NASCAR: Giving Drivers & Crew Permission to Disrespect the National Anthem!
This week
NASCAR has removed the rule that required drivers and pit crews to STAND at attention during the National Anthem..
The original rule is as follows:
“DRIVERS & CREW CHIEFS, please advise all your Team members: Conduct during the playing of the National Anthem, taken from the US Flag Code. When the flag is displayed – all persons should face and stand at attention with their right hand over their heart – persons should remove their headdress with their right hand and hold it at the left shoulder, the hand being over the heart – when the flag is not displayed – all present should face toward the music and act in the same manner they would if the flag were displayed.”
Last Sunday, NASCAR official Kirk Price became the first to disrespect the National Anthem at Atlanta Motor speedway as he took a knee and raised his fist in the air. What a douche.
“I fully respect the flag. I fully do,” Price told the Charlotte Observer. “That’s not what the issue is here. The issue is African Americans being oppressed for so long under the flag.”
“I respect everyone’s opinion,” Price continued. “But to be honest with you, I know what the flag stands for and I know about Black people being oppressed because I am one.”
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Huge congrats to all who took the knee to stand for their civil rights. Powerful people make the haters look so scared.
I think it’s awesome that NASCAR is banning symbols of hate, I also think it’s awesome that First amendment rights are respected and people are allowed to protest during the national anthem. You have a problem with it because clearly you’re a racist and not a patriot. You don’t respect our constitution or our rights. Sad.