EP40: On Colin Kaepernick's Knee - Gracearchy with Jim Babka

Have you wondered what we might do to protect American soldiers from misuse by politicians? Jim Babka begins to connect some of the dots in the latest episode of Gracearchy. The places he goes may surprise you. Somehow, he connects all of these topics... Timeline 03:25 - "The Star-Spangled Banner" and sports: idols, war, politics, and ceremonial deism 05:19 - With the exceptions of the Revolutionary and Civil War, all of America's foreign wars have NOT been fought to protect or expand America's freedom 10:20 - Colin Kaepernick's knee and ceremonial deism: America's national religion 13:05 - Armed Forces advertising and American football 16:20 - Uncovering assumptions about America's anthem and military disrespect 19:30 - Politicians empowered by a pagan belief is not one of the ideas that make America great 20:40 - Patriotism and military service 22:45 - The Twin Towers and blowback that killed Americans from other coups staged by America 28:20 - Honoring the deaths of innocents...of all skin colors 30:40 - The power of Kaepernick's gesture explained 31:59 - America's failed wars on everything: why coercion doesn't work 33:30 - How America's wars on everything target people in America's inner cities 34:45 - How progressive liberalism wrecks America's black families 37:00 - Americans prefer to believe in myths rather than confront the truth 39:07 - Tim Tebow and Colin Kaepernick 43:04 - Gracenote: Kaepernick's work has paid off Can the connections between these issues help us to protect future American lives, while also having more grace in our public discourse? Learn the answers on the latest episode of Gracearchy with Jim Babka. Show Notes Perry Willis from WarTruth.org on Gracearchy - https://youtu.be/_p_svwh4mKw Johann Hari: "Chasing the Scream - The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs" - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Chasing-Scream-First-Last-Drugs/dp/1408857839 Bill Protzmann is your moderator. ZeroAggressionProject.org is the sponsor. Be grace-full to each other. We are grateful to Sergio at https://www.youtube.com/@KeysofMoonMusic for our intro theme. ► https://www.patreon.com/user?u=10500501 or you can purchase his music on BandCamp: ► https://keysofmoon.bandcamp.com/ ► If you have any questions please feel free to write to Segio at: [email protected]