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re: The National Anthem...Why is everyone offended by the kneeling/sitting?
Posted on 9/24/17 at 4:53 pm to Blue Velvet
Posted on 9/24/17 at 4:53 pm to Blue Velvet
quote:I just learned this today... pretty ridiculous
Unfortunately, our taxes pay for the national anthem to be played before these events.
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Posted on 9/24/17 at 4:54 pm to Twain
You are claiming a majority of US vets are telling you, they don't have an issue with disrespecting the flag.
Yet a majority of people, including vets seem to be offended.
Yet a majority of people, including vets seem to be offended.
Posted on 9/24/17 at 4:54 pm to sugar71
quote:
Statues of traitors who took up arms & fought against that same flag?
What about Thomas Jefferson and Roger Taney?
Posted on 9/24/17 at 4:54 pm to Twain
Symbols are enormously important to people. Burning a flag, bible, or koran does no personal harm but is reliably interpreted as a personal attack by those who hold those objects sacred. The concept of sacred objects is a major part of personal and group identities for enormous numbers of people.
So, to answer the OP another way, because the people who hold symbols of country sacred feel personally and collectively insulted. An ideal they believe to be enormously important is being disparaged as without value.
So, to answer the OP another way, because the people who hold symbols of country sacred feel personally and collectively insulted. An ideal they believe to be enormously important is being disparaged as without value.
Posted on 9/24/17 at 4:55 pm to sugar71
quote:
Statues of traitors who took up arms & fought against that same flag?
That part is kind of ironic, if you look at it objectively.
Posted on 9/24/17 at 4:55 pm to Twain
quote:It is meant to be offensive.
The National Anthem...Why is everyone offended by the kneeling/sitting?
It is a protest.
frick you guys are dumb
Posted on 9/24/17 at 4:55 pm to Rebel
quote:that's debatable
Yet a majority of people, including vets seem to be offended
Posted on 9/24/17 at 4:55 pm to Chadaristic
No, I called you a pussy, and am happy to give you my name and location anytime. I also called these so called people pussies for not respecting their fellow service members, and past comrades who have died. I call bullshite on your so called everyone I know says it's ok argument and am more than happy to discuss in person.
Posted on 9/24/17 at 4:56 pm to Twain
What needs to happen for it to stop? What is this in protest off? Trump, police brutality? I have honestly forgot.
Posted on 9/24/17 at 4:57 pm to saintsfan92612
quote:
but if Barcelona is playing Madrid, they don't play shite
Perhaps because Barcelona doesn't want to be s part of Spain? This is the song played before every game. Just FYI.
The Catalan song of Independence
Posted on 9/24/17 at 4:57 pm to Passing Wind
which Sonic are we talking about?
Posted on 9/24/17 at 4:58 pm to 777Tiger
Lol no sonic. Alabama folk like their chicken.
Posted on 9/24/17 at 4:58 pm to Passing Wind
quote:
If you have to ask why? You wouldn't understand if I told you. People fought to protect her since 1776, and I'm damn sure not going to let some pansy arse sports athlete disgrace her without letting them know about it.
These idiots hate everything.....they are just mental midgets who wouldn't know right from wrong if you spelled it out in crayon's for them! 
Posted on 9/24/17 at 4:58 pm to Passing Wind
quote:
No, I called you a pussy, and am happy to give you my name and location anytime. I also called these so called people pussies for not respecting their fellow service members, and past comrades who have died. I call bullshite on your so called everyone I know says it's ok argument and am more than happy to discuss in person.
Where's the nearest Sonic?
Posted on 9/24/17 at 4:59 pm to Twain
Posted on 9/24/17 at 4:59 pm to Twain
There was a time where the flag of our nation, and the nation itself was seen as a beacon of hope for a better life. People paid the ultimate price to protect the freedoms of it's citizens.
Now, we are seen by our own citizens as a nation of people who think patriotism and justice are relics of an era gone by and no longer applicable to their lives.
Now, we are seen by our own citizens as a nation of people who think patriotism and justice are relics of an era gone by and no longer applicable to their lives.
Posted on 9/24/17 at 5:00 pm to TxTiger82
If the kneeling wasn't offending anyone, it would be the worst protest ever.
Or am I wrong?
Or am I wrong?
Posted on 9/24/17 at 5:01 pm to Passing Wind
And yet you’re still missing the point of what I am saying.
How about we both use one of our rights in this great country and ignore each other and go on with our lives.
How about we both use one of our rights in this great country and ignore each other and go on with our lives.
Posted on 9/24/17 at 5:01 pm to Passing Wind
We play the National Anthem before every event we conduct in the US Army. I'd like to see you take a knee or not stand during one of them. Consequences would be brutal.
This post was edited on 9/24/17 at 5:04 pm
Posted on 9/24/17 at 5:02 pm to kywildcatfanone
quote:
Now, we are seen by our own citizens as a nation of people who think patriotism and justice are relics of an era gone by and no longer applicable to their lives.
I agree, but I felt united for a while after 9/11. Not sure when it all went downhill? I guess mid 2000's, and the Great Recession didn't help either.
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