Opinion | Noah Berlatsky: Drew Brees proves white America's obsession with the flag has to end - NBCNewsTHINK
Brees wants his interpretation of the flag honored; everyone, he insists, should put their hands on their hearts before the flag to show"that we are all in this together." But some people, like Douglass, or Floyd, or Kaepernick — banned from Brees’ league for his protest — are not equals in America. Brees will not stand in solidarity with them unless they first respectsymbols. You have to say the nation is righteous before the nation will consider whether to stop murdering you.
You have to say the nation is righteous before the nation will consider whether to stop murdering you. The poem is experimental, but Rich's point at the end is clear enough. Books are just words and symbols. They aren't moral beings; you don't owe them anything. If you have to choose between burning a book and burning a child, you burn the book. Our language, our knowledge, our symbols, can be a resource. But if in venerating them we forget to love and protect each other, then they don't grant us wisdom. They rob us of it.on Instagram.
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