{"id":137104,"date":"2021-02-16T10:13:56","date_gmt":"2021-02-16T15:13:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=137104"},"modified":"2021-02-16T10:28:23","modified_gmt":"2021-02-16T15:28:23","slug":"hate-being-spewed-in-the-name-of-patriotism-wapo-opinion-attacks-anthem-before-games-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hate-being-spewed-in-the-name-of-patriotism-wapo-opinion-attacks-anthem-before-games-2\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Hate Being Spewed In The Name Of Patriotism\u2019: WaPo Opinion Attacks Anthem Before Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/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%2Fhate-being-spewed-in-the-name-of-patriotism-wapo-opinion-attacks-anthem-before-games-2%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=137104&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-1063009906-1.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>On Monday, The Washington Post published an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/mark-cuban-national-anthem-nba\/2021\/02\/15\/0eb0e8bc-6fc1-11eb-b8a9-b9467510f0fe_story.html\">opinion piece<\/a> from a former Post sports columnist, in which he stated that&nbsp;<em>\u201c<\/em>we\u2019ve now weaponized the \u2018Star-Spangled Banner,\u2019\u201d adding, \u201cWholly supporting its continued inclusion at domestic sporting events is our new shallow-end referendum on patriotism. \u2026 There is a silent majority out there, tired of the hate being spewed in the name of patriotism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mike Wise began his essay by referencing the recent controversy after the NBA\u2019s Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban told his staff to stop playing the national anthem before home basketball games. Wise termed supporters of playing the anthem before sports events the \u201cNationalism Police,\u201d quoting Texas Lieutenant Gov. Dan Patrick stating to Cuban, \u201cYour decision to cancel our National Anthem at @dallasmavs games is a slap in the face to every American &amp; an embarrassment to Texas. Sell the franchise &amp; some Texas Patriots will buy it. We ARE the land of free &amp; the home of the brave.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wise noted a meeting between NBA Commissioner Adam Silver and Cuban, writing that they had a \u201cgenial chat.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat leash the league gave teams to do what they felt was appropriate after the summer of 2020? Gone,\u201d wrote Wise. \u201cPlay-the-anthem league policy was reinstated, including at Mavericks games, last week.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wise mused, \u201cThe moment for change had passed.\u201d Then he launched into his attack on playing the anthem before sporting events:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p data-el=\"text\"><em>Cuban had it right the first time. Like the flag before and after Jan. 6, we\u2019ve now weaponized the \u201cStar-Spangled Banner.\u201d Wholly supporting its continued inclusion at domestic sporting events is our new shallow-end referendum on patriotism. The anthem has already split the country.<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-el=\"text\"><em>Organized sports have cheapened the national anthem for decades. The lyrics and the music have been co-opted by professional leagues determined to forge an unneeded alliance between sports and nationalism.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>He mocked the NFL:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>Roger Goodell\u2019s NFL uses America as its brand, wrapping itself in 100-yard flags, military fighter-jet flyovers and, by God, quarterbacks who&nbsp;stand&nbsp;for the national anthem. To be pro-American is to be pro-football \u2014 and revel in the absurdity of it all, the way Joe Buck and Troy Aikman&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/sports\/2020\/10\/20\/joe-buck-troy-aikman-hot-mic-flyover\/?itid=lk_inline_manual_13\">did on Fox<\/a>&nbsp;last year when their mics were still on:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Aikman: \u201cThat\u2019s a lot of jet fuel just to do a little flyover.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-el=\"text\"><em>Buck, snarkily: \u201cThat\u2019s your hard-earned money and your tax dollars at work!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Wise quoted noted leftist NBA New Orleans Pelicans coach Stan Van Gundy. Van Gundy &nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/nbas-van-gundy-whites-are-the-ones-who-are-racist\/\">stated<\/a> in December that whites \u201care the ones who are racist\u201dand <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/nba-analyst-stan-van-gundy-stop-ripping-china-america-committed-genocide-enslaved-lynched\/\">said last August<\/a> of America: \u201cWe committed genocide against Native Americans. We have enslaved, lynched, segregated and incarcerated blacks over 400 years. Women couldn\u2019t vote for 140 years. Using abuses elsewhere to try to distract from our own poor record on human rights is dishonest.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Van Gundy said of Cuban\u2019s decision, \u201cThis should happen everywhere. If you think the anthem needs to be played before sporting events, then play it before every movie, concert, church service and the start of every work day at every business. What good reason is there to play the anthem before a game?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wise then surmised, \u201cNone, really, other than at the World Cup, the Olympics and maybe a state high school or college national final. There is a silent majority out there, tired of the hate being spewed in the name of patriotism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He morphed his argument against the anthem into an attack on the political Right by utilizing the American flag: \u201cThey see the hypocrisy, how the same far-right patriots who decry not playing an anthem at a game also remain silent when the metal pole from the Stars &amp; Stripes is used to beat and bloody&nbsp;a police officer on the steps of the U.S.&nbsp;Capitol.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After quoting a stanza from the Star-Spangled Banner that is never sung at any sporting event that references \u201cthe hireling &amp; slave\u201d and has been accused of being racist<em>,<\/em> Wise concluded, \u201cWe\u2019re too polarized, politically poisoned, to toss the anthem from sports now. But in time, the anthem needs to be ejected from all the games. And when that happens, there will be a benefit: When you finally hear the lyrics and music, they might actually feel special.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/span><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em><span>member<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span>.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday, The Washington Post published an opinion piece from a former Post sports columnist, in which he stated that\u00a0\u201cwe\u2019ve now weaponized the \u2018Star-Spangled Banner,\u2019\u201d adding, \u201cWholly supporting its continued &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2181343,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-1063009906-1.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"\u2018Hate Being Spewed In The Name Of Patriotism\u2019: WaPo Opinion Attacks Anthem Before Games","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-137104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-1063009906-1.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"\u2018Hate Being Spewed In The Name Of Patriotism\u2019: WaPo Opinion Attacks Anthem Before Games","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137104","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137104"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137104\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2181343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}