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Why is the national anthem even played at sporting events?
Posted on 8/29/16 at 6:09 pm
Posted on 8/29/16 at 6:09 pm
What purpose does this serve?
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Posted on 8/29/16 at 6:10 pm to LSULyle00690
up vote
Posted on 8/29/16 at 6:10 pm to LSULyle00690
You really have to ask this?
Posted on 8/29/16 at 6:15 pm to LSULyle00690
"it was put there to troll african american and muslim athletes many moons ago" - colin kaepernick
perhaps included in obamas presidential pardons before he leaves office we can get a mandate banning the anthem, lets start a petition???
perhaps included in obamas presidential pardons before he leaves office we can get a mandate banning the anthem, lets start a petition???
This post was edited on 8/29/16 at 6:17 pm
Posted on 8/29/16 at 6:18 pm to LSULyle00690
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What purpose does this serve?
This I don't know.... But it is and always will be played at sporting events... If someone doesn't feel the need to stand??? I really don't care... I ALWAYS stand and always will... So be it..........
Posted on 8/29/16 at 6:21 pm to LSULyle00690
Posted on 8/29/16 at 6:21 pm to dukke v
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I really don't care... I ALWAYS stand and always will... So be it........
I agree....Hell if they don't stand, don't look at them. Suppose to be looking at the flag, giving attention to the flag, not the players or other people to see if they are standing, sitting, having hand over heart, wearing a hat, etc.
Posted on 8/29/16 at 6:26 pm to bayou2003
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bayou2003
There ya go..... NOW I will say the reason he didn't stand is NOT gonna make any difference... Sounds like an attention whore who knows his career is going down the crapper.........
Posted on 8/29/16 at 6:26 pm to bayou2003
That's true
When Chris Jackson refused to stand it was different
If I remember correctly he didn't sit down but he ran out of the locker room after the anthem was over
When Chris Jackson refused to stand it was different
If I remember correctly he didn't sit down but he ran out of the locker room after the anthem was over
Posted on 8/29/16 at 6:27 pm to sms151t
so basically it was marketing by MLB teams after a spontaneous moment played well w/a war weary crowd.
This post was edited on 8/29/16 at 6:28 pm
Posted on 8/29/16 at 6:30 pm to bayou2003
I fully support Colin Kaepernick's right to not stand for the National Anthem.
I also support the people's right to say "rabble rabble rabble GET OUT MY DAMN COUNTRY! MERICA!"
I also think that both sides are wrong on this issue.
I also support the people's right to say "rabble rabble rabble GET OUT MY DAMN COUNTRY! MERICA!"
I also think that both sides are wrong on this issue.
Posted on 8/29/16 at 6:32 pm to LSULyle00690
So we start this thread because a guy decided not to stand?
A second string QB for the love of god.
A second string QB for the love of god.
Posted on 8/29/16 at 6:32 pm to Dr RC
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so basically it was marketing by MLB teams after a spontaneous moment played well w/a war weary crowd.
What's ironic about that, during those times there was people in this country getting lynched for wanting to vote, people that didn't have the "freedom" to marry who they want. People couldn't eat at or sleep in certain hotels. Didn't have the freedom to live in certain areas. Hell as a matter of fact, some couldn't even play in MLB. How ironic.
Posted on 8/29/16 at 6:34 pm to LSULyle00690
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What purpose does this serve?
It honors all the men and women of all ethnicities that have fought and some died that gives you or anyone else the rights we have today.
We could be like Germany was during the nazi occupation. Salute the flag or die.
Posted on 8/29/16 at 6:41 pm to lsutigers1992
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also think that both sides are wrong on this issue.
One of the main issues in this country these days. Everyone feels the need to have to pick one side or the other. And whichever side you're on, everyone just assumes you're the extreme of that side
Posted on 8/29/16 at 7:04 pm to LSULyle00690
literally recreate the feelings of patriotism
conformity
renew subservience
Posted on 8/29/16 at 7:33 pm to bulldog95
quote:At sporting events? No it doesn't.
It honors all the men and women of all ethnicities that have fought and some died that gives you or anyone else the rights we have today.
Posted on 8/29/16 at 7:37 pm to LSULyle00690
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Why is the national anthem even played at sporting events?
Why did you say the Pledge every morning?
Giant pet peeve. Lets just play.
But like the Pledge of Allegiance, we are the most jingoistic country on the planet.
Pledge, God Bless America and the National Anthem before a sporting event? Nazi's would be jealous of our daily indoctrinations and zealotry. B-52 bombers flying over...military choppers over the Rose Bowl?
What does the military have to do with a college sporting event?
Eisenhower was against the military industrial complex mindset growing in America.
He said the biggest danger facing the US is mixing the military into a "normalcy" and civilian life and having a standing military will just be an excuse to use them for financial special and corporate interest purposes. And he turned out to be right.
I know England and most of Europe has commented on the US patriotic displays before games and sees us as robots to some degree. We use the flag to bind us...because a lot of times, not much does with so many diverse backgrounds. It's a false binding paper chase because assimilation really failed post-1950's.
But even the flag doesn't bind us anymore...everyone has their own flag in America. Showing how proud they are to be from someplace they can't bear living in.
Posted on 8/29/16 at 7:45 pm to LSULyle00690
To show respect to those who gave their lives for us to enjoy the freedom we have today. 
Posted on 8/29/16 at 7:53 pm to LSULyle00690
originally it was to make the black people that couldn't get into the game mad as hell
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