DUmbasses proudly display their hatred for the USA.

[Carl]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026927092

Tue Jun 30, 2015, 09:58 PM

Star Member Laura PourMeADrink (17,374 posts)

Do you put your hand over your heart during the National Anthem?
Am I the only one who stopped? Back when Bush obviously was lying about Iraq?

Last week made me think I was almost back to where I could.

May be no big deal to anyone?

Yet you wonder why people consider you scum.

Response to Laura PourMeADrink (Original post)

Tue Jun 30, 2015, 09:59 PM

Star Member NRaleighLiberal (37,933 posts)
1. Only when I had to in school. Not since.

Just not a particularly demonstrative, patriotic type here.

Response to Laura PourMeADrink (Original post)

Tue Jun 30, 2015, 10:00 PM

Star Member GoneOffShore (11,897 posts)
2. Stopped in the 1970's

Never started up again.

Won't say the Pledge.

Won't sing the National Anthem and only reluctantly stand.

And definitely will NOT sing "Gob Bless America".

Response to Laura PourMeADrink (Original post)

Tue Jun 30, 2015, 10:03 PM

Snobblevitch (264 posts)
3. Sure. I'll sing the anthem too.

I don't know why some Democrats might think that singing the national anthem, saying the Pledge of Allegiance, flag lapel pins, flying the flag, etc. are undemocratic things to do.

Pepperoni and mushroom?

Response to Snobblevitch (Reply #3)

Tue Jun 30, 2015, 11:07 PM

Contrary1 (11,705 posts)
27. It's not "undemocratic"...

For me, it would simply be hypocritical to do so.

 

Response to Snobblevitch (Reply #3)

Wed Jul 1, 2015, 12:34 AM

Ms. Toad (13,023 posts)
50. Nothing at all to do with whether it is democratic.

It has to do with glorification of war and valuing one country/group of people above all others, whatever the cost..

Response to Snobblevitch (Reply #3)

Wed Jul 1, 2015, 06:39 AM

ncjustice80 (736 posts)
68. It is un-Progressive.

The flag stands for human rights violations, robber baron capitalism, and imperialism. I won't stand for it, I won't sing it. I wish they would stop playing it at public events.

Response to Laura PourMeADrink (Original post)

Tue Jun 30, 2015, 10:08 PM

WhaTHellsgoingonhere (3,445 posts)
5. HA! I am SOOOOO over everything! I don't watch baseball so I became ill...

to find them now singing "God Bless America" during the 7th Inning Stretch.



OK, thanks for asking. I feel better

Response to WhaTHellsgoingonhere (Reply #5)

Wed Jul 1, 2015, 08:37 AM

alarimer (13,452 posts)
77. I hate it so much, I always head to the bathroom for the 7th inning stretch.

I'm going to an Orioles game tomorrow. My game plan is to not be in my seat for that part of it.

At Nationals stadium, they won't even let you leave your seat unless it's between innings. So most of the time, I stood and wandered around. Of course that was a boring game, with the Nats ahead by like 9 runs early on.

Response to Laura PourMeADrink (Original post)

Tue Jun 30, 2015, 11:06 PM

Star Member Arugula Latte (47,573 posts)
25. Nope. And why the hell is the anthem played at sporting events?

Gives me the creeps. It's too 1984ish.

I really hate patriotism. It lets people turn off their brains and feel superior for no reason.

Response to Laura PourMeADrink (Original post)

Tue Jun 30, 2015, 11:17 PM

guillaumeb (2,458 posts)
34. The American fascination with the Anthem and the pledge are signs of fascism.

That and the constant war on drugs, terror, and the demonization of Arabs, black people, gays, women, and atheists.

Did I forget anyone or anything?

Response to Laura PourMeADrink (Original post)

Tue Jun 30, 2015, 11:35 PM

Luminous Animal (23,713 posts)
38. I won't even stand up.

Response to Laura PourMeADrink (Original post)

Wed Jul 1, 2015, 08:40 AM

alarimer (13,452 posts)
80. Mostly no.

When I go to a ballgame, I get there late enough to avoid all that.

I truly despise these pieces of shit.

[dutch508]

But they would shoot anyone who disses the rainbow flag, or the red flag of their perfect socialist country...

Yeah... makes perfect sense.

