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Originally Posted by Shipping up to Boston
You’re selective....and arbitrary in your choices of patriotic themes. And how you measure others patriotism.
I didn’t tell you....or anyone else...what I do. I don’t let anyone dictate patriotism to me. You can hang your hat on the....1984...Lee Greenwood track for an event that happened in 2001. Whitney Houston’s 1991 rendition of Star -Spangled Banner at the 1991 Super Bowl is what most consider the modern version of the anthem. We were at war (Iraq Persian Gulf). That moved the nation. Don’t question or arrive at a conclusion of another person that you clearly don’t know....or know anything about.
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I was using the pronoun YOU to acknowledge ANYONE who doesn't understand or feel a need to stand for God Bless The USA. I wasn't pointing my finger directly at Shipping up to Boston. To me, it's fine that some do not want to stand. I understand they have had different experiences in life. Sitting may be their way to demonstrate their views.
Talk about not knowing someone! I came face to face with the men who drove the planes into the Twin Towers. I owned a store in John's Pass, the area they were headquartered. They came to my store, often. I remember their faces, I remember their smell, I remember their clothes, most of all, I remember the hatred in their eyes. I can never forget! If my standing to a song that forces me to remember offends you, SORRY! I can just be me.