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Comment on Aussies go viral for booing American national anthem at WWE Crown Jewel event in Perth

Gorgritch_umie_killa@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

That was my initial thoughts, although after reading, i get the idea that the crowd just found it a bit disrespectful. Its interesting, because i could go either way on this. Does it come down to how wrestlers are defined?

Sports people > Entertainers = Fine and normal in sports for participants to have their anthems played.

Sports people < Entertainers = Disrespectful to the country the performers are touring in.

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null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I can’t bring myself to consider it that deeply im afraid.

At this point I find anything glorifying USA culture offensive.

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- reactionality@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  There is no USA “culture”. Unless you mean bacterial.
  
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  - Taleya@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    Buddy that’s a real “fish have no word for water” moment
    
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- Gorgritch_umie_killa@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  😂
  
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AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Sports have anthems played in the US only since WWII because it was supposed to boost patriotism. Nobody else does that.

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- Gorgritch_umie_killa@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  Yeah, that’ll be incorrect.
  
  youtube.com/watch?v=WagZcq3Xehg
  
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  - AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    That’s an international event. It’s quite different.
    
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    Gorgritch_umie_killa@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    Problem with that other commenter’s comment was it was too broad a statement. And lets be honest, a bit obnoxious for it. The US may do it for every game, but there’s plenty of examples where other country’s sports use their anthems, AFL uses it for at least finals and ANZAC rounds, I’d expect that’s the same for NRL.
    
    My example the other day was a quickly found one, I equated them as both international events. After all, this is US wrestling in Australia, granted not against Aus, but still in Aus. And here is where I go back to my original reaction, is it more a sport, or more an entertainment? And is that the defining difference that caused the booing?
    
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  - NoForwadSlashS@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    Playing national anthems at a national team game? Shocking!
    
    Show me evidence it happens every week at every stadium in Aussie Rules games and then it’ll be a gotcha.
    
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    Gorgritch_umie_killa@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    Go find evidence that satisfies whatever arbitrary bar you’ve set yourself.
    
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- FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  You think the USA is the only country in the world that plays their national anthem before sporting events? Lol
  
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