https://i.imgur.com/cLtckPu.mp4

I have... several questions...

It keeps both you and your beer cool! This is a great invention.

It's a trash bin.

Is Tariq Nasheed learning?

Nevermind.

excuse me what?

He follows it up by talking about how this is a comeuppance for him pushing for the NFL to censor players taking a knee

there is no need to censor that

its disrespect to the country

Well, I mean

how about stand up, right hand over your heart, and pledge

kneel and thats treason

The specific argument is that the NFL should disallow the protests, therefore censoring Kaepernick's free speech.

See, I've read a few things and I don't necessarily even believe that.

I'm pretty big on the flag and everything, but the pledge and the meaning we put behind the anthem are kind of abominations unto what the US is supposed to be.

First off, the Pledge was actually written and promoted by a legitimate nationalist socialist.

And in it's pre-1932 form, included a roman salute.

The whole idea of the United States being 'one nation, indivisible' goes against the founding principles of the united States.

But was inconvenient for socialist rhetoric being spun at the time.

I don't think a national antham can be written by a non-nationalist.

Or else you get canada's that changes every two years.

The Star Spangled Banner wasn't written as a National Anthem.

It wasn't actually made the anthem until 1931

Even though the tune was written in 1773, and the lyrics were composed 1814

Those are all true things.

But it wasn't written by an unpatriotic nihilist.

Oh, sure.

Patriotism and Nationalism aren't inherently bad.

Not in a vacuum.

They only become a problem when paired with policy.

Yeah

When the extent of your nationalism is: Do what I can to make this great nation better

policy written and instigated by fear

It's harmless, at worst.

When you extend that to enforce socialism, or some sort of purity standard, it goes a bit awry.

Bellamy took a backdoor approach to weave ritualistic nationalism into the zeitgeist.