re: what is the thought on a high school player taking a knee

Does someone kneeling really bother you? It doesn't impact you in any way. If you were military you fought for their freedom to protest. It's peaceful. It's dumb. But it doesn't really do anything but bring them attention. It's the new ice bucket challenge. It'll go away eventually. They don't hate America, the flag, or the military. The song sucks and nobody understand it anyway. To me it doesn't make sense why we have to play it every time we gather at an event. I don't agree with it but it doesn't really mean anything either. So try not to get angry over it or be irrational. You look dumb then. Trump made it worse by giving them more reasons to do it. The more attention they get the longer it'll take to get rid of it.

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it is their right

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Thank you for your service......but actually it's not their "right". It's against US Code

United States Code, 36 U.S.C. § 301, states that during a rendition of the national anthem, when the flag is displayed, all present except those in uniform should stand at attention facing the flag with the right hand over the heart; Members of the Armed Forces and veterans who are present and not in uniform may render the military salute; men not in uniform should remove their headdress with their right hand and hold the headdress at the left shoulder, the hand being over the heart; and individuals in uniform should give the military salute at the first note of the anthem and maintain that position until the last note; and when the flag is not displayed, all present should face toward the music and act in the same manner they would if the flag were displayed. Military law requires all vehicles on the installation to stop when the song is played and all individuals outside to stand at attention and face the direction of the music and either salute, in uniform, or place the right hand over the heart, if out of uniform. A law passed in 2008 allows military veterans to salute out of uniform, as well.

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The song sucks and nobody understand it anyway.

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You are what sucks.
This thread needs to go to poli board anyway.

Do you have the song on your iPod? No because it's awful. People can't sing it correctly to begin with.