Just realized I've only been to one sporting event in recent years since becoming a commie and learning about all the horrific stuff Amerikkka has done (and I was really late to it so the issue of the national anthem never came up). Now that I do, there is no way in hell I can ever stand for the anthem.
If you ever sat down for the anthem, what happened? I'm conflicted over what I think might happen. On one hand, Americans see it as a personal affront if you don't participate in the civil religion. Because everyone stands, you immediately stand out and people immediately think "wtf is this guy's problem, does he not love America?"
OTOH, I believe Americans desperately avoid confrontation unless alcohol is involved. And since the anthem is at the start of the game maybe that's not a problem? Idk I'm just curious about your experiences.
And it's that I don't really want to get into it with someone, it's just I have no idea how to even begin to articulate my thoughts on all the evil shit we've done when some stranger is yelling at you.
I started hating the forced conformity back in high school for weird reasons but also because I hated a lot that the government did and refused to do the pledge or stand for the anthem. My mother got a bit weird about it but gave up because most people don't give a damn. When I worked at an amusement park as a teen we had to take our hats off or whatever when they played the national anthem when they started the day, never took my hat off, got yelled at by an oily man in a suit demanding I take my hat off because guests might get offended, took it off long enough for him to walk away and put it right back on because he had the power to fire me, I stopped showing up a few weeks later because the conditions were godawful. I tried to quit properly but they did everything possible to guilt me into staying which as a 15/16 year old was manipulative as fuck. In high school not standing for the pledge had most teachers not give a damn and only asked that I not be disruptive during it which wasn't a big deal since I wasn't making noise anyway, but I had a gym teacher that got fucking outraged that I refused to stand, tried to force me to stand, and then sent me to the principal. Principal told me that I did nothing wrong and to go back and tell her that it's within my rights to not stand and that I was not to be sent back for not standing for the pledge. She yelled at me for a while longer demanding I stand again in the future, I didn't.