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Different Drummer

(7,527 posts)
Sat Sep 30, 2017, 12:45 PM Sep 2017

Maybe I've missed something, but...

how did NFL players taking a knee during the National Anthem in protest of police brutality mutate into an expression of disrespect for the military? That seems to be the narrative that--to quote John Fugelsang--"our friends on the right"--are peddling.

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Maybe I've missed something, but... (Original Post) Different Drummer Sep 2017 OP
It's all due to the far right's linking of the flag to the military. MineralMan Sep 2017 #1
When the media runs with the dump meme onecaliberal Sep 2017 #2

MineralMan

(146,189 posts)
1. It's all due to the far right's linking of the flag to the military.
Sat Sep 30, 2017, 12:47 PM
Sep 2017

They've been pushing that identity for a very long time as a way of trying to shame people who don't see the flag as a military symbol, but as a national symbolic banner, which is what it actually is.

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