I'm linking to this version of the story because the local article is, shall we say, less informative.
I'm linking to this version of the story because the local article is, shall we say, less informative.
He's a court officer. A white court officer [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_State_Court_Officers ]. Who's so incapable of controlling himself that he (reportedly) threw a public tantrum and quit his weekend fun job. Who thinks the national anthem is about "our veterans that fight and die for us" (It's not, check the lyrics. It is about the symbolism of the flag and the country and its ideals the flag is representing in the poem.)
Who lives in a really white suburb (98%, when the City proper is only maybe 50%), where he makes well above the average income, where there isn't a single place of worship that is Buddhist, Hindu, Jewish, or Muslim.
I hope he enjoys his 15 minutes of fame for being a childish, spoiled, privileged brat who "... will never watch an NFL football game again until this ends.”
http://nypost.com/2017/09/25/pushed-to-my-limit-stadium-worker-quits-after-bills-protest-anthem/
http://nypost.com/2017/09/25/pushed-to-my-limit-stadium-worker-quits-after-bills-protest-anthem/
He's a court officer. A white court officer [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_State_Court_Officers ]. Who's so incapable of controlling himself that he (reportedly) threw a public tantrum and quit his weekend fun job. Who thinks the national anthem is about "our veterans that fight and die for us" (It's not, check the lyrics. It is about the symbolism of the flag and the country and its ideals the flag is representing in the poem.)
Who lives in a really white suburb (98%, when the City proper is only maybe 50%), where he makes well above the average income, where there isn't a single place of worship that is Buddhist, Hindu, Jewish, or Muslim.
I hope he enjoys his 15 minutes of fame for being a childish, spoiled, privileged brat who "... will never watch an NFL football game again until this ends.”
http://nypost.com/2017/09/25/pushed-to-my-limit-stadium-worker-quits-after-bills-protest-anthem/
http://nypost.com/2017/09/25/pushed-to-my-limit-stadium-worker-quits-after-bills-protest-anthem/
There's a bar owner in Leominster that's decided to no longer carry NFL games after the mass display, and is electing to try and attract a Sunday crowd with some free appetizers and live patriotic-themed music.
ReplyDeleteMaybe Toby Keith's 15 minutes aren't up after all.....
Best informed guess is that most people who take these stances neither know nor care about many facts and history, such as things like "under god" only being added to the pledge to show those godless commies we weren't like them.
ReplyDeleteIf they are presented with such information, they then find fanciful rationalizations to twist everything to continue to fit with their internal narrative and flawed reality.