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[smokeymicpot]

When the anthem is playing that means you still have time before the game starts to do other shit. That's all it means for me when it's on TV.

I take it as a two minute warning.

 

[Chmpocalypse]

I generally don't stand, period.

 

[LiquidSword]

I ask this question to every single person who is just so angry at those "disrespectful" players. If they say yes you know they are lying and if they say no then they are a hypocrite. It's the perfect way to shut those idiots up. Nationalism is always hypocritical. There are no actual principles there, just blind following traditions and pressuring others to.

 

[Captainbojanglesiii]

People who do the pledge at home are the same people who clap at the end of movies, psychopaths.

 

[TheSecondSpitter]

ITT: A long list of Black-Listed people.

 

[QuantumBro]

Had a friend of mine do this once during a football game. I shamed him for not voting in the 2016 election till he sat down.

 

[rpmurphy]

Never seen anyone stand up for the national anthem at Super Bowl parties. Watching people on the TV standing up is probably good enough? ¯\_(&#12484_/¯

 

[devilhawk]

If there is a flag within sight, yes. Therefore a flag on a television screen would not count so I don't stand when I'm watching at home.

 

[tonysidaway]

Once when I was about 14 we went on a school outing to see the film Cromwell starring Richard Harris and Alec Guinness. You may recall that it's about the English Civil War, and its aftermath in which the king (Guinness) is convicted of a treasonous plot against Parliament and beheaded.

Quite good, I thought. It really helped to flesh out the dry textbooks.

Then, as was common in those days, the performance was followed by a recording of God Save the Queen. We kids all started to head out of the cinema auditorium, as we had always done when we visited the cinema with our parents.

Whereupon our teacher, a fastidious red-haired Scotsman called McKendrick, deployed his most devastating teacher voice to force us all to stop and stand in our tracks until the end of the national anthem. We'd just seen a duly anointed king go to the chopping block, which made it seem very bizarre.

Other than that, I've never stood for the national anthem.

 

[see5harp]

I do a Ted Cruz and usually browse porn when the anthem comes on.

 

[hydrophilic attack]

lol no the swedish national anthem sucks

the melody completely lacks punch

also patriotism doesn't really have a place in this century tbqh

 

[Weckum]

lol no the swedish national anthem sucks

the melody completely lacks punch

also patriotism doesn't really have a place in this century tbqh

Patriotism isn't that bad, it's when you get into nationalism that it gets bad.

Also, fuck no, I won't even stand up in public. It's just a national anthem.

 

[alternade]

I'll never stand for it and I'm not sorry about it.

Yes I'm black.

 

[gutter_trash]

For a league game on TV, no.

But when the National team plays during an international game, yes.

I stand for Team Canada. And I stand for the Seleção Portuguesa.

 

[djplaeskool]

No
Like...seriously, who does this?

 

[hydragonwarrior]

Only at a bar when there's no seats

 

[D i Z]

I stand when I need to adjust my junk. Don't really stand for much else.

 

[Lkr]

I watched Alabama vs Clemson pt 2 at a bar and some dude sat at the bar with his hand over his heart during the national anthem. Couldn't even make the effort to stand.

The rest of us ingrates tuned out for the over dramatized rendition of the song and carried on with conversations over it

 

[Earthbound64]

Do you think he's coming back?

 

[ViviOggi]

This is bait right, people don't actually do this?

 

[SchrodingerC]

I haven't stood for the pledge since like high school and I still don't plan to for any future events.

 

[Earthbound64]

I haven't stood for the pledge

That's not what this thread is about, though...

 

[manfestival]

I feel like this is a slippery slope kinda question. Not gonna fall for the bait.

 

[G-Bus]

Eh, I'll stand for the anthems when I go see an NHL gane or somewhere where the crowd stands.

If I didn't feel like standing I wouldn't.

Such a bullshit thing to get mad at someone for.

