ARE YOU FUGGING KIDDING ME COLIN KAEPERKNICK
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Sadly for me, I'm not a Kaepernick fan in the first place.
Regardless of my stance, he certainly accomplished what he set out to do. He raised awareness, negative or positive doesn't matter, he got us talking about it. I commend him for his fortitude. He's willing to take the heat for a cause. I deny his particular chosen course of action but I won't deny his courage..
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Regardless of my stance, he certainly accomplished what he set out to do. He raised awareness, negative or positive doesn't matter, he got us talking about it. I commend him for his fortitude. He's willing to take the heat for a cause. I deny his particular chosen course of action but I won't deny his courage..
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Guess I have missed something. What exactly did he get us to talking about that has not been talked about ad nauseam the past few years? The only thing new he brought to the table was an open disrespect for the American flag and his ignorance on what it stands for. Good for him if he wants to stand by these feelings and take whats coming to him as that will indeed take fortitude, but he brought zero new to the table and only furthered the "out of touch" label most of these oppressed millionaires have.
My guess is he is currently watching "Thriller" and practicing his moonwalk in the mirror. Guess we will see how well he does it in the next few days.
Hope Solo called the Swedish soccer team cowards and gets suspended 6 months. Salt n pepper Thug bitch wont stand for the National Anthem in the country he lives in and thats o.k.? Bottom line, he's an athlete, a role model getting paid millions to play a game. Stand the fuck up or get the fuck out. You hate the country so much leave, I just don't get it :shrug:
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for me, it isn't about freedom of speech or actions or whatever he wants to say justifies his actions - he can do what he wants, when he wants.
It's about the hypocrisy of it.
Look around any stadium when the national anthem plays, there's a bunch of people that don't stand up and continue on with whatever they are doing. This idiot just decided to shine the spotlight on himself and use it to try and get a headline since his arms and feet can't get those headlines anymore.
And now, he will pay the price. Not for speaking his mind, not for exercising his freedoms, but for being a dumbass.
It's about the hypocrisy of it.
Look around any stadium when the national anthem plays, there's a bunch of people that don't stand up and continue on with whatever they are doing. This idiot just decided to shine the spotlight on himself and use it to try and get a headline since his arms and feet can't get those headlines anymore.
And now, he will pay the price. Not for speaking his mind, not for exercising his freedoms, but for being a dumbass.
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1. Marine should post more, it's always good to hear from him.
2. The problem is this country embraces dumbasses. I heard that someone is hiring Ryan Lochte to represent their company. Way to reward a guy for being a dumbass.
ARE YOU FUGGING KIDDING ME COLIN KAEPERKNICK
Take a look at the oppressed Kaepernick, don't you feel sorry for him?
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Take a look at the oppressed Kaepernick, don't you feel sorry for him?
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Why is National Anthem Played?
Why is National Anthem Played?
On the night of September 13, 1814, Francis Scott Key, an American lawyer and amateur poet, accompanied American Prisoner Exchange Agent Colonel John Stuart Skinner to negotiate a prisoner release with several officers of the British Navy.
During the negotiations, Key and Skinner learned of the British intention to attack the city of Baltimore, as well as the strength and positions of British forces.
They were held captive for the duration of the battle and witnessed the bombardment of Baltimore's Fort McHenry. Inspired by the American victory and the sight of the American flag flying high in the morning, Key wrote a poem titled "The Defence of Fort McHenry."?
Upon his return to Baltimore, Key gave the poem to his brother-in-law, who noted that the words fit the melody to the popular drinking song, "The Anacreontic Song."?
Key's brother-in-law took the poem to a printer, who made broadside copies of it. A few days later, the Baltimore Patriot and The American printed the poem with the note "Tune: Anacreon in Heaven."
? Later, the Carr Music Store in Baltimore published the words and music together as "The Star-Spangled Banner."?
The song gained popularity over the course of the nineteenth century and was often played at public events like parades and Independence Day celebrations (and, on occasion, sporting events). In 1889, the Secretary of the Navy ordered it the official tune to be played during the raising of the flag.
