05-24-2018, 04:57 PM
Personally, I think playing the anthem before sporting events is ridiculous, anyway. Before international competition? I get it. But when it is as commonplace as it is it comes off as nationalistic rather than patriotic and it has an effect of desensitization for a lot of people.
JMHO on the matter.
JMHO on the matter.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
