No, what makes this country great, is that he can do it. Actually doing it does not make the country great. It insults the country.
No, it insults you. You are not the country.
You are not the country either.
I’m not insulted, so your response makes no sense.
Actually, it does.
How I interpret it is this: There is a difference between an insult to the country as an entity and an insult to the collective citizens of the country.
Warbler might himself be offended, yes, but he feels offended on behalf of the country as an entity, as though the dignity of that entity is something that should be protected and/or respected.
He’s not saying that man is insulting everyone and their dog who collectively live in the country. And by his saying that you, Frink, are not the country, he’s saying that you can’t speak directly for the entity that is the country when you say you’re not offended because your personal dignity is not akin to that of respecting the country itself.
Ok well then he can’t speak for the entity that is the country either. His belief that it insults the country is only one interpretation of the action, and in my opinion a very closed-minded interpretation. He doesn’t seem to understand that these people aren’t protesting the anthem, they’re protesting the treatment of black people by the institutions that are part of the country.
I don’t think he doesn’t understand that. I think he just thinks their method of protest is inappropriate. Legal, yes, but inappropriate.
The argument we’re (meaning you and he are) having here really just comes down to whether one ought to be allowed to say (and/or opinion is valid in saying) what is or isn’t an appropriate method for someone else to protest.
again, same is true for those protesting funerals, yet people still made big deal about that.
The people protesting funerals hate gay people. The people protesting the anthem want equal treatment. Huge difference.
Actually, in my mind the huge difference is that the WBC claims to be a “church” and/or “Christians” and/or “Baptists”. And as a Christian myself, and a member of a baptist church, I can say that I’m all kinds of offended at the vitriol that come from the WBC. I just… ugh, don’t even get me started.
Whereas, people who sit during the anthem speak for nobody but themselves.