This issue is very clear.

After Mark Cuban came under intense fire for not playing the Anthem at home games for the Mavs this year, the NBA stepped in and said Mavs must play national anthem. Wow, there is a surprise. The NBA? The pro-China, anti-American NBA! The one who sanctioned unbelievably hateful, arrogant and inaccurate phrases on the back of it's jersey's last year in the 'bubble' half of their 2020 season. Apparently the lack of viewership and/or attention to those games got the NBA's attention, good! Though i still doubt their motivations and allegiance.

Two days ago, Mark Cuban said he told Mavericks to stop playing anthem.

After NBA stepped in, he said there was never a hard decision to ban the Anthem. Hmm, which is it do you think?

There is clear, and unwavering division over kneeling, banning or otherwise disrespecting the national Anthem. The Anthem is one time when no one cares who is Democrat or Republican, Socialist or Conservative. We join together to honor our country. If you are not going to join together to honor our country, then we will have nothing to talk about. The Anthem represents unity. If you disrespect it, you and your actions represent division. Clear.

Just as clear is the need for dialogue. Dialogue is both sides being heard. One side in this country only wants their side to be heard and everyone else to agree. It cannot work that way. Especially since the focus of one side is off the mark to the issue they purportedly champion.

Honest, direct and unemotional dialogue is what is needed. As I have said before, get black leaders on the left and the right to figure it out. That way the left will have to discuss the issue and not reduce the discussion to name calling, value signalling and PC nonsense.

It's really not hard to be a unifier. To get started, it just takes a simple act.

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