daveman
Diamond Member
The OP is an appeal to emotion -- the leftist contempt for corporatism, the Pentagon, and patriotism.MindWars, the resident Alex Jones nutjob........Wow, you let your emotive bias get the better of you....... Don't worry, you're not alone, unfortunately it's a part of human nature even among highly educated individuals. Never thought I'd see you pull a MimeWhores but like I just pointed out in the previous sentence......... Oh well.Sooooo, you're being forced to sit in your seat and watch it all? Can't take the time to go to the bathroom or the concession stand while that is going on? You've been reading too much of MimeWhores tripe..........
Oh I do, believe me. I've never once played the role of robot for that shit. That's what everybody should do --- just say no.
If we don't they start forcing it, literally.
There's a specific reason I put the Earnest V. Starr link in the OP. This was a man who was confronted by a mob who tried to force him to kiss a flag -- and this was the same year the national Jingo Song was first played at a baseball game. A time of rampant mob mentality when people would actually rip a Dachshund from its owner's arms and stone it to death in the street, for no more rational reason than that the word "Dachshund" is German. The same time the National Security League was getting schools to quit teaching German, the same time German Shepherds were renamed "Police Dogs" so the sensitive ears of the mob mentality butthurt wouldn't be offended. Whelp, Earnest Starr, for refusing to kiss that flag, got hard labor in prison. The mob who coerced him? They got away with it. Because they were doing the State's bidding.
And the next year brought the Palmer Raids where Americans were deported for their political beliefs. And the Red Summer of race riots.
This is where this shit leads. That's also why the North Korean army is marching in the OP. Put yourself in the position of the North Korean citizen who had better be watching and saluting and smiling, or you might be taking a trip to the hinterlands.
GENUINE patriotism isn't forced, isn't scripted, isn't choreographed. It happens spontaneously. It doesn't happen at exactly 7:04 by design. That's not what this is --- this is artificial bullshit, designed to cow the people into a mob who will then start looking around for the next Earnest V. Starr. That isn't Freedom --- it's fascism. And it has no place in Sports, let alone a free republic.
I have no idea what a "MimeWhores" is. But I do know what it means when a mob tries to force mandatory behaviour.
Ever hear the expression "those who ignore their own history....."?
As for your assertions....... That type of activity happens all to frequently all over the political spectrum. In this instance put aside your emotive bias and try to look at it rationally then you won't be playing the left's version of Alex Jones.......
So --- you're saying because mob mentality happens in all kinds of scenarios, it's OK?
I'd just like to see anybody try to defend this shit. Make the case that it's a legitimate thing to take taxpayer funds and use it to pimp fake patriotism at the threat of ejection for those who don't dance. Make the case that it's some kind of "innocent" thing ---- and do it without some rah-rah Appeal to Emotion or Ad Hom crapola like Davey Gunnerhands tried to get away with.
At least make an effort to keep up.
The Pentagon's spending on sports is advertising, you idiot. They don't believe they can make anyone patriotic.
If you're at the stadium when the National Anthem plays, go take a leak if it offends you so mightily. You're not being forced to do anything.