In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson ordered that it be played at all military ceremonies and other appropriate occasions, making it something of an unofficial national anthem.
After America's entrance into World War I, Major League Baseball games often featured patriotic rituals, such as players marching in formation during pregame military drills and bands playing patriotic songs.
During the seventh-inning stretch of game one of the 1918 World Series, the band erupted into "The Star-Spangled Banner."? The Cubs and Red Sox players faced the centerfield flag pole and stood at attention.
The crowd, already on their feet, began to sing along and applauded at the end of the song.
Given the positive reaction, the band played the song during the next two games, and when the Series moved to Boston, the Red Sox owner brought in a band and had the song played before the start of each remaining contest.
After the war (and after the song was made the national anthem by a congressional resolution in 1931), the song continued to be played at baseball games, but only on special occasions like opening day, national holidays and World Series games.
During World War II, baseball games again became venues for large-scale displays of patriotism, and technological advances in public address systems allowed songs to be played without a band.
"The Star-Spangled Banner" was played before games throughout the course of the war, and by the time the war was over, the pregame singing of the national anthem had become cemented as a baseball ritual, after which it spread to other sports.
Why is National Anthem Played?
On the night of September 13, 1814, Francis Scott Key, an American lawyer and amateur poet, accompanied American Prisoner Exchange Agent Colonel John Stuart Skinner to negotiate a prisoner release with several officers of the British Navy.
During the negotiations, Key and Skinner learned of the British intention to attack the city of Baltimore, as well as the strength and positions of British forces.
They were held captive for the duration of the battle and witnessed the bombardment of Baltimore's Fort McHenry. Inspired by the American victory and the sight of the American flag flying high in the morning, Key wrote a poem titled "The Defence of Fort McHenry."?
Upon his return to Baltimore, Key gave the poem to his brother-in-law, who noted that the words fit the melody to the popular drinking song, "The Anacreontic Song."?
Key's brother-in-law took the poem to a printer, who made broadside copies of it. A few days later, the Baltimore Patriot and The American printed the poem with the note "Tune: Anacreon in Heaven."
? Later, the Carr Music Store in Baltimore published the words and music together as "The Star-Spangled Banner."?
The song gained popularity over the course of the nineteenth century and was often played at public events like parades and Independence Day celebrations (and, on occasion, sporting events). In 1889, the Secretary of the Navy ordered it the official tune to be played during the raising of the flag.
In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson ordered that it be played at all military ceremonies and other appropriate occasions, making it something of an unofficial national anthem.
After America's entrance into World War I, Major League Baseball games often featured patriotic rituals, such as players marching in formation during pregame military drills and bands playing patriotic songs.
During the seventh-inning stretch of game one of the 1918 World Series, the band erupted into "The Star-Spangled Banner."? The Cubs and Red Sox players faced the centerfield flag pole and stood at attention.
The crowd, already on their feet, began to sing along and applauded at the end of the song.
Given the positive reaction, the band played the song during the next two games, and when the Series moved to Boston, the Red Sox owner brought in a band and had the song played before the start of each remaining contest.
After the war (and after the song was made the national anthem by a congressional resolution in 1931), the song continued to be played at baseball games, but only on special occasions like opening day, national holidays and World Series games.
During World War II, baseball games again became venues for large-scale displays of patriotism, and technological advances in public address systems allowed songs to be played without a band.
"The Star-Spangled Banner" was played before games throughout the course of the war, and by the time the war was over, the pregame singing of the national anthem had become cemented as a baseball ritual, after which it spread to other sports.
Hope Kaeperknick invests wisely......not much future work for a 6'8 washed up, short lived NFL QB.
Exactly my point when I posted this was entirely self serving. I'm glad someone out there gets it. Well done Marine.
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I have been at over 300 pro and college football-baseball games. Went to a game tonight. I look around the stadiums and see everyone standing showing respect for the flag and the anthem. I rarely if ever have seen anyone not showing respect as they should. Colin Kaepernick converted to Islamin the last year and reportedly has got engaged to a woman, a radio broadcaster who is an official spokesperson for Black Lives Matter. Send him packing.
