“To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.” Let me start by saying that this Roosevelt quote does not just apply to the President but, likewise, ought to stand for how we choose to stand or not stand for the National Anthem. I heard an argument recently that CK should be fired or made to stand because he is doing this sort of behavior in the workplace and his job ought to control how he publicly acts. Okay, the argument has legs. I cannot say, no they should not be allowed to force him to stand for the pledge and also say yes, other employers should be allowed to force workers to serve customers they religiously (or otherwise) disagree with.
My hypocrisy goes only so far.
So too does my sense of how much this matters. I return to the topic purely out of disappointment in what can only be termed exceptionalism. This is not at all about a QB and has everything to do with the idea that we have a vocal part of this nation that really wants things one way.
It is the way that allows freedoms to go in both directions–the direction you agree with and the one you do not; where people can preach white power and be socially denounced and people cam preach black power with similar results. Where black lives don’t actually matter all that much unless we are talking about votes, athletics, or figuring out who is the cause for all the bad stuff–especially violence–in America. Where blacks constitute nearly 1 million of the 2.3 million residents of the highly privatized and profitable criminal justice industry.
I get why people want to stand up, r just sit down and draw notice to a situation that doesn’t make us look good as a nation, and as a result people clearly do not care to see let alone solve.