What do you think of David Green's contention that chanting "USA" at U.S. events is offensive to Muslims?

I an not easily offended but oddly enough I DO get offended by people who are easily offended. Especially when they express that they are offended where I can see, hear, or read it. This is one of those cases.

Professor, "Academic professional", whatever, David Green should lighten up and can it with the "I can speak for those who are or might be offended by chants at sporting events". What a crock of you know what. Chants at sporting events?

Really? Greens jaded soapbox yelp and over educated analyzation of people chanting "USA USA USA" at a sporting event is offensive to me and if I had any classes at that university that involved him I would drop those classes if I had any opportunity to do so. Maybe he would have been happier if he just do not go to, watch, or listen to that sporting event.

That is what I would recommend to him for future reference "Dave lighten up lets go to the library and get our geek on. " is what one of his friends should have said to him before attending the event. "This was neither patriotism nor remembrance in any justifiable sense, but politicization, militarism, propaganda and bellicosity" Bellicosity?

What? I had to look it up. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bellicosity Merriam Webster | Bellicosity Does he even know what a chicken hawk is?

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=chicken%20hawk Urban Dictionary | Chicken Hawk lol ;) My response? You are right Dave, it was people chanting at a sporting event.

I come from a military family, and we ARE educated and have many years of experience living in cultures other than our own from the far east to the Europe. It seems to me that Green has mistaken his academics as a complete education. He's made rash statements that are neither educated nor thoughtful.

This IS the United States of America. s mistaken contention that expressions for one's country should be politically neutral are twisted. Perhaps he needs to stop swilling the notion that the University as a microcosm of various cultures and religions requires that people muffle their freedom of expression and love of their country. This IS after all,The United States of America. Maybe he should try to remember that.

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