Dallas Mavericks Star Disses the National Anthem
Filed under: Zportz > Politik
A new video featuring basketball star Josh Howard is burning up the internet.
A video of him dissing the Star Spangled Banner is getting many hot under the collar.
In the video he says, "'The Star-Spangled Banner' is going on. I don't celebrate this [expletive]. I'm black."
What the fuckity fuck does he mean by that?!
He's entitled to his opinion, but we think it's a wack thing to say.
The national anthem is not a black, brown, yellow, red or white thing.
It's an American thing.
He is American, right?
[Image via AP.]
Posted: September 18, 2008 at 2:06 pm
POS go to hell asshole u anti american
metal mouth
so yeah, since black people aren't americans can we go head and send them the fuck back to africa already?
What a creep!
Loser !!
nice retainer.
are you 16???
very convenient you left out the part where he said im voting for obama at the end……
Wow. What a moron.
When did this country turn into a bunch of self righteous pigs? Who cares if he doesn't want to sing a frickin' song! Good Grief! I don't like the song either…so suck it!!!
It was written in 1814
Slavery in the United States ended around 1863
It's popular at a sporting events
Enough said
Then leave you DICK! And go without your paycheck!
first?
WHAT ABOUT THE PART ABOUT OBAMA PEREZ????? DONT FEEL LIKE MENTIONING THAT SINCE IT MAKES YOUR FAVORITE CANDIDATE LOOK BAD!?!?!?!?!?
Sad asshole plays for Dallas, he has issues, he has a right to his opinion but, it is best to keep things to himself.
Re: adrockamd – That has nothing to do with it!! He isn't saying the National Anthem calling it #!*% That is the problem. Who cares if he is voting for Obama, McCain or a goat and calling it Satan. He is just being a jerk.
he is a douche
OMG!!! What a total ignorant fool.
Oh my god, I'm like, totally first again. hehe Currently in love with Amanda Lepore and CAMP Cosmetics.
What an Idiot…
Anti-American? Please…maybe some of you people should consider the history and actual lyrics of the song. I would consider myself to be an American, but first and foremost, a NATIVE American. Is it wrong of me to believe that the Star Spangled Banner doesn't apply to all Americans? Yes, this is the "land where my father's died" but is it the "land of the Pilgrims pride" as well? Many of us would say HELL NO! Instead of being a racist/sexist/ignorant "Patriot", let's consider the historical background of the song, the history of the time period in which it was created and then lets discuss why many people don't believe the song stands for "American" values!
what a fucking loser. i hate people that say shit like that.
THis is yesterdays news Perez, and yes he's an idiot
Perez, this was out like yesterday!
wackkkkkkkkk
he looks "special needs" and like he's ready to drool with that retainer in his mouth
I heard this the other day and ……damn. He should be thanking God that he lives here and can make the money he does. Jackass…
What a Jerk!
douche.
Land of the Free and Home of the Brave!! If you aren't proud to be American- fuck off and go live somewhere else. I hope someone shoots him. Ignorant.
how dare he!!!!
How about a one way ticket out of the country!
this boy is clearly an ignorant jackass…
he should be glad to live in a country that will pay him an ungodly amount of money to play a game.
it's too bad that no one will step up and have him suffer some consequences for running his stupid mouth.
did he think this would be a funny thing to say..
i hope he suffers a career ending injury real soon…( sorry, karma)
white ppl talking bad about all black ppl and saying send them back to africa doesnt make you better than Josh Howard, being racist is the worst thig some one can be, its trashy and makes you look stupid so don't use it, and for you that are wondering IM NOT BLACK
Speak up black people - you don't celebrate our national anthem?
A GENUINE RESPECTFUL NOD TO PEREZ.
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THERE ARE NUMEROUS YOUTUBE CLIPS THAT SHOW ONLY WHAT HE SAID AND HATE-BAIT VIEWERS.
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PZ PICKED A CLIP THAT ALSO SHOWED OTHER AFRICAN-AMERICANS THAT LOVE THEIR COUNTRY!
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FAIR AND BALANCED!
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UNFORTUNATELY THERE IS A LOT OF SELF SEGREGATION THESE DAYS, WHICH IS VERY VERY SAD.
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I REMEMBER BACK IN HIGH SCHOOL, TO ACCOMODATE CERTAIN CULTURES WHO DIDN'T BELEIVE IN SINGING NATIONAL ATHEMS, THE SCHOOLS PLAYED THE INTRUMENTAL VERSION AND THEY WERE ALLOWED TO SIT DURING IT! THIS ANNOYED ME, BUT WHAT ANNOYED ME MORE IS WE WERE NOT ALLOWED TO SING IT OURSELVES! WELL I SANG IT AND GOT SENT TO THE OFFICE! IT'S ONE THING TO DISAGREE WITH YOUR COUNTRIES POLITICS, IT'S ANOTHER TO DISSMISS IT ENTIRELY! WHY ARE YOU LIVING THERE THEN??????
this goes to show that african americans will use the race card on anything.their recentment of racism will never go away.
there will never be progress if they keep bringing it up for every little thing.
