'To Donald Trump,' by Leland Melvin, former NASA Astronaut and NFL Player

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@Snowlark

These rites of acknowledgement to one’s sense of duty and belonging to their country are common to just about every nation-state because they have their proper time and place. Here in the U.S., I feel we’ve gone beyond ‘proper’.

Indeed, especially with the ones where the whole, paid-for point is military recruitment:

A Round Up of Resistance to Trump (Part 1)

Dave Zirin destroys Trump’s claim that the idea of teams listening respectfully to the national anthem and respecting the flag is a long and hallowed tradition. Oh, Amy, playing the national anthem and having the teams line up before games, it has a long and hallowed history that goes back to the days of Jersey Shore and Justin Bieber. I mean, we’re talking 2009. I mean, Fast & Furious 4 came out in 2009. That’s how long players have lined up for the anthem. And, yes, it comes out of a partner…