UPDATE: National Anthem video. The true story.

Rulers absolutely love when citizens pledge to support a flag or a uniform or a badge or a song!

... because it's much more simple than asking people to pledge their allegiance and support to actual Government policies and Politicians themselves.

If we made people stand at sporting events and pledge their allegiance to the IRS or sing songs about Reagan, Bush, Obama, Hillary or Trump, we surely wouldn't see calls to fire, deport, jail or beat those who remained seated during continuing indoctrination ceremonies! In fact, almost no one would stand ... other than true, die hard Statist!

By conditioning the people to focus on symbols that could just as easily be used in any other country ... the same countries that the American people have been brainwashed to hate for no real reason at all, (mostly lies in all reality) has been successfully Socially Engineered in to our society, because that line of thinking keeps the people from talking about who their real enemy is ... the same enemy of all people throughout history >>> Government!

Governments lock this obedience in to place even further by pretending that mundane things like flags and songs "represent" other things ... like Soldiers, Police, Freedom and Liberty. This way, it's very hard for anyone to question real things, because it seems they are attacking the imaginary representation rather than questioning the pledge or song or flag. After years of Social Engineering like this, the people come to think that it's perfectly normal to be offended when someone doesn't stand for something as simple and mundane as a flag or a song.

You have a point but some people at least can distinguish the difference between country and politicians.

Good video, but highly inaccurate. Read some of the Utube comments and do some research for yourself.

If this is what you believe is happening then you are extremely out of touch with what is taking place.

This is EXACTLY what is happening- you are too brainwashed to see it. 9-11 and the lack of any serious investigation was the tipping point. Our leaders showed us what the country means to them, so fuck em, I'll show them what it means to me- absolutely nothing. The flag is nothing but a piece of cloth with pretty colors.

Again this isn't about the flag...its about the people kneeling and their total disrespect for the people that died to give them their freedoms. Yes our leaders are totally corrupt but the core populace of the country has fought and will continue to fight and die for one anothers freedom...and these people kneeling are spitting upon such ideals.

Sorry but you are delusional. No one died for anyone's freedom. They died fighting for the bankers and the psycho elite that have convinced you they died fighting for freedom.