Is it time to do away with the National Anthem or at least replace it?

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85SugarVol said:
Other people standing for the anthem is now “horrifying” and “dystopian”?

People standing for national anthem horrifies progressives in viral video
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Sometimes I can't believe the **** people get worked up over. Did you guys read the article? I agree with the sentiment, who cares if people have a weird tradition? That's not scary. Also, who cares if others make fun of it and do not understand it? According to the article, "other" tick-tock users commented words like "scary" (maybe in jest? we'll never know because the article doesn't show us the comment).

NY Post: Let's write a clickbait article that makes it seem like all these people are "horrified" in the title, and then the only comments we actually share in full are just peanut gallery **** talking, like

“Serious question. Is this real? Like people actually do this in real everyday life?”

One TikToker revealed she worked at American restaurant Mission BBQ and had to stand for the anthem every day. “I hated it there so much,” she complained.

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n_huffhines said:
Sometimes I can't believe the **** people get worked up over. Did you guys read the article? I agree with the sentiment, who cares if people have a weird tradition? That's not scary. Also, who cares if others make fun of it and do not understand it? According to the article, "other" tick-tock users commented words like "scary" (maybe in jest? we'll never know because the article doesn't show us the comment).

NY Post: Let's write a clickbait article that makes it seem like all these people are "horrified" in the title, and then the only comments we actually share in full are just peanut gallery **** talking, like

“Serious question. Is this real? Like people actually do this in real everyday life?”

One TikToker revealed she worked at American restaurant Mission BBQ and had to stand for the anthem every day. “I hated it there so much,” she complained.

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You agree with the sentiment? That’s it’s scary and dystopian?
 
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NashVol11 said:
Standing for the anthem in a restaurant is weird and the NY Post is complete garbage
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I think kneeling for the anthem is “weird”, but I support your right as an American to do so.

No one forced those people to stand. They were in California too. Wasn’t backwater Mississippi where this dystopian scene played out.
 
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K-town Vol Fan said:
I wouldn't say forced but I'd say if I was in a restaurant and everyone stood up for the anthem and I didn't it might be a little uncomfortable.
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This was in California. The people making the conscious decision to choose to stand were probably in the minority.

You likely would have been in the uncomfortable majority.
 
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85SugarVol said:
I think kneeling for the anthem is “weird”, but I support your right as an American to do so.

No one forced those people to stand. They were in California too. Wasn’t backwater Mississippi where this dystopian scene played out.
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No one is infringing upon their rights as Americans to randomly stand at attention in a restaurant either. Seems like they’re just saying it’s weird as **** which is another American right
 
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NashVol11 said:
No one is infringing upon their rights as Americans to randomly stand at attention in a restaurant either. Seems like they’re just saying it’s weird as **** which is another American right
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I don’t think anyone claimed their right to stand was being restricted. Did you see that somewhere?

I believe the point was how their conscious choice to stand for the national anthem was characterized - a horrifying, dystopian display.
 
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K-town Vol Fan said:
I wouldn't say forced but I'd say if I was in a restaurant and everyone stood up for the anthem and I didn't it might be a little uncomfortable.
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Would there be some kind of free market thingy where you could express your discomfort by taking your business next door?
 
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85SugarVol said:
I don’t think anyone claimed their right to stand was being restricted. Did you see that somewhere?

I believe the point was how their conscious choice to stand for the national anthem was characterized - a horrifying, dystopian display.
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You mentioned that you support my right to do the “weird” thing, when as far as we know that’s true for the people involved here as well. No one’s rights are in danger here.

They compared the general scene to a horror movie from what I can see, and I can certainly imagine a Get Out-type horror movie or Huxleyesque dystopia where someone plays the flag song and everyone, including in restaurants, has to stop what they’re doing and stand at attention. Not article-worthy at all but NYP wants to bait headline readers with sensationalism
 
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NashVol11 said:
You mentioned that you support my right to do the “weird” thing, when as far as we know that’s true for the people involved here as well. No one’s rights are in danger here.

They compared the general scene to a horror movie from what I can see, and I can certainly imagine a Get Out-type horror movie or Huxleyesque dystopia where someone plays the flag song and everyone, including in restaurants, has to stop what they’re doing and stand at attention. Not article-worthy at all but NYP wants to bait headline readers with sensationalism
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You mentioned weird. That’s why I put “weird” in quotes.

And oh come on. Like CNN and NBC have never put out clickbait.
 
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NashVol11 said:
where someone plays the flag song and everyone, including in restaurants, has to stop what they’re doing and stand at attention.
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Who has to stop and stand at attention? No one. You can stand, sit, or kneel. All options are available to you - your choice.

But here’s what they had to say about people choosing to stand.

“By far the most dangerous situation I’ve ever been in.”
“I hated it there so much,”
“hadn’t been back to that restaurant after experiencing the same thing.”
“Serious question. Is this real? Like people actually do this in real everyday life?”
"As someone from the uk (sic) this feels so dystopian”
 
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Here’s a few more for Nash & Huff -

Ryan: “At a baseball game everyone stopped and stood, I kept on walking to the bathroom. 🚶‍♂️”

Ruby: “This feels like a horror movie.”

M: “america is so scary you would never see this in the uk”

KRL: “What in the hell is going on?”

Tessa_: “Omg thats so cultish.”

Mar: “This is so scary”

Nembetsu: “I would have genuinely be scared for my life.”

Gio: “America is so narcissistic.”

Here’s the post. I don’t have tik tok so I can’t open all the comments - All 24,100+ of them.

The crying 😭 post eclipsed the “dystopian” comment with 32k likes in the time it took me to screenshot it


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