re: U.S. Women's Soccer Team Still Insufferably Obnoxious

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Rapinoe, now playing in her final World Cup, also said in 2019 that she would 'never put my hand over my heart' and 'never sing the national anthem again.'

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All 600 Womens soccer fans are worried.

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The Vietnamese women, on the other hand, were all seen singing their anthem with their hands on their chests.

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Well, if they had not, they would have found themselves growing rice by hand in a re-education camp.

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No one gives a shite about women’s soccer.

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I agree, why is there a thread here about it?

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common misconception that hand over heart is only for the Pledge of Allegiance. The others might have thought standing at attention was sufficient.

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36 U.S. Code § 301 - National anthem

(a)Designation.— The composition consisting of the words and music known as the Star-Spangled Banner is the national anthem.

(b)Conduct During Playing.—During a rendition of the national anthem—

(1)when the flag is displayed—
(A)individuals in uniform should give the military salute at the first note of the anthem and maintain that position until the last note;
(B)members of the Armed Forces and veterans who are present but not in uniform may render the military salute in the manner provided for individuals in uniform; and
(C)all other persons present should face the flag and stand at attention with their right hand over the heart, and men not in uniform, if applicable, should remove their headdress with their right hand and hold it at the left shoulder, the hand being over the heart; and

(2)when the flag is not displayed, all present should face toward the music and act in the same manner they would if the flag were displayed.

The team may or may not have been familiar with this statute.

The history:

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The hand over the heart thing has a long an confusing history.

The 1931 law that established the Star Spangled Banner as our national anthem did not specify any particular behavior during the playing of the anthem.

In June 1942, the law was revised specifying that men in uniform should salute, men not in uniform should stand at attention and remove their hats and women should place their hand over their heart if the flag was on display during the playing of the anthem but not if the flag wasn’t on display.

In December 1942, the law was again revised to say that men and women should stand at attention and face the direction from which the music was played, placing their hands over their hearts if the flag was displayed but not if it wasn’t displayed. People in uniform should salute.

In 1976 the law was again rewritten so that everyone not in uniform should stand with their hands over their hearts, men taking off their hats, whether the flag was displayed or not. People in uniform should salute.

In 1998 they kept the bit about everyone standing with the hand over their heart, but the “those in uniform should salute” piece was replaced with "members of the Armed Forces and veterans” should salute whether the flag was displayed or not.

So yeah, we’re all supposed to put our hand on our heart or salute when the anthem is played.

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U.S. Women's Soccer Team Still Insufferably Obnoxious

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They're awfully arrogant and sanctimonious for an "elite" team that got their asses handed to them by middle school boys.

They’re in it for the paycheck. They hate anyone who doesn’t buy into their twisted belief system.

They will go down. Only beating Vietnam 3-0 is underwhelming.

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Only beating Vietnam 3-0 is underwhelming.

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Indeed. A one-FG victory is embarrassing. Should have won by a minimum of three TDs.

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They’re in it for the paycheck. They hate anyone who doesn’t buy into their twisted belief system.

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The fact that the men's team has to give half their earnings to these counts is disgusting. I hope they lose every time they suit up.

I can't imagine why anyone would watch women's soccer.

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men's team has to give half their earnings to these cünts

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Link?

It is well-known that their league is subsidized, but half of the men's earnings? I'm gonna need to see the receipts on that one.