Tremendous Patriotic Moment At Coastal Carolina Football Game
I had an epiphany on Saturday Night. I’m as guilty as anyone else, maybe more so, of believing we as a country are at war with one another. I’m constantly monitoring newsfeeds, etc., so depending on the narrative agenda either we hate each other because one side is gun-crazy savages, or we hate each other because one side is freedom-hating socialists. Perhaps the message of the moment varies slightly from this, but you get the idea. With midterm elections coming, it’s more important than ever for both the Democrats and Republicans to fire up their bases for the most voting activism possible. And if you think the news media is bad, don’t even get me started on social media agenda. Anyway, I’m going to say this one time and I hope you listen: DON’T LISTEN TO THE HYPERBOLE! 1. We don’t hate each other. 2. We actually get along very well and don’t give a rats you-know-what about each other’s politics. 3, We are compassionate and empathetic towards each other. All of this was driven home to me on Saturday night during the national anthem at the Coastal Carolina vs. Georgia Southern game. What is below is not from that moment (sorry, I’m too old school to shoot video of the anthem. Mom taught me to stand with my hand over my heart <g>), but THE EXACT SAME THING happened.
JUST LIKE the video above, the girl singing the national anthem at the Coastal game had her mic go out on her. Now, when it happened, you didn’t know if it was a technical difficulty or if she forgot the words. Forgetting the words to the national anthem when you’ve been tasked with singing it a college football game…can you imagine how horrifyingly embarrassing that would be? Anyway, just like the video, the WHOLE crowd instantly picked up the vocal. The whole crowd instantly and empathetically lifted this girl on their shoulders and carried her burden. It turns out that it was indeed a technical snafu and her microphone cut and in out throughout the anthem. However, the near capacity crowd at Brooks Stadium never wavered or ceased their rendition of “The Star-Spangled Banner.” It was, indeed, a moment. I sat there for a second once the song ended and looked around. I saw men, women, and children of all ages, sizes, and skin colors ALL united as one. No politician demanded it. No news anchor prompted it. No Facebook post demanded it. It was a natural moment of unity that was instinctive to everyone. So don’t let anyone or anything convince you we’re so different or don’t get along. We’re not, and we do. I thought I was past learning from a university having graduated from Baylor in 1992. However, I learned something at a college on Saturday night