USA Today: Discontinue 'Lazy Excuse for Patriotism' Anthem
By Jay Maxson | March 14, 2019 4:00 PM EDT
Like the idea of rising for the flag, removing your hat and singing the anthem before a ballgame? You're participating in a "lazy" farce, according to USA Today columnist Nancy Armour. Concluding an 11-part series in the paper on what various writers would change in sports, Armour would give the Star Spangled Banner the heave-ho.
Standing at attention does not demonstrate a love of country or gratitude for those who serve any more than wearing an American flag pin does, Armour writes:
"Yet in the two years since Colin Kaepernick and other athletes began protesting during the anthem to draw attention to the racism and economic disparity endemic to our society, it’s become something of a patriotic litmus test. The kind of faux display of national pride better suited for countries run by dictators or despots."
Source URL:
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/culture/jay-maxson/2019/03/14/eject-anthem-sports-usa-today-calls-it-faux-display-pride-better