[SVPete]

  Is this ritual disavowal and expression of hatred toward the US like an annual religious feast for Progs, like Passover or Christmas? will they feel alone, isolated, and unfulfilled if they don't renew their disavowal or something?

[FiddyBeowulf]

Response to Laura PourMeADrink (Original post)

Tue Jun 30, 2015, 11:06 PM

Star Member Arugula Latte (47,573 posts)
25. Nope. And why the hell is the anthem played at sporting events?

Gives me the creeps. It's too 1984ish.

I really hate patriotism. It lets people turn off their brains and feel superior for no reason.

You are confusing patriotism with being a DUmmie.

[Zathras]

Now you see just one of the reasons I celebrate when one of these idiots suffers a loss or kicks the bucket.

[txradioguy]

Can we FINALLY start questioning their patriotism?

[Tucker]

Response to cwydro (Reply #70)

Wed Jul 1, 2015, 09:32 AM

Star Member CTyankee (44,673 posts)
91. I was in France last year and our tour bus stopped at a restaurant somewhere on our

way south from Macon. It was rather large as I recall. Alluva sudden the U.S. national anthem blared from the speakers in the hall. Surprised, we all scrambled to stand up and some of us sang. Then the Marseillaise was played and we remained standing and sang (the parts we could remember) that one, too. It was a nice moment in our mutual respect for each other...

I think that it has seen Casablanca too many times.

[wasp69]

Is this ritual disavowal and expression of hatred toward the US like an annual religious feast for Progs, like Passover or Christmas? will they feel alone, isolated, and unfulfilled if they don't renew their disavowal or something?

Every Memorial Day, Veterans Day, and 4th of July, like clockwork...

[JohnnyReb]

Back in the 70's, I went to a Forth of July Saturday night race at the local dirt track. Some dude there didn't remove his cap and place it over his heart when they played the national anthem. When the anthem was over, he got his ass whooped, not whipped but whooped.

They're having a big forth of July race this Saturday night. I think I'll go and see if there will be a fight.

[BannedFromDU]

Every Memorial Day, Veterans Day, and 4th of July, like clockwork...

And soon we get the Hiroshima and Nagasaki anniversaries, always a source of hilarity. I wonder what they make of the bomb being developed under a Dem, to be used by another Dem.

Their hatred of the US is just more DU dick-measuring. Nothing new to see here.

[FaC]

Back in the 70's, I went to a Forth of July Saturday night race at the local dirt track. Some dude there didn't remove his cap and place it over his heart when they played the national anthem. When the anthem was over, he got his ass whooped, not whipped but whooped.

They're having a big forth of July race this Saturday night. I think I'll go and see if there will be a fight.

Invite a DUmmie from the DUmmie side of the tracks in order to pretty much guarantee that you get to see a fight.

[JohnnyReb]

Invite a DUmmie from the DUmmie side of the tracks in order to pretty much guarantee that you get to see a fight.

They are all imports from up north and live in the gated communities in the northern most corner of the county.....and they're smart enough to not come this far south of there....but I'll see what I can do.

[dixierose]

And you know they hate NASCAR. There is a prayer AND the National Anthem before every race.

[miskie]

Every Memorial Day, Veterans Day, and 4th of July, like clockwork...

Soon they'll start referencing a supposed 'study' that determined that exposure to the flag and other patriotic things make sheeple conservative for months at a time. - as they do every year now.

DUmmy approved news source linked here -- http://freakonomics.com/2011/07/14/the-mere-sight-of-an-american-flag-can-shift-voters-republican/

[RayRaytheSBS]

Response to Snobblevitch (Reply #3)

Wed Jul 1, 2015, 06:39 AM

ncjustice80 (736 posts)
68. It is un-Progressive.

The flag stands for human rights violations, robber baron capitalism, and imperialism. I won't stand for it, I won't sing it. I wish they would stop playing it at public events.

Once again, If you don't like what the American flag (and therefore, America) stands for:



You are not needed in a country that you obviously hate, so how about you go to one of those wonderful European countries you DUches keep telling us about (but have probably never even BEEN TO). I hear Greece is nice this time of year.

ETA:

[lastparker]

Contrary1 (11,705 posts)
27. It's not "undemocratic"...

For me, it would simply be hypocritical to do so.

Continuing to live here is the hypocritical part. If I hated a country as much as you DUmbasses hate this one, I would have been gone a long time ago.

[RayRaytheSBS]

And you know they hate NASCAR. There is a prayer AND the National Anthem before every race.

