From the NY Post: Donald Trump attacked what makes America great

[edbermac]

I was amazed to see this piece run in Murdoch's RW tabloid rag.

TORONTO — Most Yankees and Blue Jays were not even out on the field Sunday for not one but two national anthems.

All indications were this was not a protest. It was indifference, which seems to be fine with a large segment of the American populace. They are OK with you setting your fantasy football lineup rather than publicly standing for an anthem, but how dare you use your First Amendment rights to protest what you view as problematic issues in our country during that song.

I realize a lot of folks have just begun to scream invective, including to keep politics out of sports. Fine. Then let’s stop politicizing sports by even playing the national anthem or “God Bless America” before or during the games. How bizarre would it be if each day you showed up at work as a plumber or truck driver or lawyer and you first had to stand for the national anthem?

Also, when exactly did how we behave during a national anthem become a litmus test on our patriotism? I mean, if I stand but don’t put my hand over my heart, am I less patriotic than the guy next to me who does? How about if he puts his hand over his heart, but I salute? What if I sing along?

http://nypost.com/2017/09/24/donald-trump-attacked-what-makes-america-great/

[MyOwnPeace]

1. What a fantastic article!

This needs to be seen in lots of places!

[disalitervisum]

2. Brilliant article!

The essence of America.

[FuzzyRabbit]

3. Reading this I was reminded of an incident during the1960s.

Reading "How bizarre would it be if each day you showed up at work as a plumber or truck driver or lawyer and you first had to stand for the national anthem?" reminded me of this incident.

During a period of anti-war protests, the Fort Lewis movie theater commander ordered that the Star Spangled Banner be played in the base theater before the movies started. The first evening, right as the national anthem finished, someone in the back of the theater yelled out "PLAY BALL!"

The theater didn't played the song again.

[ecstatic]

4. All of his positions are an attack on what makes America great

Particularly his stance on immigration. That's probably top 5 of what made this nation great. Trump and his ignorant-racist-clown thugs don't understand that.