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einegutePerson posted...

Ricemills posted...

in my culture, kneeling symbolizes submission. so if someone kneeling for the National Anthem, it looks just like they are fully submitted to the Nation. why the heck it means the opposite in the US?

common us flag decorum demands that us citizens and people attending events alike stand for the national anthem, facing the flag if present; face the direction of the music otherwise.

generally, people are asked to stand beforehand specifically by an announcer present at the games.

so if you kneel instead you're doing something else, that's not quite standing but you're drawing attention
why

einegutePerson posted...

done to call attention to social inequality and police brutality

while it's obviously done to call an attention, the nature of kneeling itself is not defiant toward the object it faced. so why the heck people treating it as unpatriotic?
heck, praying while kneeling seen as more solemn than praying while standing.
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