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Originally Posted by Shipping up to Boston
To take this a step further.....Iet me preface, I’m one to stand and participate in the anthem at all events that have one. In person
That said, if you’re on your Lazy Boy in your ‘man cave’ or ‘she shed’ and the anthem is playing on your tv....do you stand? If we’re being honest, none of us do. So my question is, is their action or inaction during an athletic contest make you or them....more or less of a patriot? Or is it just for the cameras?
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If forced, just for the cameras. It should be required if you are in one of the US armed services as a sign of unity is good for the image we project to our sometime enemies. And they are getting paychecks from the US government.
Forced patriotism is not patriotism but survival especially in places like Russia and North Korea.