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CatWoman

(79,660 posts)
Mon Nov 18, 2024, 09:40 PM Monday

Just peeped over to Twitter. The MAGATS are trying to get Michael Strahan fired

I have a group there, led by Harold Perrineau (star of the hit series "From" ). I just love that show.

Anyway, I'm trying to get the group to migrate to Blue Sky.

In the meantime, I ran across the Michael Strahan info.

Didn't want to post from Twitter, so I googled the "controversy":

Michael Strahan anthem controversy shouldn’t make you mad, unless you’re looking to be mad

And here I thought the biggest takeaway from the most recent edition of “Fox NFL Sunday” was former New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski jumping out of an MH-60S Seahawk helicopter.

Wrong! Turns out it’s Michael Strahan who’s topping the newsmaker charts, this after the former New York Giants defensive end was caught, if that’s the right word for it, failing to hold his right hand over his heart during the playing of the national anthem. To fill out the picture here, the “Fox NFL Sunday” show was done live from Naval Base San Diego on Sunday as part of a Veterans Day salute, and during the anthem, all of the panelists, except Strahan, are shown with their right hand across the heart. Strahan has his arms in a resting position in front of his body, right hand over left.

According to the U.S. Flag Code, civilians “ … should face the flag and stand at attention with their right hand over the heart, or if applicable, remove their headdress with their right hand and hold it at the left shoulder, the hand being over the heart.” It’s the “should” part of this that would seemingly give Strahan an avenue for a pass, but that’s playing word gymnastics, don’t you think? This isn’t a legal case, because Strahan didn’t do anything illegal. What’s more, he looked quite dignified and focused during the anthem, as though in church.

What, then, did Strahan do wrong? He apparently was not acting in strict adherence to the U.S. Flag Code, but in every other respect, Strahan presented himself as a respectful, loyal American citizen.

https://archive.ph/3dVd4#selection-793.0-809.200

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Initech

(101,900 posts)
5. MAGA isn't just weird, they're super creepy and deranged.
Mon Nov 18, 2024, 09:58 PM
Monday

Stalker-ish even. No wonder Fuckface worships fictionalized serial killers so much.

Tribetime

(6,360 posts)
7. Put your hand over your heart to defend sex offenders as
Mon Nov 18, 2024, 10:03 PM
Monday

President and A.G.....makes perfect sense where the outrage should be ....FUCK THEM

Redleg

(6,133 posts)
18. Next they will want to get rid of the US Flag with Trump superimposed ...
Tue Nov 19, 2024, 09:50 AM
Tuesday

I kid. They will actually probably want to adopt that as the new US flag and change the motto "In God we Trust" to "In Trump we Trust."

Jacson6

(721 posts)
9. X(twitter) is a lunatic fringe and p0rn spam social media web site.
Mon Nov 18, 2024, 10:06 PM
Monday

Just ignore the lunatic fringe. They worship Alex Jones for god's sake. IMHO.

usonian

(13,772 posts)
14. HOLY MOTHER OF PEARL.
Mon Nov 18, 2024, 10:37 PM
Monday
Melania Trump Reminds Donald To Put Hand Over Heart For National Anthem

On You Tube. Not linking.

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