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<blockquote data-quote="The Bell Tolls for Thee" data-source="post: 130470261" data-attributes="member: 1812660"><p>The issue for folks like me is refusing to stand up out of respect for an anthem has traditionally been to protest the nation as a whole.&nbsp; It's what happens at the Olympics when regimes like North Korea want respect.&nbsp; Folks may disagree with other countries like UK or Canada in how they marginalize free speech (Actually placing fines and jail time for offending people by not referring to them as they wish).&nbsp; However since there is more good than bad in those governments most still pay the anthem, and thus the country as a whole, respect.&nbsp; So even if that is not these players' message, it is how a not insignificant part of the country view it.&nbsp; I can't just throw around a commonly used racial slur and expect people to not be offended because I claim to mean something else when saying it.&nbsp; That's not to mention the fact that many folks just want actors, musicians, athletes to not cram their politics down the audience's throat.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="The Bell Tolls for Thee, post: 130470261, member: 1812660"] The issue for folks like me is refusing to stand up out of respect for an anthem has traditionally been to protest the nation as a whole. It's what happens at the Olympics when regimes like North Korea want respect. Folks may disagree with other countries like UK or Canada in how they marginalize free speech (Actually placing fines and jail time for offending people by not referring to them as they wish). However since there is more good than bad in those governments most still pay the anthem, and thus the country as a whole, respect. So even if that is not these players' message, it is how a not insignificant part of the country view it. I can't just throw around a commonly used racial slur and expect people to not be offended because I claim to mean something else when saying it. That's not to mention the fact that many folks just want actors, musicians, athletes to not cram their politics down the audience's throat. [/QUOTE]

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