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Post #1117176

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chyron8472
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Politics 2: Electric Boogaloo
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11-Oct-2017, 12:57 PM

TM2YC said:

TV’s Frink said:

https://deadspin.com/the-nfl-quietly-changed-its-obscure-rule-about-standing-1819300660

What could encapsulate the spirit of “Land of the free and home of the brave” better than a rule that forces citizens to behave EXACTLY the way that the powers-that-be tell them to, with any slight deviation from excepted norms being be met with summary punishment.

It’s not a law that the government has mandated against citizens. It’s a rule of corporate policy mandated against their employees.

The company openly expects a given behavior in a certain circumstance, and to not do so warrants disciplinary action. Citizens are within their legal rights to not follow such rules (ie. it’s not a criminal offense), but they are also not required to work there. To discipline an employee on the grounds of what the company perceives as behavioral misconduct, is not a crime. We may disagree with that specific corporate policy, but it is not in and of itself a ridiculous notion.

It’s actually not BS. The company does not want you to protest in that fashion, and they are within their rights to tell you that you can’t. In my mind, this was inevitable. Either kneeling/sitting was eventually going to become mainstream to the detriment of its own purpose and the dignity of the anthem; or the company was going to say “We get your point, now knock it off.” I’m okay with it being the latter.