tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post3543800985523294259..comments2024-03-28T19:47:39.985-04:00Comments on CURMUDGUCATION: Trumpifying High School SportsPeter Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16511193640285760299noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-59623400626960843742017-09-29T17:33:09.873-04:002017-09-29T17:33:09.873-04:00Thank you for speaking out.Thank you for speaking out.Shirleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11756613176679057344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-13164585688267989772017-09-28T21:37:45.232-04:002017-09-28T21:37:45.232-04:00Dear Mr. Greene and Commentors:
It’s irksome tha...Dear Mr. Greene and Commentors:<br /> <br />It’s irksome that the issue of kneeling to protest police brutality had become, well, not a settled issue, but one that people understood, and then Emperor HiroCheeto decided to whip it up as a new issue about “disrespecting the flag” because he needed a diversion from whatever bad thing he was doing at the time, which might have been either the ongoing election hacking Investigation, pushing for a bad health care bill, or not helping Puerto Rico, or maybe all three.<br /> <br />No one is asking me, but I think a wise school administrator would send a notice to the students’ homes and to the local paper announcing the suspension of the flag salute. There will be games of football against other schools this fall. Everyone should come and have fun. <br /> <br />The issue is similar to having an Invocation or a Blessing. You can’t call for a Blessing and then have to clear the room of a melee between groups that do or do not want a Blessing. It sort of defeats the purpose.<br /><br />LeilaLeilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02447044081130341196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-79434241724146553772017-09-28T20:50:04.302-04:002017-09-28T20:50:04.302-04:00What little I know about Louisiana suggests that t...What little I know about Louisiana suggests that this high school will not witness "student athletes [with] the courage to unite on this."<br /><br />But, if the ACLU does push a suit up to the Supreme Court, it will be interesting to see if the current bench will regard a 'voluntary' team rule in the same light as their 1943 predecessors viewed a mandatory classroom restriction.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-44164597334676566852017-09-28T14:04:29.481-04:002017-09-28T14:04:29.481-04:00Forced patriotism is not even patriotism. We shou...Forced patriotism is not even patriotism. We should be careful of making people do things they don't really believe as it violates their freedom of conscience. lbwolperthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09789084098827243880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-14370073171917761672017-09-28T11:54:45.888-04:002017-09-28T11:54:45.888-04:00I hope the student athletes have the courage to un...I hope the student athletes have the courage to unite on this. Let the entire team sit or kneel and just see if the school has the fortitude to stand by their convictions. Kick out the entire football team? The entire boys' basketball team? Yeah, I'd like to see that happen.<br /><br />Incidentally, this is a fight that the boys will have to fight, especially the football and basketball teams. No one cares about girls' sports or minor boys' sports. The school would happily bench the entire team.Diennehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04570040547158789834noreply@blogger.com