Comment on the American people's reaction to the national anthem protest and the underlying issues that deserve greater attention.
With all the issues we are facing in this country right now - fires, floods, lunatic leaders trying to provoke nuclear war, homelessness, poverty and people on the verge of losing their healthcare, the fact that people are so up in arms about something so trivial speaks volumes about the American people. We are petty, small, and silly. I mean, even if you force people to stand, you can't force what's in their hearts. If they are standing there rolling their eyes, thinking about what they are having for dinner, does it matter that they are standing? And since when has "being disrespectful" a crime? Why are people so dense that they don't understand that standing (or not) for a song has nothing to do with "the troops?" No, our problem is mass stupidity, not an anthem.