{"id":1215329,"date":"2022-01-13T22:49:22","date_gmt":"2022-01-14T03:49:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1215329"},"modified":"2022-01-13T22:49:43","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T03:49:43","slug":"jon-stewart-doesnt-understand-why-national-anthem-is-played-before-sports-events-its-such-a-weird-ritual","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jon-stewart-doesnt-understand-why-national-anthem-is-played-before-sports-events-its-such-a-weird-ritual\/","title":{"rendered":"Jon Stewart Doesn&#039;t Understand Why National Anthem Is Played Before Sports Events: &#039;It&#039;s Such a Weird Ritual&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjon-stewart-doesnt-understand-why-national-anthem-is-played-before-sports-events-its-such-a-weird-ritual%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1215329&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Jon Stewart is flummoxed as to why the national anthem is played before sports events, calling it a \u201cweird ritual.\u201d He also questioned the American tradition of standing for the national anthem.<\/p>\n<p>In the latest episode of his podcast, Stewart spoke to billionaire and&nbsp;Dallas Mavericks owner Marc Cuban, who recently ended the playing of \u201cThe Star-Spangled Banner\u201d at home games.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cDoes anyone know when that started, playing the national anthem before games? It\u2019s such a weird ritual,\u201d Stewart said. \u201cI\u2019ve always thought about when [Colin] Kaepernick took the knee and the whole thing was like, \u2018You gotta stand for the anthem!\u2019 Now I imagine like in living rooms, guys are getting nachos ready, and fucking the wings, and the anthem comes on and they all just have to\u2026\u201d [Stewart suggests standing up].<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19484754\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1348837841.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19484754\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1348837841.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1444\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>&nbsp;Recording artist Yolanda Adams performs the American national anthem before a game between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Las Vegas Raiders at Allegiant Stadium on October 24, 2021 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Raiders defeated the Eagles 33-22. (Ethan Miller\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_19484850\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1346287221.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19484850\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1346287221.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1352\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Chief Petty Officer, Stephen Powell performs the national anthem before the NFL game at State Farm Stadium on October 10, 2021 in Glendale, Arizona. The Cardinals defeated the 49ers 17-10. (Christian Petersen\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cBut like why is that?\u201d he continued. \u201cWhen the anthem comes on, you only have to stand if you\u2019re there. But the transitive principle through the television \u2014 if it\u2019s through the television you can do whatever the fuck you want. You can take a shit during the national anthem as a patriot. But if you\u2019re at the stadium there\u2019s like a whole regimen you have to go through.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stewart recently landed in hot water after he accused the <em>Harry Potter<\/em> books and movies of antisemitism, saying the goblin characters who work at the&nbsp;Gringotts Wizarding Bank are in fact crypto-Jews. He later <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2022\/01\/06\/jon-stewart-walks-back-anti-semitism-accusations-against-harry-potter-and-j-k-rowling\/\">walked back<\/a> his statements following intense media blowback.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI do not think J.K. Rowling is antisemitic. I did not accuse her of being antisemitic. I do not think the <em>Harry Potter<\/em> movies are antisemitic. I really love the <em>Harry Potter<\/em> movies, probably too much for a gentleman of my considerable age,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Follow David <\/em><\/strong><strong><em>Ng on Twitter&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HeyItsDavidNg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@HeyItsDavidNg<\/a>. Have a tip? Contact me at&nbsp;<a class=\"c-link x5l\" href=\"mailto:dng@breitbart.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">dng@breitbart.com<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jon Stewart is flummoxed as to why the national anthem is played before sports events, calling it a \u201cweird ritual.\u201d He also questioned the American tradition of standing for the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1215329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1215329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1215329"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1215329\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1215329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1215329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1215329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}