Ummm…yeah, see what Barack Obama started by being so nonchalant during the playing of the Star Spangled Banner. McCain '08!!!
you know what sucks? this douchebag prob supports obama… at least he didn't say THAT in the vid, too, the fucking asshole.
PS: loves that the original has been 'removed by user'; color me not shocked.
Ohhhh… so that explains why Obama never puts his hand on his heart. I get it now.
LEAVE NOW
umm ok, that makes NO sense. how can he say that black people dont celebrate the national anthem when the next president of our country could be black. what an idiot.
Re: Animlovr –
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HAVE WE DISCOVERED MS PAM ANDERSON ON THE PZ BLOG?!?
"What the fuckity fuck…."….that was the best part of the Post!
What a disgrace. I'd suspend him for a game and dock his pay for that game. Regarding his retainer…leave him alone, better to have a retainer than to have your teeth shift so you'd need braces again.
WHAT AN IGNORANT ASSHOLE!!!
I love how these uneducated people that get to make millions by playing with a ball, a skill that requires no brain cells, shit all over the country that makes it possible, if you hate the country so much FUCKING LEAVE! what an ass!
Re: dickhead – YOU ARE A DICKHEAD!!!
GET OUT NOW!
uh perez im pretty sure he plays for cowboys, not the mavericks
Re: dickhead – i was just going to say the same thing. "fuckity fuck" i like that.
Re: State ziti – YOU ARE SUCH A FUCKING IDIOT!
Re: MizzCia – You aren't even talking about the Anthem moron- you are talking about the lyrics to America My country, ’tis of Thee. There is a huge difference. Anyone who doesn't respect the anthem is ignorant.
Look at them dry ass crusty lips. I will be more than willing to lend a brotha some Carmex!
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ASSHOLE ~ff he doesn't want to "celebrate this shit" finebut don't make such ignorant remarks.
Re: adrockamd –
Actually, he insulted Obama!
Re: dickhead –
Well while we're doing that, should we send all the White people back to Europe as well? Come on dude, are you really THAT ignorant? Maybe you better read some history books before you make an ass out of yourself again!
that retainer sure does turn me on.
Another Obama voter, doing America proud!!!!!!
Well he needs to ask himself if he can make the millions, he is currently earning, in any other country. Disrespectful turd
Yo… is this dude wearing a retainer? haha!!
Yes becuase this is such a horrible country where an unintelligent , untalented man like him can make millions of dollars throwing a ball thru a hoop. No wonder he hates America, what a terrible life he has.
Re: CoDy A – Re: Swimstud –
lmao….bless his heart….
He's just being IGNANT!!!!!
Re: MizzCia – You're getting two different songs confused. Those are not the lyrics to the National Anthem.
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Oh say can you see
By the dawn's early light
What so proudly we hail
At the twilight's last gleaming
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Whose broad stripes and bright stars
Through the perilous fight
O'er the ramparts we watched
Were so gallantly streaming
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And the rockets' red glare
The bombs bursting in air
Gave proof through the night
That our flag was still there
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Oh say does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free
And the home of the brave
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Sorry, but if you can't support those words you don't deserve the privilege of calling yourself an American.
Land of the free home of the brave huh? Its a free country so he can decline to sing anything he likes..
Btw; The star spangled banner is written by a British guy .. Maybe hes anti-England? LOL!
Too bad with all his money he couldn't buy a brain. Go play ball in Europe!
Shame on him for dissing America. Where else can you get WAY overpaid for bouncing a ball around a court?! Been going to Jeremiah Wright's church lately, have you?
Congratulations Josh for speaking the truth. And why should he love that national anthem, written for the white. I can't stand to see another idiot with his hand over his heart while listening to that boring song. Being a patriot and loving your country is so much more than putting your hand over your heart, bunch of hypocrites !
Stupid of him to say out loud as now his career is probably forever ruined. But his thoughts are not all that uncommon, especially in the black community. It's a fact that many black folks feel that they are not part of this country because of the color of their skin.
Of course Perez would never under. He's the whitest Latino out there.
He likes AMERICAN money though, send him to Africa and let him run with the zebras….FUCKING ASSHOLE.
Re: MizzCia – Ummm … yeah … those lyrics are from "My Country Tis Of Thee," which is not the National Anthem.
What's even funnier Perez is that he mentions Barack Obama in the same breath. You know the Barack that wont wear a American Flag on his Lapel because he states to many, the flag represents oppression, etc. So if you are so up on Josh's nuts about this, maybe you should rethink who you so openly support for President as well.
Barack needs to speak out against this ignorance. Josh makes me ashamed to be black.
What a piece of shit, dirty no good racist. You were able to make your money in this country you foolish fucking fool. And at the end of the message - cut off by the mainstream CRAP media - "OBAMA '08" is yelled out. If America is so bad, get the fuck out. Why do people today think that the rules need to be re-written for this era? Are we that much better than our founding fathers, or previous generations. I say, looking at this asshole and the selfish nature of us in general, NO FUCKING WAY.
