My brother and I had a nice conversation about the national anthem controversies and patriotism. We both agree that part of the sacrifices our troops make is so you do NOT have to stand. This isn’t North Korea where patriotism is state mandated. Really sad to see veteran friends of mine not get this point. We sincerely do thank you for your service but stop acting like patriotism should be state mandated and the people who don’t show it to your satisfaction be shunned and made pariahs. You tell the Colin Kaepernicks of the world to protest quietly and he does that and you still shit on him.