Los Angeles Times quoted Jody Armour of the USC Gould School in a story about free speech and political signs at a high school football game. KPCC-FM interviewed Armour about the controversy.
The chant easily can become “weaponizing patriotism,” Armour said. “You’re using it as a way of insinuating that the people on the other team are not really one of us. … They’re not really American.”