re: Check in if you DGAF about the US Women's Soccer team's struggles

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I didn’t like the way that person sang the National Anthem against Vietnam so I think they’re being disrespectful to the country”

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This is being a bit obtuse. We’re not talking about someone who wasn’t “enthusiastic” enough or something, it’s one thing during a regular season NFL game, but this is international competition, while the country isn’t perfect, neither is any other country, maybe show at least a little appreciation for a country where you can get wealthy playing a game as an adult and save the domestic protest for the off season

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So unless the entire team holds the same political viewpoints, you have no pride or love of country?

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This too is a being obtuse. We’re not talking about, oh she disagrees on tax cuts or thinks we should have socialized healthcare, we shouldn’t be involved in Ukraine or we should be arming them to the teeth.

And I don’t really like finger pointing what-about-ism, the left hasn’t exactly been tolerant of opposition views for some time (ask the UCLA prof that questioned DEI as just one example). I always worried that the “right” would eventually embrace that tactic and well here we are