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’Paid patriotism’: Pentagon gives pro sports millions to honor soldiers at games
The Pentagon has paid nearly $7 million over the past four years for patriotic displays at professional sports events. A newly released Senate report about the practice criticizes the Department of Defense for waste and for failing to disclose the deals. A joint oversight report titled Tackling Paid Patriotism, detailing the more than $6.8 million in spending and characterizing it as “inappropriate and frivolous,” was released on Wednesday...
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This is really weird. I don't care much for the level of patriotism that goes on at sports games, but I'm all for it - provided that it's a genuine expression of gratitude. To think that the people, that are called heroes by many people, aren't being honored out of respect, but because the teams are being paid to do so, is just really sad. If anything, it's just extremely in-genuine and pretty disrespectful in attitude - even if you don't agree with the practice itself.