Please don't shout O during the National Anthem this weeknd.....

[Fan since a Fetus]

It is not just a Baltimore Orioles thing. I've have been to several sporting events in Florida and Alabama and everyone does it. I hate it and think it is disrespectful.

[NLC1054]

It is not just a Baltimore Orioles thing. I've have been to several sporting events in Florida and Alabama and everyone does it. I hate it and think it is disrespectful.

In what way is saying "O!" disrespectful to the United States of America?

---------- Post added December-7th-2012 at 01:37 AM ----------

Seriously. I don't get it. It's like, a word in the song.

It's not as though people are screaming "****!" at the top of their lungs. They're just singing the song and putting emphasis on one word.

I did not realize their were rules to the National Anthem.

[skinsfan4life7]

Some people just need something to complain about.

[grego]

I hate it also... Just disrespectful.

if its not blatantly disrespectful, its definitely 'trashy'. which fits, since its a baltimore thing.

i heard the O monday night and i was like, really? good grief people.

[Rocky52Mc]

I always thought of it being rather disrespectful. You rise and stand to reflect and remember why we have the opportunity to be here in this land and be able to enjoy sporting events, while portions of the world live in fear, hunger, and lots of conditions we don't think about when we're drunk and cussing at each other.

Think about it next time you O's fans are about to do it.

[flexxskins]

Random idea; let people say whatever the hell they want to say.

It's a free country, and so long as they aren't cursing or screaming "AMERICA SUCKS!", it doesn't matter if they say "O!", whether it's a "Baltimore thing" or not. It's just a phrase. If it bugs you that much just watch the game at home where you can have cheaper concessions, and don't have to hear the anthem at all.

Well said.

I swear it seems like the more we win the less it seems people around here have to say. So, they simply come up with the pettiest subjects that they can think of and create threads. There's been quite a bit of this going on lately.

I mean, we aren't even talking about football anymore.

Furthermore, does this even belong here? It has nothing to do with the Redskins.

[G.A.C.O.L.B.]

It is not just a Baltimore Orioles thing. I've have been to several sporting events in Florida and Alabama and everyone does it. I hate it and think it is disrespectful.

Guess what, there are O's fans in Florida. It's absolutely an Orioles thing.

http://aapolitics.us/article/2008/02...ational-anthem

[Rocky52Mc]

Well said.

I swear it seems like the more we win the less it seems people around here have to say. So, they simply come up with the pettiest subjects that they can think of and create threads. There's been quite a bit of this going on lately.

I mean, we aren't even talking about football anymore.

Furthermore, does this even belong here? It has nothing to do with the Redskins.

The selfishness of some people. Just because you can say what you want, doesn't mean you should. It also doesn't mean that because you can, that it isn't disrespectful. Again, we're talking about making an "O" chant, to symbolize the unity of a city's baseball team in the SMALL portion of TIME in which we're remember the hundreds of thousands of people who died to make it possible to watch such an event and have such a luxury. Do people not get that? I bet if we equipped everyone who is for this with a gun and threw them in the middle of a battleground, we will see a change in how one sees the national anthem.

Keep in mind, usually just prior to the anthem, we have a memorial sometimes for fallen vets, or veterans that have come home in wheelchairs or worse. We usually take a moment of silence for these people. There easily is people around you who have lost someone or who have been apart of some war that are paying respects to these people when you stand for the national anthem.

[RichmondRedskin88]

I always thought of it being rather disrespectful. You rise and stand to reflect and remember why we have the opportunity to be here in this land and be able to enjoy sporting events, while portions of the world live in fear, hunger, and lots of conditions we don't think about when we're drunk and cussing at each other.

Think about it next time you O's fans are about to do it.

What about at US soccer games where the fans singing the national anthem? Heck that's what they do at the World Cup. Check out the 2006 world cup US anthem.

[Stugein]

We didn't have baseball in D.C. when I was growing up. We were all Orioles fans. *shrug* I don't see anything wrong with it.

I like the "proudly we HAILed" idea though. You'd need to get a core of people to start it and do it every game and eventually it spreads over time. A couple seasons and we might have the stadium doing it.

[scruffylookin]

It should never be done in the first place.

If desecrating the anthem is acceptable, we might as well then drown out the balitmorons with "Gooooooooooooooo Nats" when "O say does......" comes up.

[JMUSkins]

The selfishness of some people. ...

There easily is people around you who have lost someone or who have been apart of some war that are paying respects to these people when you stand for the national anthem.

I mostly agree with your sentiment, but I personally know some vets (one purple-heart) who do this themselves. I don't do it, but who is to say that those folks aren't doing it out of the excitement (and freedom) inspired by our national anthem?

[Stugein]

If desecrating the anthem is acceptable

Interpretation != desecration

[CTennant]

I have a theory that the people who yell "O" are the same people who yell "Fight! Fight! Fight!" instead of "Rah! Rah! Rah!" in HTTR. Thoughts?

[Stugein]

I have a theory that the people who yell "O" are the same people who yell "Fight! Fight! Fight!" instead of "Rah! Rah! Rah!" in HTTR. Thoughts?

I do one but not the other.