How The Pentagon Paid For NFL's Patriotism

HUGE A STORY ABOUT THE NFL AND PEOPLE NOT STANDING FOR THE
ANTHEM.
DONALD TRUMP IS VERY ANGRY.
HE THINKS PEOPLE SHOULD BE FIRED.
HE STARTED A FIRESTORM ABOUT THAT ON FRIDAY NIGHT THAT
HAS REACHED THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND.
NOW, WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW THE REAL STORY OF HOW WE WOUND
UP HAVING PEOPLE STAND FOR THE NATIONAL ANTHEM IN NFL AND
THE FIRST PLACE?
THIS STORY DOES NOT GO BACK A VERY LONG TIME IN HISTORY.
IT'S NOT LIKE THE PLAYERS WERE STANDING FOR THE NATIONAL
ANTHEM THROUGHOUT.
DID YOU KNOW THAT?
IT IS NOT LIKE THE NFL, THAT IS ALWAYS WHAT HAPPENS.
THE PLAYERS COME OUT, WE DID THE NATIONAL ANTHEM, THEY STAND
OUT IN AMERICAN TRADITION.
NO, IT STARTED VERY RECENTLY.
WE GO TO LAWNEWZ RECENTLY THAT COVERED THE STORY:
SO WHAT THE STEELERS DID AND EVENTUALLY THE OTHER TEAMS
IS WHAT EVERY TEAM DID PRE 2009.
THIS IS A NEW THING.
ALL OF THAT TALK OF THIS IS TRADITION,
IF YOU RESPECT AMERICA THIS IS WHEN HE, THE LOCKER ROOM.
THIS IS HOW YOU STAND AND THIS IS WHERE YOU PUT YOUR HANDS.
YEAH, I KNOW THAT AMERICANS ARE ALL ABOUT DICTATING HOW PEOPLE
SHOULD STAND AND WHAT EMOTIONS THEY SHOULD HAVE AND WHERE
THEY SHOULD BE, ETC.
TURNS OUT IT'S ALL A MYTH.
SO WHY DID IT START LATER ANYWAY?
THIS IS THE REALLY INTERESTING PART.
THIS IS WHAT IS OTHERWISE KNOWN AS PAID PROPAGANDA.
LOOK, I'M SURE THEY HAD GOOD INTENTIONS WHEN THEY DO IT.
THEIR INTENTION AS WELL, WE WOULD LIKE MORE PEOPLE TO SIGN
UP FOR THE NATIONAL GUARD AND FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
THAT WE NEED MORE RECRUITS, IT'S A VOLUNTEER ARMY SO LET'S PAPER
SOME MARKETING IF YOU WANT TO TAKE UP POSITIVE SPIN ON IT.
PROPAGANDA IF YOU WANT TO TAKE A NEGATIVE SPIN ON IT AND MAKE IT
A NEW TRADITION THAT WE ALL SALUTE THE FLAG INTO THE
NATIONAL ANTHEM AND MAKE SURE THE PLAYERS ARE ON THE FIELD AND
EVERYBODY'S PAYING HEED TO OUR SOLDIERS AND IF YOU
REMEMBER, COURSE WHEN CABERNET TOOK A KNEE, HAD NOTHING TO
DO WITH THE MILITARY.
HE SAID IT WAS BECAUSE OF THE RACIAL INJUSTICE THAT THE
POLICE UNFORTUNATELY WERE DOING THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.
THE PEOPLE IMMEDIATELY SPUN IT AS, YOU MUST HATE THE
VETERANS IN THE MILITARY.
THIS STARTED IN THE FIRST PLACE BECAUSE THE MILITARY WAS PAYING
FOR THIS PROPAGANDA AND YES, I DO TAKE A NEGATIVE SPIN ON IT
BECAUSE THIS IS NOT WHAT WE SHOULD SPEND TAXPAYER DOLLARS
FOR IT.
IF YOU'RE PATRIOTIC, WONDERFUL, BUT I DON'T WANT THE
DEFENSE DEPARTMENT SPENDING OUR DOLLARS TO TRY TO MAKE OTHER
PEOPLE PATRIOTIC SO THEY SIGN UP FOR WARS AND SERVE THE
PENTAGON'S PURPOSES.
MORE DETAILS ON THIS.
THE SENATE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE SAID, THEY INVESTIGATED THIS:
SOLO, THE NATIONAL ANTHEM HAPPENED IN THE GAMES
BEFORE, BUT LIKE WE SAID, THE PLAYERS WHEN THE LOCKER
ROOM AT THE TIME.
YOU WOULD OF COURSE HAD A FIRST PITCH AND YOU DROP THE PUCK
ANYWAY, BUT THEY WRAPPED ALL OF IT IN THE FLAG.
IT WAS ALL AN EFFORT TO RECRUIT MORE PEOPLE TO SIGN UP FOR
THE MILITARY.
SO THIS WAS PROPAGANDA FROM THE BEGINNING AND HAD NOTHING
TO DO WITH AMERICAN TRADITION.
IN FACT, IT'S NOT JUST ME SAYING THAT.
BACK IN 2015,
REPUBLICAN SENATOR JOHN MCCAIN CALLED THIS PAID PATRIOTISM.
HE WENT ON TO SAY: HE CAME OUT STRONGLY AGAINST IT AND
THAT IS HOW ALL OF THIS BEGAN IN THE FIRST PLACE.
KNOW THE REALITY, KNOW THE TRUTH AND THAT RIGHT THERE IS
WHAT THIS IS ACTUALLY ABOUT.
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How The Pentagon Paid For NFL's Patriotism

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