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CanonRay

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10. I've been sick of this military shit at games for years.

Reply to MineralMan (Original post)

Mon Sep 25, 2017, 09:32 AM

Sep 2017

9-11 just made it ten times worse.

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A Football Game Is Not a Patriotic Event [View all] MineralMan Sep 2017 OP

" Put patriotism where it belongs - protecting our rights and national identity" pangaia Sep 2017 #1

Actually American football isn't really all that much of a MineralMan Sep 2017 #2

I should have said american stage, you are right. pangaia Sep 2017 #7

I'm Conflicted Now ProfessorGAC Sep 2017 #6

I agree. femmocrat Sep 2017 #3

you don't think black people being killed in the streets pangaia Sep 2017 #8

Cheap shot. femmocrat Sep 2017 #9

I did not mean it as a 'cheap shot.' i really thought you were leaving pangaia Sep 2017 #12

I apologize for jumping to conclusions. femmocrat Sep 2017 #13

I apologize if I jumped to conclusions also. pangaia Sep 2017 #20

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Hear, hear! smirkymonkey Sep 2017 #4

Maybe this will be the end of playing the national anthem at games FLPanhandle Sep 2017 #5

I've been sick of this military shit at games for years. CanonRay Sep 2017 #10

Sure it is. It's infused with symbols of patriotism. Weekend Warrior Sep 2017 #11

Nonsense. There is no justification for it at all. MineralMan Sep 2017 #22

I don't see my point as justification. Weekend Warrior Sep 2017 #23

Tradition isn't always common sense, though. MineralMan Sep 2017 #24

Many games had symbols of patriotism hundreds of years before you were born. Weekend Warrior Sep 2017 #25

Hundreds of years, eh? MineralMan Sep 2017 #26

Yes, hundreds of years. Weekend Warrior Sep 2017 #27

I see. Real good, then. MineralMan Sep 2017 #28

You know, I did some checking and found out MineralMan Sep 2017 #29

I find it hard to believe you are making the case that patriotism... Weekend Warrior Sep 2017 #30

As I said, show me. MineralMan Sep 2017 #31

I don't think you are serious. Weekend Warrior Sep 2017 #34

You don't think? OK. I don't care. MineralMan Sep 2017 #38

How about the point... tonedevil Sep 2017 #32

I don't think it is completely bogus. Weekend Warrior Sep 2017 #33

The practice of having players on the field nykym Sep 2017 #35

That is a part of it. Weekend Warrior Sep 2017 #36

Enjoy this... tonedevil Sep 2017 #37

I have to agree with you... Wounded Bear Sep 2017 #14

True. It's a religious event...for many. grossproffit Sep 2017 #15

Our national religion gratuitous Sep 2017 #17

Nationalism Johnny2X2X Sep 2017 #16

I've never understood why the national anthem is obligatory The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2017 #18

The NFL is not a patriotic event Gothmog Sep 2017 #19

Agreed. Why don't we play the national anthem before movies or theater or concerts onenote Sep 2017 #39

this; it really makes a mockery of patriotism to associate it with professional sports. nt TheFrenchRazor Sep 2017 #40