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Bernardo de La Paz

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9. Right. Like the flags on cars that get thrashed to death in the wind.

Reply to octoberlib (Reply #1)

Tue Sep 26, 2017, 06:51 AM

Sep 2017

And flags kept out in rain and at night with no light on them, per proper flag etiquette.

Too many people are reflex patriots who think you can set it and forget it. Especially forget about the troops who come home injured, including PTSD.

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Tradition of NFL players standing for the national anthem invented in 2009 by US military [View all] DetlefK Sep 2017 OP

Because nothing says respecting the flag like selling faux-patriotism. octoberlib Sep 2017 #1

Right. Like the flags on cars that get thrashed to death in the wind. Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2017 #9

Selling faux patriotism really selling bloated military-industrial complex corporate welfare budgets Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2017 #10

I've been to school, ballgames, other events woodsprite Sep 2017 #2

I was scratching my head over this one also. Lochloosa Sep 2017 #3

Yeah, its a misleading headline. bluepen Sep 2017 #4

How should I have written it shorter? DetlefK Sep 2017 #5

Tradition of NFL players standing for the national anthem invented in 2009 by US military bluepen Sep 2017 #7

The article is specific to the NFL. WinkyDink Sep 2017 #8

also i was always taught you only cover your heart during the pledge... samnsara Sep 2017 #6

Yeah, me too Madam Mossfern Sep 2017 #15

Exactly TNNurse Sep 2017 #16

I think during the WW2 years so that saluting the flag Jarqui Sep 2017 #18

Trump's grandfather was a German immigrant, so his ancestors were not tblue37 Sep 2017 #20

I know Jarqui Sep 2017 #21

Wait! You mean these righteous flag-worshipers are honoring an Obama initiative? Orrex Sep 2017 #11

Not totally true, but... TomVilmer Sep 2017 #12

The national anthem has nothing to do with sports. Vinca Sep 2017 #13

american society is becoming way too militaristic. KG Sep 2017 #14

Jingoistic. dchill Sep 2017 #17

I believe that this is inaccurate.. At the end of WWII the NFL Commissioner CentralMass Sep 2017 #19

The headline is completely false sarisataka Sep 2017 #22

Yeah, the quoted part directly contradicts the claim in the thread title. Lee-Lee Sep 2017 #23

What I find disrespectful to soldiers is that the military is using their Baitball Blogger Sep 2017 #24

+1,000 malaise Sep 2017 #25