(09-27-2017, 06:12 PM)TJBender Wrote:

(09-27-2017, 04:41 PM)rollerjag Wrote: While I agree with you, there is something hypocritical about so many who bitterly criticize the players when they themselves don't really know, or even really care about, the lyrics and only stand because they've told all their lives it's the right thing to do.

It is somewhat hypocritical. What scares me more, though, is that the national anthem and flag have been made into sacred cows. It's not the lyrics or the cloth that matter; it's the idea behind them. When we subjugate what the flag stands for to the flag itself and act accordingly, we've started down a dangerous path.