The Uncivil Race War: Mr. Petty, I Know Where I'm At, and I DON'T LIKE IT

We knew this was coming, if you understand the involved demographics.

If you protest the National Anthem in NASCAR, you will be fired.

And some of the team owners would like to see you thrown out of the country.

From a USA Today article on the subject, Richard Childress:

"“Get you a ride on a Greyhound bus when the national anthem is over,” team owner Richard Childress responded when asked what he would do if one of his employees protested during the anthem. “I told them anyone who works for me should respect the country we live in. So many people have gave their lives for it. This is America.”"

I'D TAKE YOU UP ON THAT OFFER, FUCKER, IF I WEREN'T BANNED FROM CANADA.

Some of us understand the unfortunate realities that the freedom of speech has been taken as the freedom to belittle by a bunch of spoiled man-children at all levels of society.  They need to be rejected out of hand.  But we have a bunch of idiots who need to be told to FUCK OFF.

And if you don't believe that, listen to all the right-wing Ritz Crackers out there who are angry at the NFL these last few days.

Include, in that number, Richard Petty!!!

"“Anybody that don’t stand up for that ought to be out of the country. Period,” Petty said. “If they don’t appreciate where they’re at … what got them where they’re at? The United States.”"

No, Mr. Petty.  I don't feel we're at the United States.

I don't appreciate where I'm at, because the only welcome place "where I'm at" I've had in 48 years on this Earth is one of the more intense jails in the United States!  And comments like yours make me want to return, posthaste, because you make me angry enough to metaphorically "sweep the table", but I don't want people I care about to get hurt (in at least one case, again!!!).

So don't give me that shit, you cracker honky motherfucker.  It's one of the reasons I do not believe in the concept of "American freedom":  It only REPLACES the boot on the throat from the government to someone or some entity society finds far more tolerable.

But it DOES NOT remove that foot from the throat.  I have friends of mine who live in fear every fucking waking moment because of honkies like you.

Because, to pledge allegiance to the flag, Richard, it is also pledging said allegiance to the Republic for which it stands -- a Republic in which I and some of my best friends have no place!

Of course, Childress might have a problem here, and so might most of NASCAR's fandom.  I leave you with a Tweet to this regard:

All Americans R granted rights 2 peaceful protests
Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable-JFK

— Dale Earnhardt Jr. (@DaleJr) September 25, 2017