Quote:Military personnel stand, face towards and salute the flag during the anthem, civilians place their hand over their heart and remove their hat. To not do so offends many Americans. You even referring to it being cheesy slightly offends me. I trained with some Aussie sailors and they saluted their flag if I recall correctly and they damn sure respected ours.


Edit; Damn, forgot to comment on the thread subject.


White privilege? No.White meathead is more like it. I bet he ate a lot of paint chips growing up.

I get military saluting it's part of life in the military. But most other nations at the Olympics would stand like Gabby did. She was hardly chatting away and ignoring the anthem.


Do you guys get the anthem played at school or something and taught to have your hand on heart? My girlfriend commented on it during the games too, comes across as a bit annoyingly nationalistic to others.

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