(September 1, 2016 at 4:00 pm)Minimalist Wrote:(September 1, 2016 at 2:34 pm)Cato Wrote: I'm another vet that supports Kaepernick's protest. In fact, I think the playing of the national anthem before sporting events is a meaningless, nationalistic and tired tradition that should be abandoned immediately. That goes for 'God Bless America' in the ballparks that still play it during the seventh inning stretch.
Oddly, Stephen Colbert went looking to exactly where that tradition began. Like the pledge of allegiance with its 'under god' horseshit, it is not as old as you might think.
https://www.rawstory.com/2016/09/colbert...marketing/
See the video.
What, you mean to say that this uber nationalism is all just (relatively) recently manufactured propaganda and marketing?
Say it ain't so.
