Black national anthem sends MAGA into meltdown

This is such a non-thing that it hurts to even consider how stupid it is.

But, let’s consider:

1. The Super Bowl is a private corporate event; any song may be performed ceremoniously. That’s protected speech.

2. Not standing up for the Black National Anthem is whatever. That’s protected speech.

3. The Black National Anthem is a colloquial title and has no legal status. That’s protected speech.

4. While there is a statute outlying etiquette for performances of the National Anthem, there are no penalties for not adhering. That’s protected speech.

5. “America the Beautiful” was also performed and there’s no legal basis for etiquette or participation. This song also has a long history of being performed alongside the Star-Spangled Banner to the point that it’s sometimes referred to as the National Hymn, even though that is a colloquial and non-legal designation. That’s protected speech.

6. This is apparently the fourth year that “Lift Every Voice and Sing” has been performed at the Super Bowl. That’s protected speech.

My favorite part was how they kept mentioning the sign language interpreters and then never showing them again. Like, give them a picture-in-picture or something. Otherwise, what's the point?

What doesn't send them into a meltdown? It's almost like they're the things that melt easily that they're so fond of calling everyone else.

"I'm STILL not standing for this divisive garbage. One nation. One anthem."

But kneeling during the national anthem was such utter disrespect that players should be fired?

God. These people are insufferable.

Doesn't take much to rile up the Trumpanzees.

I mean really, what at this point won't send a dumb ass MAGA person into toddler tantrum territory?

Fucking snowflakes lmao

Didn't they throw a fit about this last year too?

FUCK MAGA. Every single one of them can fuck right off. They are babies, snowflakes, mouth breathing morons. They can't think for themselves, they have to be told how to feel. I wish these lemmings would walk out into the ocean and feed the sharks.

I first heard Lift Every Voice and Sing in high school (which was back in the 90s, I'm old) and I liked it, much better than the official national anthem. It acknowledges the atrocities of the past while being hopeful of the future instead of the usual "rah rah our country is the greatest" crap.

Explain to them that the American national anthem doesn't represent black Americans because when that song was written black Americans were not free. The American national anthem was a lie then and is a lie now. Land of the free? Back then we had millions of slaves. And now we have millions of slaves.

Former Arizona Senate candidate Kari Lake responded to a picture showing her sitting down during a performance of the hymn at last year's Super Bowl. Lake said on X, formerly Twitter, on Sunday: "I'm STILL not standing for this divisive garbage. One nation. One anthem."

If she really thought that she'd stand the fuck up.

I bet none of these dingbats complained when we were playing "God Bless America" everywhere after 9/11. MAGA shouldn't be the gatekeepers of patriotism.

Who called it Black National Anthem? Do they say "please rise for the black national anthem"?

edit: NAACP dubbed it that in 1917

Wait. I thought the black national anthem was that From the Window to the Wall song.

Was this sung instead of the national anthem or was it sung in addition to the anthem? The article is garbage.

Does anybody actually like virtue signalling? I feel like the people who this is supposed to "pander" to are either

1. dying of cringe
2. Don't care
3. Able to see through it being the scam it is
4. More worried about more important things, eg, Palestine

And everyone who doesn't like it just gets mad.

It's like they're trying to sow division or something to turn the working class against each other

I was doubtful right leaning media cared, but quite clearly it’s being heavily covered by such media.

https://ground.news/article/black-national-anthem-sends-maga-into-meltdown_c255a4

I'm not even riled up by the fact that they are riled up. I just do not care either way about a song.

I don't know why I bother even reading articles anymore. Zero information about the actual content of the song so now I have to go research it myself.

The Star-Spangled Banner is pro-slavery shit. No wonder MAGA loves it.

It has to start somewhere. Today it's virtue signaling, tomorrow it's normal and expected.

Doing the right thing for the wrong reasons can still be a win.

The really funny thing about this article and about the comments is that some asshole wrote “sends MAGA into meltdown” trying to equate just a few people’s opinion as that of an entire “movement’s” (if you could even call it a movement, I think the term MAGA shouldn’t even refer to any group of people - it’s simply an expression that people can have without referring to anything else at all. But whatever) opinion. That not just wrong, it’s incredibly lazy opinion writing under the guise of journalism. To read that and not just ignore it does not applaude one’s judgement when it comes to information that needs to be shared. This is made worse by taking it seriously and then reflecting its lazy judgement towards a large portion of the population and further claiming that they are racists. Believing in a false claim of a meltdown, then arguing its validity AND throwing in racism is so absurd in its duplicity, that’s it comes across like a claim that a 6th grader might make. And that is a serious take. Anyone with any reasonable adult intelligence should be able to critically judge what is written as news these days, but that, unfortunately does not seem to be the case.

I would be upset if I gave a fuck about a sport that's just a bunch of violent, wife beating fleons lecturing me on what a piece of shit they think I am.

Why do you morons keep granting the MAGA premise by calling at the black national anthem? I swear to God what is it with with liberals leftist Democrats whatever accepting right wing terminology? It's never a good idea.

What about the blue anthem for smurfs, can't leave them out