QUOTE (Phil_D11102 @ Jul 4 2019, 11:39 AM)
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Colin Kapaernick sat then took a knee during the playing of the American National Anthem, even though people felt it was offensive.
The Brexit party member turned away from the music. Apparently it was one of Hitlers favorites.
https://www.altnewsmedia.net/news/ode-to-joy/Hmm. I’d already thought about this and why it’s different. I think there are a lot of reasons why taking a knee is different. Just some:
Sportsmen aren’t paid by the US government whereas the Brexit Party Ltd are paid by the EU.
The Brexit Party are deliberately causing offence whereas the sportsmen are protesting. There is an obvious disparity in the way black people are treated by the police in the US. It’s a legitimate cause.
I think whether Hitler liked a piece of music or not is an irrelevance. If you follow that logic there would be a lot in culture we’d have to abandon. I can’t unlike The Smiths because of Morrissey’s recent nonsense.