RE: Student sits during pledge of allegiance; gets chair kicked out from beneath him
October 25, 2017 at 10:18 pm
(October 25, 2017 at 2:57 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote:(October 25, 2017 at 2:34 pm)mh.brewer Wrote: Let's face it. It's not disrespectful even if you're not protesting.
I think it is disrespectful if you are not protesting for a particular cause. Not standing up for no other reason than just because you "can't be bothered" is disrespectful. So many people have died for this country and risked their lives for it. Meanwhile someone else can't even be bothered to stand up for 2 minutes? I see that as disrespectdul to those people and especially to those people's families who have to deal with the fear for, and absense/loss of, their loved ones.
No one has an obligation to be respectful. Each person’s respect must be individually earned on a case by case basis according to the standard freely set by that person, not some standard imposed some other chest thumping jingoistic moron, who, even if standard of respect can be imposed, would be by far the least qualified to impose it.
