Idiot Baltimore Raven Fans Manage To Disrespect Players AND The Anthem

[stopbush]

The players took a knee BEFORE the anthem to very loud boos.

The players then stood up for the anthem.

Rather than respectfully singing the anthem, the fans decided to start cheering loudly when some jets flew over and fireworks went off at the words “and the rockets red glare.” They ended their disrespect for the anthem with the now-gratuitous cheering and screaming over the final bars of the anthem they so revere, drowning out the final bars.

[appleannie1943]

1. Actually, you are supposed to be reverent at the end of the anthem and not even clap

let alone cheer.

PLEASE NOTE that the Star-Spangled Banner is our National Anthem or hymn; when it is played at a public assembly you should join in singing the National Anthem along with principal singer or orchestra whose function is to lead, not entertain, the assembly. For this reason it is inappropriate to applaud the singing of the National Anthem. It is also inappropriate to make or use sophisticated "concert" versions of the National Anthem

[tritsofme]

2. In Chicago we cheer through the entire anthem.

Especially at Blackhawks games, it is typically the loudest the stadium gets all game.

Some teams whine that it is “disrespectful” I think it is a wonderful tradition.

[stopbush]

7. Well, thats just an example of the CONCEIT many Americans hold that rules and even laws

don’t apply to them. Not only that, but they hold the CONCEIT that they can make up rules that don’t exist, then get their panties in a wad when someone “disrespects” their non-existent rules.

[tritsofme]

10. It is an absolutely stirring experience, Jim Cornelison is the best in the business

&sns=em

[stopbush]

11. Robert Merrill, he aint. Better than the typical pop act, but horribly

flat for most of the piece, especially on the high notes.

Yeah. Not impressed.

Next!

[tritsofme]

12. Robert Merrill...they don't make them like that anymore!

Thanks for the memory!

[MineralMan]

3. NFL Football Fans Do Not Understand.

They never have and never will. Personally, I believe the National Anthem should not be used at sporting events in the first place. It's out of place there, and out of context.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

9. Couldn't agree more... though now it serves to bring attention to the disparity in the treatment

certain segments of our population receive. So, maybe ironically, it was a good thing all along.

[Takket]

4. if they kneeled BEFORE the anthem, then stood FOR the anthem, why were the fans upset?

[stopbush]

6. Like I said, theyre idiots.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

8. Because these people don't know their ass from a hole in the ground...

and btw, there's not a DAMN thing wrong with athletes kneeling during the national anthem, as it's words only apply to a select privileged group of U.S. citizens.

Maybe when our country is truly the "land of the free" for ALL, the players will all stand. Til then... #TakeAKnee

[Initech]

5. Sigh another day in Trump's America.

[NotASurfer]

13. Ignorance and Malice

Some boo because they don't understand taking a knee protests racial injustice and police brutality. I cut them no slack, but note that ignorance is in some cases curable, though it may take generations.

My bigger issue is with those who boo because they understand exactly what it means. Those people are wielding verbal tiki torches in this current time of darkness, and making it darker in the process.

No answers, just a depressing observation