Chicago Blackhawks: Critics Offended by Anthem Tradition

March 23rd, 2010 by Greg Caggiano Leave a reply »
I thought I’d seen it all in terms of people going out of their way to be politically correct.

That was, until this afternoon, when I sat down to log in to Comcast.net, and saw a video featured by Fox News Mobile. The title: “Disrespectful Hockey Tradition.”

I wondered what that could be about.

So I clicked on the two-minute long video, and it did not take long to get my blood boiling. Apparently, people are offended by Chicago Blackhawks fans cheering before and during the singing of the American National Anthem, as opposed to waiting until it’s finished.

Excuse me?

Steve Brown, the on-location reporter, then goes on to say how disrespectful to the veterans this is, despite how much the Blackhawks fans enjoy preserving a tradition that was started in the 1980s.

Is it just me, or does hockey seem like the only professional sport to get bashed for the most minute things in recent times?

One dolt at the end of this video goes on to say that he feels so disrespected by this, that it, “makes my skin crawl,” “makes me grit my teeth,” and &ldquo ...

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