Good karma to you for not punching his face in.

What? I can’t be angry about that? I can’t express that here?

WHAT ABOUT MY FEEEEEELINGS?

(I think we’re on the same page, aside from me wanting to punch that kid in the face. And let the record show that his face left the premises unscathed)

Your expert legal analysis aside, you’re missing the point. This kid was being ignorant. I believe that the two gentlemen in question were being ignorant. So quit telling me “Oh, they have rights,” and acting like they’re being true Americans when they’re just being ignorant.

Yes, that’s their right. I get it. Stop reminding me.

Last time I checked, you still have a right to act like an ass in America. That’s part of the beauty of this country. Now, if you want to tell him he’s an ass, then that is your right. Assaulting somebody for being an ass is not a good idea. That is a crime, being a disrespectful douche isn’t a good idea, but it isn’t a crime that is worthy of corporal punishment either, no matter how mad we get.

I will stand up for people’s rights, as long as they don’t infringe on mine. It isn’t really a violation of my rights for a kid to act like a moron. I don’t have to like it, but it doesn’t really hurt anything other than my feelings. Believe me, the way he acts lets everybody know what an idiot he is. We don’t need to further compound those types of problems by taking ridiculous steps.

I’m a teacher, and I have had kids who acted like buffoons during the national anthem. Did I kick them out of class? No. We had a nice talk about what it meant and the reason we do it. The disrespect seems to stop. If I had taken the approach that you or the this AD suggests then I think I would have done a lot more harm than good. Agree?

Perhaps the AD could have talked to the two gents after the game to see what was up and tell him why he thinks we should do it, and why it is an expectation and leave it at that. Instead he makes a big scene and probably does nothing to increase these guy’s patriotism which everybody seems so quick to question.

I’m saying that you’re ignoring how those freedoms came to you. And yeah, as far as the AD kicking those two out, I suspect that there was more than just reported. If they were laughing or carrying on, as in my example, I wouldn’t have had as big a problem with it.

I admit it’s a gray area. I don’t know if throwing them out was warranted. Based on what’s been reported, I would certainly say it wasn’t. But like I said, I don’t think all the facts are out.

And I don’t understand how you can defend someone that can’t sit still for two minutes while the rest of us pay tribute to our country. If someone was being an ass during a moment of silence while paying tribute to someone you loved, would you be as quick to defend him?

I have had to sit through the anthem because of back/leg surgery. Yes, I got the stares, but I don’t give a crap. I hate to “aruge” with you about it, but loving your country is a lot more than standing up and saluting.

You are saying that you are ignoring freedoms by NOT doing it? You are ignoring freedoms if you decide it’s a-ok to chastise and remove those who don’t do it. Since when did being a good American depend on whether or not you stand and whether or not you sit around and stew about how you should have punched somebody out? That’s not America. That’s good ol’ fashioned hot-headed jackassery and it knows no borders or political affiliation.