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| comment | | "parent_author":"",<br>"parent_permlink":"blog",<br>"author":"isoliz",<br>"permlink":"why-i-don-t-care-if-pro-athletes-stand-for-the-national-anthem",<br>"title":"Why I Don\u2019t Care If Pro Athletes Stand For The National Anthem",<br>"body":"![636381808679165886-2017-08-12-Marshawn-Lynch.jpg (https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/DQmSrYV1feFh3dPGX6LaxcJCtgdb1uPFETsDzQA6ykdnKVT\/636381808679165886-2017-08-12-Marshawn-Lynch.jpg)\n\n\nI need to start this post out with one statement; I love America. I am an American and I have been all over the world and I can say that America is a place I love most.\n\nHaving said that,<br> I also know that we,<br> as a country,<br> have problems. And that\u2019s okay. I\u2019m pretty sure that we can overcome them just like we have in the past.\n\nWhat drives me absolutely crazy is how bent out of shape people get when an athlete or celebrity does or says something that they perceive as \u201canti-American.\u201d Because it is usually something completely inane. \n\nThe latest \u201ccause celebre\u201d for all those \u201ctrue patriots\u201d out there is pro athletes not standing for the national Anthem before games. I can\u2019t even begin to imagine the amount of TV time and print space that has been given to this ridiculous \u201cstory.\u201d\n\nThis week it was Marshawn Lynch\u2019s turn to get vilified by people who seem to have no other job than to be professionally outraged. Let\u2019s set aside that Lynch has been doing this for years,<br> but people are just now noticing. The real question here is,<br> who cares?\n\nI do not look to pro athletes (or any public figure) for moral or cultural guidance. All that comes from within me and from my faith in God. If people want to deck their homes out in American flags all year round,<br> that\u2019s fine with me. It makes no difference in my life. Just as Marshawn Lynch or Colin Kaepernick sitting for the anthem makes no difference.\n\nIt seems to me that we have become a nation of professional victims. We look for ways to get our feelings hurt. We want to express our outrage over the tiniest of slights. Starbucks doesn\u2019t have \u201cMerry Christmas\u201d printed on their cups? Let\u2019s protest!\n\nI tell you this,<br> I have better,<br> more important,<br> things to worry about in my life than if Marshawn Lynch is \u201cinsulting\u201d America. And I would hope that you would,<br> too.\n\nStand,<br> sit,<br> lie down,<br> during the National Anthem,<br> I don\u2019t care. I will not get bent out of shape because of your choice. And I hope you will not get bent out of shape because I wrote this.",<br>"json_metadata":" \"tags\":[\"blog\",<br>\"sports\",<br>\"life\",<br>\"writing\" ,<br>\"image\":[\"https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/DQmSrYV1feFh3dPGX6LaxcJCtgdb1uPFETsDzQA6ykdnKVT\/636381808679165886-2017-08-12-Marshawn-Lynch.jpg\" ,<br>\"app\":\"steemit\/0.1\",<br>\"format\":\"markdown\" " | | vote | "voter":"isoliz",
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