NBA - No More National Anthem...

[BourbonBalz]

O, say can you see,
Ableist against non-seeing people.

by the dawn’s early light?
Reinforcing the trope that light > dark.

What so proudly we hailed
Proud of what? A nation built on the back of slavery?

at the twilight’s last gleaming.
Aren’t you supposed to take the flag down at night? Be consistent in your idolatry, please.

Whose broad stripes and bright stars
Broad RED (blood) and WHITE (race) stripes, mind you.

Through the perilous fight,
Of course it’s a fight for these war-mongering people.

Over the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming.
Again. Ableist. Were there no non-sight soldiers? So easy to just throw them aside.

And the rockets red glare,
Red, again, like the blood of the indigenous Amerindians who were slaughtered and whose land was stolen.

The bombs bursting in air,
Uh, if I may, shouldn’t the bombs be bursting on the ground? There were no airplanes.

Gave proof through the night, That our flag was still there.
Our? Belonging to whom? Such a western ideal of everything having to be owned by human white males.

O say does that Star-Spangled Banner yet wave?
O’er the land
Stolen

of the free
Except for slaves, women, and non-land owners

and the home
Someone else’s home

of the brave
Brave enough to rape a land where people had lived for thousands of years.

I have to give it to you. That is the absolute dumbest thing I‘ve read yet. Why don’t you just pack up and leave this country since it apparently bothers you so much. Go and live in one of the shitholes you THINK will be great.

 

[PhDcat2018]

Good.

 

[*CatinIL*]

How bout NO NBA!

But I have to admit...I don't watch the NBA. I just got sucked into this thread by the catchy thread title'

 

[RunninRichie]

O, say can you see,
Ableist against non-seeing people.

by the dawn’s early light?
Reinforcing the trope that light > dark.

What so proudly we hailed
Proud of what? A nation built on the back of slavery?

at the twilight’s last gleaming.
Aren’t you supposed to take the flag down at night? Be consistent in your idolatry, please.

Whose broad stripes and bright stars
Broad RED (blood) and WHITE (race) stripes, mind you.

Through the perilous fight,
Of course it’s a fight for these war-mongering people.

Over the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming.
Again. Ableist. Were there no non-sight soldiers? So easy to just throw them aside.

And the rockets red glare,
Red, again, like the blood of the indigenous Amerindians who were slaughtered and whose land was stolen.

The bombs bursting in air,
Uh, if I may, shouldn’t the bombs be bursting on the ground? There were no airplanes.

Gave proof through the night, That our flag was still there.
Our? Belonging to whom? Such a western ideal of everything having to be owned by human white males.

O say does that Star-Spangled Banner yet wave?
O’er the land
Stolen

of the free
Except for slaves, women, and non-land owners

and the home
Someone else’s home

of the brave
Brave enough to rape a land where people had lived for thousands of years.

Other tribes attacked and enslaved other tribes for thousands of years. History is cruel and so is human nature.

 

[RunninRichie]

And for many minorities (rather that be religion, race, gender, sexual orientation, etc.) it’s a sign of hundreds of years of oppression.

LOL people would rather ***** “it’s because i’m not white! that’s why i’m not successful!” then get out there and work for a good life this victim complex everyone has these days is ******* disgusting.

 

[jameslee32]

Go Nuggets!!

 

[RunninRichie]

Go Nuggets!!

jokic is nasty

 

[jameslee32]

jokic is nasty

Murray and Joker are so much fun to watch. Up 37 over Cleveland.

 

[warrior-cat]

You're adorable

Thankyou. Many people have told me that. It was most heartfelt I'm sure.

 

[jwheat]

1.) I’m not a Christian but if you stopped going to your Christian church because other people are sinners then I think you missed the point of Christianity

2.) wildcatsboston takes every opportunity to **** on Christians. He was touched in the wrong place by one obvs

3.) I don’t care one way or another if the anthem gets played before nba games or not and I bet deep down all of you don’t care either. This is just another chance to show which side of the aisle you are on.

4.) leftists not liberals (two different things) hate America

 

[Catfan in Tn.]

https://www.foxnews.com/sports/mavs-mark-cuban-insists-we-didnt-cancel-the-national-anthem

 

[blubo]

Don't be fooled. The NBA could care less about the Anthem. They're only concern is they know they will lose millions from the backlash over not playing it. If the NBA had guts, they would say you're going to play the Anthem, and when you do you are going to Stand and Honor it while they are playing it!!

nba has no guts but they do have a rule that says stand during the anthem—of course they don’t enforce it.

 

[wildcatsboston1984_rivals]

LOL people would rather ***** “it’s because i’m not white! that’s why i’m not successful!” then get out there and work for a good life this victim complex everyone has these days is ****ing disgusting.

lol

 

[blubo]

https://www.foxnews.com/sports/mavs-mark-cuban-insists-we-didnt-cancel-the-national-anthem

Cuban, what a mealy mouth prick. "In listening to the community, there were quite a few people who voiced their concerns, really their fears that the national anthem did not fully represent them, that their voices were not being heard.”
gmafb

 

[dgtatu01]

I’ll never attend any type of event ever if they don’t play the anthem before it starts

Really? I bet this isn't true. I have never heard the anthem played at a golf tournament, concert, church service, etc. I bet you keep going to those things if you did before.

 

[wildcatsboston1984_rivals]

Really? I bet this isn't true. I have never heard the anthem played at a golf tournament, concert, church service, etc. I bet you keep going to those things if you did before.

Do they play the anthem before PGA events? I haven’t watched golf in probably a decade+. I worked a golf meet back in college as part of one of my sport management classes and we didn’t play it for that.

 

[dgtatu01]

Perhaps they’re advocating to take the country with them when they go. The traditions, symbols, and above all the Constitution.

Not a stretch, since those who would stay despise those things anyway.

They don't want the Constitution. Trust me they throw it out the window with the quickness when it doesn't match their preference.

 

[JumperJack]

Do you two understand how that doesn’t matter at all? What does a sport’s popularity have to do with it?

Your comprehension is woeful.

 

[Cawood86_rivals]

I hope the NBA does under. I truly do. I hope they all have to get real jobs and live like real folks. Let's see how woke they are then.

 

[CB3UK]

Not that they ever had a chance of winning my eyeballs back, but just more reinforcement for the litany of reasons I don't watch the NBA.

 

[BeAllied]

I have to give it to you. That is the absolute dumbest thing I‘ve read yet. Why don’t you just pack up and leave this country since it apparently bothers you so much. Go and live in one of the shitholes you THINK will be great.

It's true, but they would rather be confrontational and dare you to make them leave. They are the kids on the playground who would run their mouths until somebody stepped forward to shut them.