FaithHopeCheese wrote:
I failed to stand up for the national anthem at church one time. I was then scolded by a veteran, but he made me cry so my mom called him a son of a b***h and took him into another room and tore him a new a**hole... AT CHURCH... After they were done, the preacher gave a little speech about how, "if you don't like this country, you can leave"... Whoa, talk about a misunderstanding!
I wasn't trying to NOT be patriotic, I was just lethargic at the time and only cried at church. When they would sing I wouldn't stand either, I just cried. This is hilarious to me now, but it caused a lot of drama in my family because my dad didn't defend us. He just told the guy that I should have stood up... Lesson learned. I went to a hockey game last night and when they sang the national anthem, boy was I quick to stand up. It's ridiculous how much expectation there is when you are in a communal environment.
Just do it, it's not so hard. Those old gizas died for you, nag-dammit! (well not the ones standing there, obviously, lol)