“I made an honest mistake and I hope that in your ruling that it doesn’t end my life here. “I never meant to hurt anybody, I never meant to put in jeopardy the Russian population, I never meant to break any laws here,” she said. NWqHVKmRZ1īefore Griner was sentenced, the 6-foot, 9-inch WNBA star told the court she never meant to break any laws and made an “honest mistake.” I think it’s patriotic to hold one’s country accountable for atrocious actions. Yes there’s an article where we state the anthem should not be played, but she goes on to also say how she has pride for her country. So sick of this false narrative that BG hated the US. I’m hopeful BG and all other Americans wrongfully detained overseas can make it home asap!!” “The anthem has a time a place to be played. “BG has pride for her country,” Turner added. I think it’s patriotic to hold one’s country accountable for atrocious actions.” “Yes there’s an article where we state the anthem should not be played, but she goes on to also say how she has pride for her country. “So sick of this false narrative that BG hated the US,” she wrote via social media. Last month, Turner was more specific about Griner’s Left-wing activism, which she strongly defended. At the end of the day many people lack compassion & critical thinking skills and it’s not my responsibility to teach that. I would love to individually respond and annihilate every negative viewpoint I receive but that would be a waste of my time. I know many Americans lack compassion due to all the chaos It’s easy to spread hate on social media. I think it’s easy to be an outsider and wish the worst. I don’t have the capacity to respond to every hateful message about Brittney Griner. Whoever plays, sings or renders the Star Spangled Banner in any public place, theatre. “Yet she continuously held her head high.” Section 9: National anthem manner of playing. Even before being detained in Russia she would receive hate from trolls they didn’t like her looks or what she supported,” the athlete wrote. “BG is my friend and teammate and one of the kindest people I know. I know many Americans lack compassion due to all the chaos … that happens regularly in our country.” “I think it’s easy to be an outsider and wish the worst. “I don’t have the capacity to respond to every hateful message about Brittney Griner,” she continued. “At the end of the day many people lack compassion & critical thinking skills and it’s not my responsibility to teach that. “I would love to individually respond and annihilate every negative viewpoint I receive but that would be a waste of my time,” Turner posted online. Turner, too, is against the playing of “The Star-Spangled Banner” at WNBA games. American composer Samuel F Smith would meanwhile recycle the tune into “My Country, ‘Tis of Thee” in 1832.Ī rousing, uncomplicated patriotic ode throughout the Victorian era and during the World Wars, in more recent decades the anthem has attracted plenty of detractors, not least the Sex Pistols, whose own dirge of the same name was released to coincide with Elizabeth II’s silver jubilee celebrations in 1977 and notoriously rhymed “Queen” with “fascist regime”.Fellow Phoenix Mercury player Brianna Turner on August 4, the day Griner was sentenced, defended her teammate. “God Save the King” subsequently spread overseas throughout the late 18th century, with Ludwig van Beethoven producing seven piano variations of it, Joseph Haydn taking inspiration for Austria’s own “Gott Erhalte Franz den Kaiser” and everyone from Franz Liszt and Johann Strauss to Gioachino Rossini and Claude Debussy going on to quote from it in their works. What is the order when playing the National Anthems of other countries with the Star-Spangled Banner Category: National Anthem. By 1746, the anthem was quickly becoming a popular favourite in London’s Theatres Royal at Drury Lane and Covent Garden as George Frideric Handel adopted it for inclusion in his Occasional Oratorio, concerning the recent Jacobite Rebellion.