 

[PSqueak]

I don't ever stand for it unless it's instructed and absolutely a must, then again, i don't think people give that much of a shit here as people as the USA seem to do.

 

[Krakn3Dfx]

If it actually meant something anymore, I might.

 

[LookAtMeGo]

Its the best time during a game to move towards the beer tap.

 

[JABEE]

For a league game on TV, no.

But when the National team plays during an international game, yes.

I stand for Team Canada. And I stand for the Seleção Portuguesa.

Do you stand at home?

My point and question is trying to determine if something changed as I was not alive in the 80s.

I also think it's a point that standing for the flag is not about principle, but peer pressure/public display. Kaepernick refusing to stand violated a social norm, but in no way does is it disrespecting a principle of respect for the military or the country itself.

Kaepernick is disrespecting social norms, not the flag itself. Which is why I wonder if standing when no one was watching is something people actually did?

I know military service members are taught to salute the flag no matter the social context.

 

[Sanjuro]

Do you stand at home?

I have, yeah.

 

[hikarutilmitt]

Generally, yes. To be fair, I only ever hear it when I'm at an event that plays it (super, super rare) or if I'm close enough to base around 5pm. If I do hear it in that context I actually stop and wait for it to play out.

I mean, part of it is being a military brat, for sure, but I'm not down on what it represents just because a bunch of assholes like to be assholes to people that look different or are from a different country.

 

[JABEE]

This is bait right, people don't actually do this?

I feel like this is a slippery slope kinda question. Not gonna fall for the bait.

What is it bait for?

I stand for the anthem when I attend public events. I stood for the Pledge of Allegiance at school.

 

[blakep267]

Nah. Going back to before the protests. Never liked the idea of it. I don't need to show that I love the US

 

[Walter White Walker]

No? No.

 

[Deleted member 17706]

*open thread*

*ctrl + f: "clap"*

*leave satisfied*

 

[RecRoulette]

I only stand when I'm actually at a sporting event, never watching on TV, even with a large group of people.

 

[psyfi]

I've ignored the national anthem since middle school.

 

[OmegaFax]

I don't believe in this sort of nationalism. It's a belief ... a type of conformity, and I take it as a form of obedience. It feels anti-American to not be free thinking or think out of the box or choose. I don't take things for granted but me, personally, any belief or devotion I have doesn't need to publically acknowledged all the time.

 

[hydrophilic attack]

Patriotism isn't that bad, it's when you get into nationalism that it gets bad.

strong patriotism is a breeding ground for unquestioning loyalty and apologisism which are very unhealthy

 

[lensoftruth]

I've never stood for the British National Anthem, that's just mental.

 

[Supha_Volt]

If I'm not going to stand in public why would I do it alone or when no one is looking?

 

[jon bones]

wha? like if i'm watching a game at home?

of course not

i do it at the stadium though i aint tryin to get lynched by eagles fans in the parking lot

 

[firelogic]

I still don't understand why the national anthem is played at sporting events. Maybe I'm just not patriotic but really, what's the point?

Edit: Especially when it's not an international event. Yankees playing the Red Sox. Why is the anthem necessary?

 

[RionaaM]

I always stand up when Kid A starts playing. What, you don't?


(Kid A isn't even one of my top 5 Radiohead albums)

 

[TheSecondSpitter]

I remember my first visit to Shea Stadium, I was "spoken to" by a friend for not taking my cap off during the national anthem.

Spoiler

I am not even American.

 

[MugiwaraCole]

People stood for the anthem while watching a game on TV in their home?

There are absolutely people that do this. Scary.

 

[Conciliator]

only for the hendrix version

 

[VeryGooster]

I barely want to get up just for the napkins I forgot with my pre-game meal/snack!

 

[Royal_Phalanx]

Lol no, not many people in my country even do that. Only really right wing people are obsessed with patriotism and fly the flag everywhere.

 

[adj_noun]

I only stand to Anacreon in Heaven.

 

[Takuan]

Nope, only in public. Gotta conform.