Attitude Adjustment
Brittney Griner: ‘I Definitely Want to Stand’ for the National Anthem
Warner Todd Huston
WNBA star Brittney Griner is finally speaking out personally after her sports rep published an op-ed explaining why she will stand for the national anthem after years of protesting it.
On Friday, for the first time in years, Griner stood for the national anthem ahead of the Phoenix Mercury’s 94-71 loss against the Los Angeles Sparks.
After the game, Griner explained why she stood, according to Fox News.
“You have the right to protest, the right to able to speak out, question, challenge and do all these things,” Griner said. “What I went through and everything, it just means a little bit more to me now. So I want to be able to stand. I was literally in a cage [in Russia] and could not stand the way I wanted to.”
Her epiphany came with a socialist boot on her neck and her praise isn’t exactly effusive, but I’ll take the sea change at face value. Hard lessons make lasting impressions- welcome back.
Category: Russia
Gee, that wasn’t so hard to figure out after all, she just needed a little encouragement.
She had a front row seat for her own personal episode of ‘Locked Up Abroad‘. It won’t be long before she’s lecturing us on rayyyyyssssiiiiimmmm. I bet she jumped on the band wagon about the Citi-Bike and the pregnant nurse in NYC. Leopards don’t change their spots.
Of course, to expect an apology from her is out of the question. Still, maybe she won’t be shy in the locker room about discussin’ whet freedom really means.
She doesn’t need to apologize, it’s understood she is sorry. Besides, I don’t get hurty feelings about people disrespecting the country given our current government.
Attitudes change when reality bites you on the ass.
Ain’t that a fact, Jack!
It’a definitely un-fun when a totalitarian, corrupt police state has an excuse to focus on you.
I see what you did there.
Are you referring to her time in Russia or the Department of Justice conducting SWAT raids on pro life demonstrators?
Embrace the power of “and”…
Make sure to thank FiB senior ‘leaders’ for ‘securing our ‘democracy”.
We’re too stupid to get it without DeeOhJay’s help, allegedly.
Luv me some bureaucratic asshats that think their badges give them ultimate power over the citizen!
I got into my job as a gun vault specialist for a large retailer this afternoon, where I was handed the task of reaching out to corporate for permission to send a 4473 (Firearm Transaction Record) to an ATF Agent that called this morning. I guess he got the Hunting Lead (a former Marine) on the phone requesting it and, when told that the form couldn’t just be emailed off (customer’s information including SSN is on it, after all), the ATF Agent told the Lead that “no” was not an acceptable answer and that he would email the form. So, former Marine turned Hunting Lead proceed to toss in the word “no” every chance he got.
I really wish I got the chance to interact with this very Special Agent. I was in a mood today and would love to share it with a taxpayer-funded jackass. Wait, disregard, my dogs are home and the ATF is probably watching this as I type it…luv me some AFT!
Telling them ‘no’ is just about as good as it gets.
Asking the Warrior God to protect you, yours, and the doggos!
That asshole right there needs a case of lead poisoning.. I believe 230 grains should do it…
She got a taste of what real oppression is. Maybe realized she’s been lied to and used by the woke mob. Probably not, though.
Griner got a valuable life lesson that a few tens of millions of other spoiled rotten young Americans could benefit from…
At least I don’t have a desire to piss on her grave, unlike a certain movie star.
They should’ve left her in the Russian prison for 10 years. Then maybe she would know the words and also say the Pledge of Allegiance. Too little too late.
Well duh… 🙄
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WNBA is very popular in Russia. It’s actually the players biggest moneymaking market.
But unlike here, sportsball folks are still little people in Russia, and she decided to test that FAFO was greater than WNBA.
Ouch.
She got a good close up look at an oppressive regime. Small wonder perhaps she has reason to think on prior views.
Leopards seldom change their spots. We shall see if the lesson was truly learned.
At least they let her keep the Coca-Cola shirt.
Jeez; why? Because of all the WHINING!!
She learned.
That is, IMHO, the important thing.
We all have done some stupid stuff (things I don’t want to relate ever before anyone) but learning and being willing to change is how we grow.
Maybe she’ll grow into someone who truly appreciates the USA and develops a conservative patriotic attitude.
Time will tell. Will she remember her time in the slammer or will wokeism rule the day.
Kind of like the Marine Corp Correctional Custody program, not to be confused with doing time in the Brig. Had a guy at 2nd Maintenance Battalion who did time in the Brig and Correctional Custody, and he would rather be in the Brig. “At least in the Brig, you knew when you were getting out.”
That and you got your ass beat and seriously abused in CC platoon in our day.
She was coerced into saying that…….
To quote the great commie Canadian songstress:
The grass ain’t always greener, and stay OFF THE FUCKING GRASS!
Welcome to a tenuous newfound love-of-country. May it metastasize into deepest respect for Republic.
After the Russian prison colony (you know, the gulag) ol’ “racist” America ain’t so bad, eh?
Glad that she “saw the light”. Too bad she had to be a fake victim first, and then find out how great the USA really is. Hopefully she will soon be a guest on The View. That would be fun to watch! It’s always fun watching libs stutter and stammer to try to maintain the talking points when all of their ideas, whims, plans, expectations, etc. turn to $h!+
She got to metamorphasize from fake victim to real one. And it apparently sucked greatly for her.
I will take her statement at face value (until proven otherwise) and give her the benefit of doubt. I would be willing to bet that most of us have learned a lesson the hard way in our lives. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not condoning her past behavior I just hope that she really did see the error of her ways and is not just paying lip service.
I’m sure she is missing Fistin’ Feodora and Strap On Svetlana
Puts some truth to the axiom, “a conservative is a Libtard that’s been bitch slapped by reality”.
I knew she was dumb as a bag of wet mice when I heard her say; “they didn’t read me my rights”.
Call me jaded and cynical if you want to, but I would be curious to know who wrote that for her. Jus’ sayin’.
Is that because you don’t believe it’s her actual feelings KOB??? Or because you figure she’s not capable of putting together that coherent a statement… (‘m inclined to believe both are true..)
Yes.
Nobody cares about this dude.