Boston Herald
"The ongoing flap over NFL players disrespecting our national anthem is lowbrow theater at best, casting jocks as deep thinkers whose moral indignation demands everyone’s attention.
"So they take a knee when “The Star-Spangled Banner” is played as a way of alerting the rest of us that we live in an imperfect world.
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"Though for most Americans it’s a kick in the stomach to see anyone trashing or denigrating the symbols of this great nation, it’s not shocking when the venom is spewed by sabre-rattling megalomaniacs like the sociopath now calling the shots in North Korea.
"But it is a bit much to seriously regard the bruised sensitivities of conscience-stricken NFL players who’ve been blessed beyond measure with free education and stratospheric salaries because they are able to advance a football 100 yards.
"America offends them? Please. This country they so blithely disparage is, for them, a land of milk and honey." . . .
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