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Jon said:
this is complete bullshit. i also cant believe all of the people on here that don't like the national anthem/America. as long as i can remember, the national anthem has been played before every sporting event. this is just cuban being "woke".

you take the national anthem out, you should remove all politics from sports.
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Cept that is totally unAmerican.

It's not a requirement to be political that you must play the national anthem. That's an asinine position.
 
julius said:
Cept that is totally unAmerican.

It's not a requirement to be political that you must play the national anthem. That's an asinine position.
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how is that an asinine position? people look to sports to escape the normalcy of life. people hear politics a lot during the day and when they watch sports, they don't want to hear more. this "no anthem" bullshit is completely politically driven. playing the anthem before a sporting event is a tradition. hell, even before bowling tournaments, the anthem is played.
 
Jon said:
how is that an asinine position? people look to sports to escape the normalcy of life. people hear politics a lot during the day and when they watch sports, they don't want to hear more. this "no anthem" bullshit is completely politically driven. playing the anthem before a sporting event is a tradition. hell, even before bowling tournaments, the anthem is played.
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Because there isn't a requirement you have to meet to be political, because there isn't one single way that you can be patriotic or political, because it's a fake manufactured "patriotism".

Also, if people look to sports to escape "normalcy" of life, wouldn't *not* having the NA be kind of a way to escape things?

I go to games to watch the team play, not to hear the national anthem. The Anthem being played at the start of sporting events is totally political based.
 
julius said:
Because there isn't a requirement you have to meet to be political, because there isn't one single way that you can be patriotic or political, because it's a fake manufactured "patriotism".
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jesus christ... do you hate America, or what?

julius said:
Also, if people look to sports to escape "normalcy" of life, wouldn't *not* having the NA be kind of a way to escape things?
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people never thought about it before 5 years ago. everyone loved the National Anthem before sporting events. they never thought anything of it politically. still escaping the normalcy of life.

julius said:
I go to games to watch the team play, not to hear the national anthem. The Anthem being played at the start of sporting events is totally political based.
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I go to games to watch the team play as well and not hear some dude who didn't even go to college, tell me about politics when they have ZERO clue how politics work. they just pander and indoctrinate the younger generation to make them think the USA is this horrible place. but hey, at least they have their millions. the NA is a bonus to me to hear when i go to sporting events.
 
Jon said:
jesus christ... do you hate America, or what?
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I think it's safe to assume this is green font.
people never thought about it before 5 years ago. everyone loved the National Anthem before sporting events. they never thought anything of it politically. still escaping the normalcy of life.
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Everyone loved it? That's a stretch.

I go to games to watch the team play as well and not hear some dude who didn't even go to college, tell me about politics when they have ZERO clue how politics work. they just pander and indoctrinate the younger generation to make them think the USA is this horrible place. but hey, at least they have their millions. the NA is a bonus to me to hear when i go to sporting events.
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Ah, I see the codes.
 
Jon said:
people never thought about it before 5 years ago. everyone loved the National Anthem before sporting events.
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Leaving aside whether everyone liked it because you liked it, can you explain why the national anthem should be played before sporting events and not before concerts or movies? (And if you think it should be played before those too, then can you explain why entertainment should be linked to the national anthem?)

And don't say "tradition" because whenever it started, it wasn't tradition. Give me an actual reason.
 
Minstrel said:
Leaving aside whether everyone liked it because you liked it, can you explain why the national anthem should be played before sporting events and not before concerts or movies? (And if you think it should be played before those too, then can you explain why entertainment should be linked to the national anthem?)

And don't say "tradition" because whenever it started, it wasn't tradition. Give me an actual reason.
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here. a little history lesson for you. and yes, it is tradition. whether you want to believe it or not.

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/22150/why-do-we-sing-national-anthem-sporting-events

google is your friend.
 
I don't see any reason why sports should be about the only public gathering in a private venue to force the national anthem on everybody attending or watching

Most of the time anymore telecasts will use the anthem time for commercials, and people in attendance use if for bathroom breaks. Profits and expediency over shallow patriotism.
 
What I don't get, what I never got, was why we feel it needs to be played or why I was required to recite a pledge of allegiance in first grade. What was the point? Most kids had no idea what it was about. It wasn't a binding contract. Seemed like something that was more apropos of the kind of Eastern European dictatorships my family came here to escape, China, or North Korea. Just weird to indoctrinate children in a free country like that.

The anthem's little different. I've never been watching a game with friends where anyone stood at attention if the anthem was part of the broadcast, and some of us are from families with military ties. It just seems weird and out of place.

If people are proud of the country, they are going to be proud no matter what day or occasion it is. I never found a person or organization that was certain and genuine about its character that felt the need to tell people it was certain and genuine about its character.
 
What's funny is, the "guy who didn't go to college" telling people their opinion does a few funny things.

1. It implies people only become patriotic in college (which flies in the face of the conservative mantra that colleges teach kids to hate America)

2. I would bet that a large portion of the people who blindly love America, are under educated.

3. It also seems to imply that there is only one acceptable way to show/discuss/embrace patriotism.

4. It also seems to reinforce a certain, say, privileged version of patriotism/sports.
 
Jon said:
and yes, it is tradition. whether you want to believe it or not.
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You clearly didn't read my post and/or can't answer my question, so carry on with your kneejerk "I can't give reasoning for my position, but maybe you just hate 'Murrica?"
 
Jon said:
this is complete bullshit. i also cant believe all of the people on here that don't like the national anthem/America. as long as i can remember, the national anthem has been played before every sporting event. this is just cuban being "woke".

you take the national anthem out, you should remove all politics from sports.
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I served my country...... I have no issue with this whatsoever. And yes, I agree, politic have NO place in sports.
 
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THE HCP said:
I served my country...... I have no issue with this whatsoever. And yes, I agree, politic have NO place in sports.
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the false equivalency here is that the NBA's support of BLM was politically motivated. it's not.
 
I’ve never been a big fan of the National Anthem being played at any kind of a social event, as it just doesn’t seem to have a place at those kinds of things. Hell, when I was a youngster stationed in Philadelphia I went to the base movie theater to watch The Mechanic (classic Bronson). I was flabbergasted (despite it being a Navy base) when we all had to stand and listen to the anthem prior to the movie starting. Save it for military parades, inaugurations and any other military or political eyewash. It just doesn’t belong at any kind of “normal” social gathering, especially during current fractured times when too many people are triggered by “symbols” such as this.....
 
HailBlazers said:
I know I'm probably the only one in here that played team sports but there's nothing like the NA to get you pumped before a game/crowd.
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I can respect that. But nothing gets me pumped like a winning team and a chant of "beat LA" that drowns out the announcement of the starting 5
 
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