(07-06-2020, 03:06 PM)NYC4jags Wrote:

(07-06-2020, 02:15 PM)jagibelieve Wrote: So we are going to further divide by playing "their" national anthem and throwing "them" a bone.  Got it.

You making it an "us" and "they" thing is precisely where you are [BLEEP] this up. 

It's a song.  And again - the only people calling it the "black national anthem" or portraying this musical tribute to civil rights to serve as a separate "anthem" at all are the media and a few posters here. 

The NFL has not deemed it such and they haven't even confirmed the report as far as I can tell. 

If YOU personally want to make this into a "THEY" get their own "anthem" now thing, well, that's all on you. 100%. 

Because - as far as I can tell - there's merely a report that, for one week, a song is going to be performed before games.

No one is raising a flag during this song. 
No one is asking you to take your hat off and place a hand over your heart.
No one is saying this is the anthem for one group of people in place of the Star Spangled Banner. 
No one is making you get offended by it but you.

I'm not the one that made/is making this an "us" or "they" thing.  Those are the words used by the person that said that sometimes "we need to throw them a bone".  I simply pointed out how it was insulting and divisive.  Go back through this thread and point to where I made an argument otherwise to make it an "us" and "they" issue.

It may be "just a song", but it is often referred to as the "Black National Anthem" not just by media.

By the way... it doesn't "offend" me in the least bit.  The people that should be offended are the ones that some want to "throw a bone" to.

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