Mark Cuban's Airball on Freedom

[Sybil Ludington]

You might be a Leftist if you lay awake at night brainstorming which cherished American tradition to sabotage next. Back in November, Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban suspended the playing of the national anthem before home games. Because stands sit empty due to coronavirus restrictions, nobody noticed until Tuesday.


There's no good reason why the "Star-Spangled Banner" should be controversial. Do people seriously wish they were British subjects instead? Do they resent that America is the "land of the free and the home of the brave?"


But America's professional sports have made America's national anthem the chief target in their passive aggressive war against America. It started back when former quarterback Colin Kaepernick refused to stand with other players while the anthem was played, saying he was protesting America's "systemic racism." It spread to other players and teams and even crossed into basketball. Then they added another song at the beginning of games. Teams in both the NBA and the NFL have taken to playing what's known as the "Black National Anthem" alongside America's official national anthem.


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[Calypso Jones]

THIS is not going to go over well.

[Standing Wolf]

And not playing the National Anthem at a basketball game affects anyone's freedom...how?

[Calypso Jones]

Whiffle ball.

Tell you what standing wolf. If you don't want to hear the national anthem, just turn off your tv.

[Sybil Ludington]

And not playing the National Anthem at a basketball game affects anyone's freedom...how?

It affects...............UNITY

[Calypso Jones]

Lol

[Standing Wolf]

That's three posts that don't address my question in any way. Anybody else?

[Sybil Ludington]

That's three posts that don't address my question in any way. Anybody else?

I see....so you're just going to IGNORE #5. GTH

[Cotton1]

And not playing the National Anthem at a basketball game affects anyone's freedom...how?

It's disrespectful to America .
Disrespectful to whites
Disrespectful to service members and veterans

It also says blacks are more important than whites and America.

Thank God I hate basketball.

[Standing Wolf]

Whiffle ball.

Tell you what standing wolf. If you don't want to hear the national anthem, just turn off your tv.

Pre-Zombie Apocalypse I used to go to a lot of Baseball games, and I also spent twenty-one years on active duty in the Navy, so I've probably stood for the national anthem as much as if not more than anyone on this forum. They even used to play it before the movie at on-base theaters - probably still do. There are patriotic songs I like more, but whatever. Even if every sports franchise dropped it, you could still listen to it any time you wanted to. I've got a couple of copies of the 45 with Jose Feliciano's version from the '68 World Series.



I'm not buying either the "freedom" or the "unity" b.s. The kneejerk, more-patriotic-than-thou pearl clutching is foolish and indefensible.