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Re: What was with all the American propaganda before the Super Bowl?
02/07/11 06:43 PM
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> I like football and all, and I know that a lot of other countries tune in for the > super bowl but what does the declaration of independence have to do with football? > Then to go on and on about how the steel workers "built this nation", and the Acme > Packers were true Americans and just some of the sappiest "rah rah rah America!" > stuff I've seen in a long time. > > IT'S JUST A FOOTBALL GAME. They're just football players, and they're playing for > money, not freedom.
Because it's in the NFL's financial interest to conflate Super Bowl Sunday (tm) with a national holiday as much as possible.
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