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re: The National Anthem...Why is everyone offended by the kneeling/sitting?

Posted on 9/25/17 at 10:26 am to
Posted by TheIndulger
Member since Sep 2011
19448 posts
Posted on 9/25/17 at 10:26 am to
How mad will everyone here be when people still watch football and the NFL doesn't go out of business?
Posted by Darth_Vader
A galaxy far, far away
Member since Dec 2011
74661 posts
Posted on 9/25/17 at 10:26 am to
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So you only support the troops and veterans that agree with your backwards way of thinking?

What a despicable piece of shite



I'm a combat vet just like you. I stand on the exact opposite side as you on this matter.

Do you support me or are you a dispicable piece of shite?
This post was edited on 9/25/17 at 10:29 am
Posted by Burt Reynolds
Monterey, CA
Member since Jul 2008
24829 posts
Posted on 9/25/17 at 10:26 am to
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Standing for the anthem isn't about you, or even the service men and women. It's about this country, and all it is supposed to represent. You're the one condoning it's disrespect.


There is nothing disrespectful about sitting down during a song.

It's an outdated ritual and that's pretty much it.

Posted by Spaulding Smails
Milano’s Bar
Member since Jun 2012
18805 posts
Posted on 9/25/17 at 10:27 am to
It's not about this country. It's a song, a piece of cloth, and a gesture

Freedoms are about this country. Learn it or leave it, buddy
Posted by Burt Reynolds
Monterey, CA
Member since Jul 2008
24829 posts
Posted on 9/25/17 at 10:28 am to
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I'm a combat vet just like you and I stand on he exact opposite side as you on this matter. Do you support me or are you a disposable piece of shite?


I don't think you really served at all. You steal valour on TD to sound cool and gain respect from other people that post here. Just like you say you ride a Harley but don't actually own a Harley. It's sad really. You should see a therapist.
Posted by Mike da Tigah
Bravo Romeo Lima Alpha
Member since Feb 2005
61883 posts
Posted on 9/25/17 at 10:28 am to
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There is nothing disrespectful about sitting down during a song. It's an outdated ritual and that's pretty much it.


That's not even good bullshite.
Posted by Darth_Vader
A galaxy far, far away
Member since Dec 2011
74661 posts
Posted on 9/25/17 at 10:29 am to
God you're a pathetic little miserable troll.
Posted by jdd48
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2012
24069 posts
Posted on 9/25/17 at 10:30 am to
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There is nothing disrespectful about sitting down during a song.

It's an outdated ritual and that's pretty much it.


Kind of ironic that when the NFL teams go to England, they will sit/kneel for the anthem of their own country, but still stand when the anthem of England is played.
Posted by Mike da Tigah
Bravo Romeo Lima Alpha
Member since Feb 2005
61883 posts
Posted on 9/25/17 at 10:33 am to
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Kind of ironic that when the NFL teams go to England, they will sit/kneel for the anthem of their own country, but still stand when the anthem of England is played.


Yes it is ironic, and the reason they stood was because not doing so would clearly be disrespectful to them.
Posted by Burt Reynolds
Monterey, CA
Member since Jul 2008
24829 posts
Posted on 9/25/17 at 10:34 am to
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Kind of ironic that when the NFL teams go to England, they will sit/kneel for the anthem of their own country, but still stand when the anthem of England is played.


Seems like the players are woke in my opinion. They realize that the United States rebelled from England for small taxes on stamps and tea without representation and now NFL players' salaries are taxed at over 30%. I would want to be annexed with England again too. At least they fund a healthcare system with their tax dollars instead of useless foreign aid an wars of tyranny.
This post was edited on 9/25/17 at 10:35 am
Posted by kingbob
Sorrento, LA
Member since Nov 2010
71201 posts
Posted on 9/25/17 at 10:35 am to
I honestly don't really care. I still watch the Saints. I don't watch as many other games as I used to due to all of the new rules and penalties that simply make the game less entertaining to me. Politics being inserted just annoys me, but it's nit going to change my viewing habits.
Posted by HeyHeyHogsAllTheWay
Member since Feb 2017
12458 posts
Posted on 9/25/17 at 10:36 am to
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It says that I served my country long enough to realize that the national anthem is a huge waste of time at sporting events.


It may very well be a waste of time, but it's just another in a long line of traditions that the fricking "progressives" would like to see completely eradicated. Progress doesn't mean undoing EVERYTHING from the past you know, some of us like our traditions.

Let me ask you this. Do you remember the pride you felt when the national anthem was played for the first time at Yankee Stadium and the tens of thousands screaming "USA USA USA" after 9/11? Along with other stadi around the country? I remember that. If it's just a stupid song, and a huge waste of time, why did so many feel so much pride when it was played after such a terrible event?

Well simple of course, because that song doesn't just represent a country, it represents an idea. And that idea is freedom. The freedom afforded by our form of government. Perseverance that is only possible in a democracy.

These idiots are protesting the very country that provides them ability to mount such a silly protest. They are morons who would perish in a truly oppressive country.

Posted by Rebel
Graceland
Member since Jan 2005
144681 posts
Posted on 9/25/17 at 10:38 am to
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Kaep wasn't fired. Try again snowflake.


Did he retire or quit?
Posted by Delmore1951
Homer La
Member since Aug 2017
908 posts
Posted on 9/25/17 at 10:39 am to
Cause millions of people died for our freedom under that flag and anthem. Highest paid players in world disrespecting it. To you blacks it's not about you and what u think. Reason you get this money and notoriety is your good at football not because your smart. You have this cause people died giving you the chance
Posted by Darth_Vader
A galaxy far, far away
Member since Dec 2011
74661 posts
Posted on 9/25/17 at 10:40 am to
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It says that I served my country long enough to realize that the national anthem is a huge waste of time at sporting events


You're a price of shite liar. You never served jack shite you worthless little pussy.
Posted by mikelbr
Baton Rouge
Member since Apr 2008
49100 posts
Posted on 9/25/17 at 10:41 am to
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You're a price of shite liar. You never served jack shite you worthless little pussy.


He's trolling the shite outta yall.
Posted by Spaulding Smails
Milano’s Bar
Member since Jun 2012
18805 posts
Posted on 9/25/17 at 10:41 am to
Not one of these players are asking for the anthem to stop being played. I barely think the majority of progressives want a stop to the anthem. This is just more mass hysteria bullshite by low IQ right wingers "they want muh anthum, muh flag, muh statues, muh confederacy!!"
This post was edited on 9/25/17 at 10:42 am
Posted by RogerTheShrubber
Juneau, AK
Member since Jan 2009
299716 posts
Posted on 9/25/17 at 10:44 am to
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is just more mass hysteria bullshite


Like Robert E Lee statues that must be removed.
Posted by SCLSUMuddogs
Baton Rouge
Member since Feb 2010
8593 posts
Posted on 9/25/17 at 10:49 am to
Because people see the flag and immediately think of the military. It doesn't matter what the intention is if the wrong medium is chosen.
Posted by BOSCEAUX
Where the Down Boys go.
Member since Mar 2008
53029 posts
Posted on 9/25/17 at 10:50 am to
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enact positive social change.


What exactly would that be?
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