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Nov. 24th, 2016 04:23 pmI went to my mother’s for Thanksgiving Dinner. For the most part it was a very nice day. There were a few moments that made me grind my teeth and want to pull my hair out because it was, well, my mother.
But there was a moment at the end of the day that I’m not entirely sure how to take.
My dad turned on the Cowboys game and my mother insisted we stand for the Anthem (something we’ve never done unless AT the game). I didn’t stand but I did put my phone down and put my hand over my heart.
Once it was over she scolded me for not standing. I told her I put my phone down and put my hand over my heart. Her response was, “You should take advantage of this while you can because one day this right will gone and we’ll have to do it in secret like they did in the concentration camps.”
What left me stunned about her words (other than the fact that she thinks non-Americans were saluting the American flag in the concentration camps) is that the turnip masquerading as a human that she voted for will be the reason behind us losing this right. And she obviously doesn’t see it that way because the tone of voice she used is the same one she would use whenever saying something negative about President Obama. Which tells me she thinks Clinton has something to do with it.
But there was a moment at the end of the day that I’m not entirely sure how to take.
My dad turned on the Cowboys game and my mother insisted we stand for the Anthem (something we’ve never done unless AT the game). I didn’t stand but I did put my phone down and put my hand over my heart.
Once it was over she scolded me for not standing. I told her I put my phone down and put my hand over my heart. Her response was, “You should take advantage of this while you can because one day this right will gone and we’ll have to do it in secret like they did in the concentration camps.”
What left me stunned about her words (other than the fact that she thinks non-Americans were saluting the American flag in the concentration camps) is that the turnip masquerading as a human that she voted for will be the reason behind us losing this right. And she obviously doesn’t see it that way because the tone of voice she used is the same one she would use whenever saying something negative about President Obama. Which tells me she thinks Clinton has something to do with it.
