(04-30-2018, 11:34 AM)HURRICANE!!! Wrote: Just curious.  Why doesn't anyone stand up and honor our flag & country in sports bars when the national anthem is playing prior to sporting events.  While I don't stand up, I usually at least remain silent and kind of get annoyed when people acknowledge the anthem then continue to talk over it as if it's a commercial.  

Is it time to change our tradition and show honor to the US at anytime that our national anthem is playing (or am I just getting old and grumpy) -- ha !!

I have always stood at games but im not necessarily sure it was because i was in some deep solute mode. i think it was just because it was the status quo at the time. Don't get me wrong i am a huge history buff and have massive amounts of respect for our armed forces and the history of this nation but the nation anthem, at least to me, isn't how i intentionally show this. It is sort of like the pledge of allegiance that i had to say everyday in class. I didn't think about what i was saying, i just said it cause everyone else did and it was kind of a butthole move if you didn't. However, i do think intentionally doing the reverse to prove a point is a slap in the face of vets and people of that realm.


on a side note: the national anthem fergie delivered would make kaepernick stand up.... even if was to walk out LMBO.

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