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Originally Posted by SeeBass
I think calling out ones loyalty because they do not remove their hat is a little silly.
It is a tradition that I choose to follow and I do think less of somebody that chooses to remove their hat. I just find it disrespectful. But then again you are also supposed to place the hat over your heart too and I see few people, including myself, who do that so it is really all just degrees of respect I guess.
I would assume that the guys who don't remove their hats would find the guys who refuse to stand disrespectful. So hopefully they can see where we are coming from when we don't like it.
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The thing is a lot of us that don't buy into the old traditions and see nothing wrong with not removing hats are very unlikely to see anything wrong with not standing either.
Point is just because some see it as disrespectful doesn't mean everyone has to. I'm as patriotic as anyone and I don't feel the need to justify that by doing something I don't believe makes me patriotic just to appease a group of people.
As was said a few times, while I don't remove my hat I do stand simply because it's not worth the headache from listening to ignorant people whine about it.
The fact that this matters to anyone when the athlete(s) in question are competing and winning medals for OUR COUNTRY is just silly. These athletes have done a hell of a lot more for our country than anyone else has by removing there hats. Silly.