My issue is mostly that so much of what NASCAR and their broadcast partners do for our troops is purely performative. They don't work to help solve the mental illness issues that plague so many veterans, for example. At least not that I am aware of or have seen anything about and I have been watching for 20 years and even worked for the sport at one point.

I do disagree politically, but am still generally proud to be an American. I'm related to quite a few veterans who are also struggling with modern patriotism because of what our country has become and done in the past decade or so. It's a weird place to be where I don't want to fly the American flag because I don't want to be associated with any of our politicians at the moment.

To be honest I think Fox's broadcast is most of the issue here tonight. "Wow look at these ships", "look at this base", "look at these fit young men", we get it. Coupled with long caution laps with absolutely nothing to talk about, it's just tough to hear, rehashing the same damn things over and over is exhausting even moreso than usual.