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Colin Kaepernick refusal to stand during national anthem
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<blockquote data-quote="rickyb" data-source="post: 2339209" data-attributes="member: 56035"><p>the true patriots are the ones who criticize their country of which america has no shortage of problems. patriotism is quite often about nationalist racism.</p><p></p><p>Nationalists do not venerate veterans. They venerate veterans who read from the approved patriotic script. <em>America is the greatest and most powerful country on earth. Those we fight are depraved barbarians. Our enemies deserve death. God is on our side. Victory is assured. Our soldiers and Marines are heroes.</em> Deviate from this cant, no matter how many military tours you may have served, and you become despicable. The vaunted patriotism of the right wing is about self-worship. It is a raw lust for violence. It is blind subservience to the state. And it works to censor the reality of war.</p><p></p><p>my country has failed me. north american culture is a failure and really we have collectively failed ourselves.</p><p></p><p>the player who didn't sing the anthem obviously has a conscience and some balls to say "this far and no further".</p><p></p><p>wheres your breaking point?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rickyb, post: 2339209, member: 56035"] the true patriots are the ones who criticize their country of which america has no shortage of problems. patriotism is quite often about nationalist racism. Nationalists do not venerate veterans. They venerate veterans who read from the approved patriotic script. [I]America is the greatest and most powerful country on earth. Those we fight are depraved barbarians. Our enemies deserve death. God is on our side. Victory is assured. Our soldiers and Marines are heroes.[/I] Deviate from this cant, no matter how many military tours you may have served, and you become despicable. The vaunted patriotism of the right wing is about self-worship. It is a raw lust for violence. It is blind subservience to the state. And it works to censor the reality of war. my country has failed me. north american culture is a failure and really we have collectively failed ourselves. the player who didn't sing the anthem obviously has a conscience and some balls to say "this far and no further". wheres your breaking point? [/QUOTE]
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