It’s the opening of another NFL season, so it’s usually time to get yourself reacquainted, however briefly, with the so-called “black national anthem
If only the mics would have cooperated.
For those of you who have been paying attention since 2020 — and really, it seems limited to Democratic politicians and virtue-signalers of the most ludicrous stripe — the National Football League has been playing “Lift Every Voice and Sing” before both the season opener and the Super Bowl, as well as other games at a team’s discretion
The traditional hymn is unofficially considered the “black national anthem” by the left, and the summer of Floyd was an occasion for the NFL to push it as a way to balm the wounds of America. That and other ridiculous gestures (I see “End Racism” and “It Takes All Of Us” are still in the back of the end zones to remind us all that, yes, we are all needed to end racism) are vestigial glimpses back to that febrile year, for the odd soul who wishes to relive it.
The crowd at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia — where the hometown Eagles were playing their NFC East rivals, the Dallas Cowboys — didn’t seem to care much, either. Neither did the sound system.
As singer Laurin Talese began to belt the song out, the audio didn’t cooperate. But that’s OK, since the Philadelphia fans didn’t seem to care much either way.
When you can inspire indifference in a fan base that once threw snowballs at Santa Claus, that’s saying something.
There were some boos to be heard, however, which led to some people complaining:
As well as counter-reactions like this gem:
Others, meanwhile, thought the whole display was as much of a farce as the anthem itself.