All this furor over Kaepernik makes no sense to me. [View all]
He's just an athlete. What the hell does he know? I don't understand why anyone should give a damn. Sit for the anthem, stand for the anthem, doesn't make a bit of difference to me. It's not like Kaepernik is keeping anyone else from standing. Stand, sing, knock yourself out if that's what you like. What the hell business is it of yours whether someone else stands, sings, removes their hats, puts their hands over their hearts, some of the above, or all of the above? I am sick of people who love yelling about how awesome and star-spangly freedom is until someone exercises freedom in a way they don't like.
When I'm at an event where the national anthem is played, I stand, put my hand over my heart, and sing. On the rare occasion I have a cap on, I remove it first. If you don't want to do what I do, then so what? As long as you're not interfering with me, you be you. It's a free country.
There are times when I think that the purest essence of conservatism is a scorching impulse to tell other people what to do and how to do it. Behave like I do. Love like I do. Worship like I do. Look like I do. Speak like I do. Conform completely to me. And if you don't do all of these things, well, you're pretty much less than human. It's so tiresome.
You be you, Kaepernik. Or not. I really don't give a damn.
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