phony patriot bound by politics.
When I attended kindergarten I learned history, and the values that made this country great. That I still hold in my heart. Those folks who in recent times buried and burnt the flag...I didn't like that either, but I listened and investigated their reasons and the message. Most of what they were upset about was financial but they used the flag to show their disapproval.
We seem to be now a country who instead of values worship people, and since we demean war heroes if not in agreement politically, then perhaps we just do not understand the true meaning of the flag or patriotism. And lets be clear......disagreeing with someone politically is not wrong, but disagreeing and mocking service of heroes is much worse than what these players are doing.
The National Anthem does not need to be played before every single sporting event. It is forced patriotism that has diluted the power of the message of standing at attention before the flag.
A sporting event is a glorified movie, and no movie theater plays the National Anthem before the next showing of “Jason Bourne.”
We are numb to the song, the music and
the message. There should be an impact to the message when we stand at attention. And the message is standing
for the ideal and what we aspire for America, not always what it is. Some stand at sporting events with tears in their eyes.....some share a hot dog at that time....others use it as time to visit the rest room.
Lets begin to respect the ideals furled with the flag and instead of political toys with forced patriotism, lets try the real thing and criticize the ongoing war on all our foundations.