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National Anthem etiquette....
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This is not really in response to the original post, but rather some of the other posts that followed. I am hesitant to weigh in here, but the flag is not nearly as it important as what it represents, that being the republic established by the Constitution, and more importantly, the ideas upon which that republic was founded.
The right to live with liberty and to pursue happiness regardless of one’s race, color, or creed... that is what our military has fought and died for, for the better part of three centuries.
The sacrifices that have been and will be made in the defense of that freedom are certainly worthy of the utmost respect, but I will never take issue with my fellow Americans who choose to peacefully protest against perceived injustice, racial or otherwise. On the contrary, protesting in the name of equal justice under the law is patriotic, however one chooses to do it.
Go Dawgs!
Well, one isn't at the point of interpretation when making the pledge. One can have any belief about its content as long as one says its name. I mean the flag could be cotton or nylon or some wonder fabric, but it is still the flag if it has the requisite colors, shape, a blue field, so many stripes, etc.
Now as to mechanical gesture, i see your point. Perhaps if fluid movement were added to the pledge, humanity is expressed. The Nation is emphasized! Splendid. People move in a specified way as they recite the pledge. Great idea!
Usually it is simply standing with hands behind you're back and being respectful.
So if I exercised one of my "taken for granted" freedoms to disrespect the flag I ought to be pummeled?
Which is how I behave when the US anthem is played (I'm British) although I hold my left wrist with my right hand in front of me. The key is standing in silence.
Excellent! I appreciate your respect of our anthem.
Perhaps we can trust our people to be good citizens without requiring them to recite a loyalty oath. The mandatory displays of patriotism in this country are kind of bizarre.
You have the right to disrespect our flag, but you also have the right to be pummeled for disrespecting our flag. 'Merica, frick yea!!
I suppose freedom of speech isn't freedom from consequences 😅
Absolutely correct. You have a right to say and do things...and other people have a right to react and respond.
Other people have a right to pummel me?
While it is certainly true that a right to free speech does not provide for consequence free speech, that does not mean that someone who is offended by the way in which someone else treats the flag or the anthem has a right “pummel” that person, as several posters have suggested here.
No, I was being sarcastic. Pummeling people for failing to worship a flag is stoopid.
Lol c'mon man, Robert Hanssen respected the flag. Look at how that turned out. Terrible metric for weighing loyalty to a country. If we're gonna pummel people we should focus our efforts on all the DC aristocrats who wipe their arses with the constitution while they're sending us into fiscal ruin
I dont see how showing respect for a symbol can be an empty gesture. I understand that you dont have. However the symbol in question is a representation of our country and the gesture is simple. I probably old fashion, but I use ma'am & sir with everyone I talk to (if i respect them). I dont have to, but it's a simple gesture that isnt empty it mechanical.
Again, I know you dont have to, but I lose respect for those that dont.