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Re:Death of NFL “inevitable” as middle class abandons the game by NuDinNou on Saturday September 09, 2017 @03:01PM (#15208616)
Why? He is right. What that dude did was disrespectful to the American national anthem.
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Re:Death of NFL “inevitable” as middle class abandons the game by krapp on Saturday September 09, 2017 @03:04PM (#15208628)
So? The US isn't a fascist dictatorship. There's nothing wrong with disrespecting the national anthem, it's just propaganda. Free speech is a more important American value than blind patriotism.
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Re:Death of NFL “inevitable” as middle class abandons the game by andars on Saturday September 09, 2017 @03:11PM (#15208663)
> The US isn't a fascist dictatorship.

Which is why he didn't go to jail.

> There's nothing wrong with dis respecting the national anthem

Sure, it isn't illegal, but that doesn't mean individuals can't be offended by it. To many, the national anthem carries significant meaning.

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Re:Death of NFL “inevitable” as middle class abandons the game by throwaway2016a on Saturday September 09, 2017 @03:53PM (#15208876)
> Sure, it isn't illegal, but that doesn't mean individuals can't be offended by it. To many, the national anthem carries significant meaning.

There is lies the whole point of doing it. If it was meaningless to people it would have no impact as protest.

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Re:Death of NFL “inevitable” as middle class abandons the game by swang on Saturday September 09, 2017 @03:03PM (#15208622)
he disrespected the national anthem?
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