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Podcast: PRay TeLL, Dr. Hash
Episode: 1347 Kneeling During National Anthem
Description: Many people in America are self-loathing, especially White women, but young people in general. This is a result of a sense of inadequacy, feeling inferior inside but wanting to signal virtue & significance on the outside. Because most of the real social problems in America were solved at least a generation ago, coming up with ways to demonstrate false bravado is becoming increasing extreme & radical, often based on false narratives with questionable motives, and kneeling during the National Anthem is the most hapless.
Kneelers mostly kneel because of peer pressure but they do need a talking point for their parents & themselves...