Re: Cleopatra – Because fucktard the men of the North fought and died under the Red white and Blue flag that song represented to free his black ass.
i cant believe that he and i are technically the same species. i mean cultural differences aside, physically, if there were the same differences between two dogs as there were between white and black people, they would be classified as a different species. and yes thats a fact. from a book.
well…though we weren't there…this country was formed after all the slaughter of Native Americans, including rape and pillaging and then you have slavery…not a great start…kind of leaves a bad taste on people…we can be proud to be American, just don't forget how we got here.
America is everything in the western hemisphere. North America (that includes Canada, Mexico and Greenland….) and South America. America does not mean only the United States. Get it right people. By the way Cuba is part of America.
DOUCHEBAG! Get the fuck out then… idiot.
Re: Cleopatra – someone should shoot you.
And he is so aware of American history……….looser!
Hey, Jessica Simpson is #1 on the Country Billboard Charts, I'm not a big fan really, but good for her.
Re: MizzCia – what cah you expect from someone who names themselves something so vulgar?…"dickhead" indeed.
Re: Smirks – Re: flygirl_charlotte –
Well either way, those songs do not apply to all Americans. Yes, I confused the two songs, but you cannot tell me that they apply to anyone besides the privileged white community! Have you tried living in the US as a minority (in any sense of the word)? The Star Spangled banner was written about the Independence of America, AT THE COST OF HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS, IF NOT MILLIONS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE AND MINORITIES FORCIBLY BROUGHT TO THIS LAND! I'm not saying that I hate America, actually the opposite… Many MANY people in my family have fought and died for this country (as well as many other Native Americans and non-whites) well before we were even considered "citizens". Open up your eyes people and realize that "supporting" these songs does NOT equal love or patriotism for this country. It's all symbolism! Exercising the rights that are "given" to you, including freedom of speech is what being an American is all about, not continuing to spread racial hate and archaic propaganda from a time that has long since passed!
He's obtuse and he's following after Obama bin Laden, read this:
Hot on the heels of his explanation for why he no longer wears a flag pin,
presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama was forced to explain why he
doesn't follow protocol when the National Anthem is played.
According to the United States Code, Title 36, Chapter 10, Sec. 171, During
rendition of the national anthem when the flag is displayed, all present
except those in uniform are expected to stand at attention facing the flag
with the right hand over the heart.
"As I've said about the flag pin, I don't want to be perceived as taking
sides, "Obama said. "There are a lot of people in the world to whom the
American flag is a symbol of oppression. And the anthem itself
conveys a war-like message.
You know, the bombs bursting in air and all. It should be swapped for
something less parochial and less bellicose.
I like the song '- I'd Like to Teach t he World to Sing.'
If that were our anthem, then I might salute it."
YOU'RE NOT OPPRESSED ANYMORE ASSHOLES SO, ANYONE THAT GOES AGAINST AMERICA SHOULD BE FORCED TO LEAVE AMERICA AND NEVER EVER COME BACK!
Piece of shit, moon cricket. Take your ugly ass back to Africa where you belong!
Wow… the liberals are really on to something here. First Biden says be "patriotic" and pay more taxes!
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Then this douche won't respect the Anthem of the country that has given him so much. (Guess he doesn't consider it "patriotic".)
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If THAT is the Democrats' idea of patriotism, I want no part of it.
Oh, ouch. Of all the states to play a sport in and bad mouth the national anthem…Texas is NOT one of them. I'm not from Texas, but those crazy motherfuckers are proud to be American and if you dis it, then you might as well leave the country.
Can we deport him somewhere? How about France? He would fit in quite nicely there.
Re: Cleopatra – go choke to death on a fucking chicken bone you waste of fucking resources
I thought that was Pharrell for a second. Wonder if he frequents that Reverend Wright church of BS too?
He sure as hell doesn't have a problem making millions in this country does he?
he is free to dislike what ever he wants. I dont agree with him but that is my freedom also. One thing I can't stand are morons who believe America is ONLY the United States. Well America is all of the western hemisphere. From Denmark, Mexico (yes Mexicans are also North Americans) to Peru, Argentina, Bolivia.
Re: sh8302 – idiot…this has nothing to do politics!!
If all of you were so "PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN" you would respect his right to free speech more than you respect a fucking song. If you don't support that right then you don't deserve the privilege of being in any country that allows you to have liberties. "Land of the free"
Apparently, he's not an American. I'm no racist, but if you don't like it our country, Josh, go fucking live in Africa.
Who fucking cares if he doesn't like it. I'm Native American and unfortunately "American" and I never honor the national anthem. I think it's bullshit. We have our own national anthem, and if America's theme song is "so sacred", why do they use it at sporting events??? I hate the national anthem and I'm so glad he said that!
Re: MizzCia – #88
Sorry, my people came here through Ellis Island in the late 1800's. At the time we were considered low-class and looked down upon. And we were poor. A century of hard work has made my family successful. I am FUCKING PROUD to be an AMERICAN and I'm PROUD OF OUR FLAG. There is a SERIOUS pathology inside anyone who is not proud of our flag and what it stands for.
Re: MizzCia – shut the fuck up already. i am proud of those songs- and i am proud of America's history. The past is the past- get the fuck over it.