It was almost inevitable that the fatuous protests against the playing of the national anthem by adult football players acting like children would trickle down to actual children.
On Tuesday, Fox News’s Todd Starnes reported that the national anthem will no longer be played at rallies at California High School in San Ramon after student leaders in the school determined the lyrics are racially insensitive.
“It was brought to our attention that the national anthem’s third verse is outdated and racially offensive,” wrote the president of the school’s Associated Study Body, Starnes said. “We had nothing but good intentions by removing the song so that we could be fully inclusive to our student body.”
Talk about fool’s errands! No one ever sings the third verse, much less knows the lyrics, demonstrating how manufactured the outrage is. Keep in mind, moreover, that this critique is coming from someone not
