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In reply to the discussion: All this shit about an athlete taking a position and not standing for an anthem [View all]shadowmayor
(1,325 posts)I fail to see how one man expressing himself is such a tragedy? Instead, how about some dialogue without the invectives and calls to patriotism? I'm a retired veteran, spent time in Uncle Donald's sand box and personally, I am sick of the god and country crap that surrounds our sporting events. I do stand at the playing of the anthem, but I don't get filled with pride. I mostly remember the BS I saw and smelled in Iraq and the guys who didn't come home or came home feeling far from OK.
When teaturds fly their flags upside down, I don't hear the outcry from the patriotic crowd. Nobody seems to blast the KKK when they display old glory. I think a lot of this comes from being taught to pledge allegiance to the flag at an early age, and all too often. Orwell knew how this worked and so do the powers that be. We're taught to strive for conformity and genuflect to authority. Going against the grain is tricky business - especially when it involves the flag.
If the American people truly knew what a complete crime the invasion of Iraq was, we'd be out in the streets burning flags until lil' george and dick and rummy and their minions were arrested and put on trial!!!!
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