While everyone's attention has been fixed on the gun control debate, the royal wedding and Trump's failure as a diplomat, another story broke yesterday that should perhaps be getting just as much attention as the first and third on this list...it should definitely be getting more attention than the third thing on this list, but people do love their distractions. The NFL just slapped the first amendment in the face. An official ruling yesterday decreed that NFL teams will be fined if a player residing on the field during the singing of the national anthem does not stand, or in the words of Roger Goodall, "show respect for the flag and the anthem." ...it's downright fascistic. There's no better word for it. While it's true the first amendment's jurisdiction does not extend to the private business sector (the NFL is not publicly traded, believe it or not), that doesn't change the fact that it's an act that shows blatant contempt for the...
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