There was the prayer and national anthem before every race, give it a few years, and there won't be. Seeing how NASCAR is handling the Confederate Battle Flag nonsense, I see those days being numbered for the prayer and the national anthem if something doesn't change.

[diesel driver]

There was the prayer and national anthem before every race, give it a few years, and there won't be. Seeing how NASCAR is handling the Confederate Battle Flag nonsense, I see those days being numbered for the prayer and the national anthem if something doesn't change.

 

My days with NASCAR are numbered anyway.  My wife is the world's BIGGEST Jeff Gordon fan, and when he announced this was his last year, she said she was done.  I had almost talked her into staying another year, seeing some more races at other tracks, until...

this crap with NASCAR over the Confederate Battle Flag made our decision for us.  I'm sure I'm not alone on this one. 

[Chris_]

My days with NASCAR are numbered anyway.  My wife is the world's BIGGEST Jeff Gordon fan, and when he announced this was his last year, she said she was done.  I had almost talked her into staying another year, seeing some more races at other tracks, until...

I feel the same way.  I don't like Kevin Harvick, Brad Keselowski, or either of the Busch or Dillon brothers.  Earnhardt and Johnson aren't really enough to bring me back every week.  Who knows?

It doesn't help that NBC does TV coverage for half  of the season.  You can't match DW, Mike Joy, or Larry McReynolds.

[FlippyDoo]

 

My days with NASCAR are numbered anyway.  My wife is the world's BIGGEST Jeff Gordon fan, and when he announced this was his last year, she said she was done.  I had almost talked her into staying another year, seeing some more races at other tracks, until...

this crap with NASCAR over the Confederate Battle Flag made our decision for us.  I'm sure I'm not alone on this one.

Every year it seems that NASCAR moves farther and farther from its roots. A tree doesn't last long without roots.

[diesel driver]

I feel the same way.  I don't like Kevin Harvick, Brad Keselowski, or either of the Busch or Dillon brothers.  Earnhardt and Johnson aren't really enough to bring me back every week.  Who knows?

It doesn't help that NBC does TV coverage for half  of the season.  You can't match DW, Mike Joy, or Larry McReynolds.

I'm a Carl Edwards fan, but I agree with you, I don't like the Dillons, the Buschs (I think both are hot-headed, arrogant assholes), never really liked either Harvick or Keselowski, Danica is a joke, Stewart and Bowyer bore me (though it was fun to watch Stewart bounce his helmet off Kenseth's hood at Bristol a few years back), Newman is a nice guy, I met him at Martinsville and got to talk to him a bit, but there just aren't any standout drivers anymore like when the Pettys, Allisons, Earnhardts, and Waltrips ruled the track.  The cars are all cookie-cutter replicas of each other, just different decals, only 3 different manufacturers instead of the 10 or so there used to be. 

[FlippyDoo]

I'm a Carl Edwards fan, but I agree with you, I don't like the Dillons, the Buschs (I think both are hot-headed, arrogant assholes), never really liked either Harvick or Keselowski, Danica is a joke, Stewart and Bowyer bore me (though it was fun to watch Stewart bounce his helmet off Kenseth's hood at Bristol a few years back), Newman is a nice guy, I met him at Martinsville and got to talk to him a bit, but there just aren't any standout drivers anymore like when the Pettys, Allisons, Earnhardts, and Waltrips ruled the track.  The cars are all cookie-cutter replicas of each other, just different decals, only 3 different manufacturers instead of the 10 or so there used to be.

I used to hate Kyle and Kurt Busch, but in the last few years I've come to appreciate their driving ability. I'm a fan of Bowyer and Kyle Larson. I used to dislike Harvick, but he's kind of grown on me.

I do wish the stock cars would actually have the appearance of being stock.

Though I really liked Dale, Sr. and am sorry he got killed, the driver I miss the most is Harry Gant.

[diesel driver]

Kyle Larson is a good driver, he's done more in the 42 car in 2 years than Juan Pablo Montoya did in his entire career, he'll be one to watch.

[Ptarmigan]

Every Memorial Day, Veterans Day, and 4th of July, like clockwork...

More like every day.

[Chris_]

Kyle Larson is a good driver, he's done more in the 42 car in 2 years than Juan Pablo Montoya did in his entire career, he'll be one to watch.

At least Larson hasn't run into the back of the jet dryer.