https://youtu.be/BNJUsE7pEs4

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GO BEARS!!!

"I served in Vietnam and my foot hurt too"

Bravo!

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There are only two examples of infinity: The universe and human stupidity and I'm not sure about the universe.

He hit a home run with that monologue.

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GO BEARS!!!

I agree with the message the players are trying to send. I don't agree with using the National Anthem as the platform. Just because they are not intending to disrespect the flag, doesn't mean it isn't being disrespected.

If unity is the goal, then why chose a platform that promotes divide. Take a knee before the ball is kicked and asked for a moment of silence from the stadium. Have the team donate a game check to BLM, Wear a headband that sends a message, exc exc.

By using the National Anthem, you are burying your message of police violence toward black men and woman, and drawing focus to disrespecting the flag and all that it represents. If it is really about unity then find a way to bring EVERYONE together as a nation.

Seems like every day I read about more groups, laws, blogs and internet headlines that manipulate and force a wedge in between our many cultures in the United States. All I see hate and divide, where is the unity of all the people? Who is leading that protest? Everything is black, white and brown, when we need it to be Red, White and Blue.

Solute!

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Sounded good. Who is he?

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Elections have consequences.

great job

I do think some people equate the flag to a deity

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

People shouldn't do that. We know flags exist.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

On BnG now

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I had an undergraduate course in which the first day, our super Liberal professor had a flag in the front of the room, and we all described it and its significance. He actually never chimed in with his opinion. He just facilitated a conversation around what the flag meant. We talked about it so long that it sort of reduced it to absurdity. I think that's what he was getting at... that people just worship a symbol. I don't agree entirely, but it was a good intellectual exercise.

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The kind of people who love the Iwo Jima memorial but don't care for the stories of the marines before and after that event.

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There are only two examples of infinity: The universe and human stupidity and I'm not sure about the universe.

Someone should let him know the "National Anthem" didn't exist when the founding fathers wrote the Constitution. Maybe that's why standing for it isn't mentioned in the document or it's amendments.

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MANY amendments were voted in after the writing of the national anthem.

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Something was different about America in 1812.

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GO BEARS!!!

He only stole nickels instead of $5 bills.

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