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Posted by Spider-Pig on Wed Sep 16 11:26:50 2020, in response to Re: Mike Ditka again addresses players protesting national anthem, posted by Catfish 44 on Wed Sep 16 10:56:25 2020. That's not the point. It's not so much that they're kneeling or not, but why are people being FORCED as a condition of their employment to participate in patriotic activities? I'd kneel for the anthem just to protest being forced to stand for the anthem, while I'd proudly stand for the anthem if it were optional. Same with the Pledge of Allegiance (I omit "under God").But if you're saying it's generational, are you saying that older generations were more likely to participate in mindless* rituals just to fit in? I agree, but it's an affront to the principles of this country. Countries should earn the love of their citizens and the USA has earned mine. I have to keep making this argument because no one seems to recognize that using the national anthem at football games is itself political, so it's the league, not the players, who are "politicizing" the game. *It's mindless when you do it because you're told and not because you know its meaning and want to do it. |
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