A tense moment unfolded during a movie screening when a man reportedly chose not to stand for the National Anthem. Other viewers confronted him, leading to an argument that escalated until he was asked to leave the hall. Theatre staff later refunded his ticket to avoid further conflict. The incident has triggered mixed reactions online, raising questions around public conduct, respect, and how such situations should be handled.
What's your opinion on this??
My opinion is why the fuck do you need to play the national anthem at a movie screening.
Yeah that shat is weird
I supposed to them, it’s probably strange to sing it before sporting events.
No, they play their national anthem before sporting events as well. India just likes blasting it at all times.
So the guy was like “I already stood for it the previous 8 times it was played today”. Makes me think of when my daughters were doing cheerleading for the intermediate school football teams. We would show up early while other games were starting and finishing. The national anthem would be playing. They would play the national anthem before their game started. Made me wonder how many times we need to play it over and over. Like making kids do the pledge of allegiance every morning at school. Do they go home and swear allegiance to someplace else? The weekend they get hit up to join other countries. All the repetition kinda takes all the meaning and importance away from it.
Do you live in Texas? I do, and in Texas you not only pledge allegiance to the American flag, you then pledge allegiance to the Texas flag. Because maybe you are allied with Wisconsin or something.
Pennsylvania. As far as I know pledging allegiance to the US flag was enough. That is when I was in school. I did go to Catholic school K-8 and we had to do some prayers every morning along with the pledge. Though it being Catholic school I feel like the prayers each morning is less weird than the pledge every morning.
yeah. but a movie????
Yeah, but a sporting event?
It’s weird at both
In international games it is understandable since they are representing the country specifically.
Superbowl is an international event?
I didn't say anything about superbowl
National Football League, where non-American teams can not compete. What are you talking about?
I mean, the Toronto Raptors are in the National Basketball Association. The Toronto Blue Jays play in the American League division of the MLB. The Montreal expos were in the National League. There are 7 Canadian teams in the National Hockey League.
It's not that far-fetched.
Plus, they were just referring to international sporting events in general, not specifically NFL.
That's weird too
It is
It is strange to sing it before sporting events, unless it's international matches
Agree 100%. Let’s can that stupid shit. Why have controversy over fans of another county booing the other teams country.
Patriotism has nothing to do with professional sports.
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Not understanding how it would make sense at a sporting event other than the World Cup.
Imagine having to get there a day earlier to hear all those 200 full length national anthems
Why is a sporting event different to you? What makes playing a national anthem during a game make more sense?
Well for a sporting event(use WC for example) is a competition between two national teams.
The players are representing their nation so it makes sense to play the national anthem.
Watching a random fecking movie is not a competition and doesnt need a show of allegiance to your country.
Nah that's fine.
But in the United States at least, the national anthem is even played before neighborhood children's baseball matches. Which is kinda odd when you stop and think about it.
America is weirdly obsessed with themselves so it checks out
We also make our kids stand-up and say the pledge of allegiance to the flag in class everyday.
Which again, sounds like something you'd expect North Korea to do.
I remember we always had to say the pledge of allegiance before our little league games. Same amount of mindless jingoism, but faster.
There are plenty of sporting events that play the national anthem despite it not being a competition between two national teams.
..in America
In other countries too. Australia for example.
America, Australia, India; all former British colonies. I'm noticing a trend here.
I don't know what's so strange about that, I sing oh Canada before every meal /s
Me too, and I'm not even Canadian.
Probably only when both teams are from the same country just seems stupid as fuck
What's the difference between a sporting event and a movie?
Depends on how many hot dogs you can eat before it gets weird.
2 for movies, 6 for sporting events.
Same reason you have to do the pledge of allegiance at school in the US, to brainwash you
I hear they get little children to recite a kind of pledge of allegiance every morning in schools ...
Sick fucks
Ironically it’s a relic from English rule, now co-opted by hardcore nationalists
My Dad used to tell about how it used to be played in cinemas in the UK.
Apparently there used to be a big rush to get out before it was played otherwise you had to stand in place.
Hancock's Half-hour covers this in an episode where he has to make an excuse about it as he and Sid are the first to the food counter after the film.
No, you did not. No-one seemed to give a shit in the 70s when they were still doing it.
We just ignored it.
The anthem law in theaters was introduced in the 2010s
I remember going to movies as a kid without the anthem playing at the start.
Not really a relic if it wasn’t there for 60+ years of independence
Like most problems in the world, it can be traced back to the British.
Israel/Palestine? The British
India/Pakistan? The British
The Crisis in Cosmology? That's right, the British.
America? The British
One problem they don’t have is winning too many cricket matches
This is actually a thing with the US on military bases. My first time had me VERY confused.
Still weird af
No, yeah, definitely. I didn't say otherwise.
The movie theater on my base plays colors before the movie starts, everyone’s standing at attention lol
Enforcing nationalism by the ruling party. This kind of nonsense was not there for 50+ years after independence in India. I wonder if these nationalists would stop in traffic just to stand whenever they hear the national anthem played be it in a nearby school or on some kids phone.
Someone should stage "anthem traps" where people keep playing it around them to drive them crazy
People figured out it is an easy way to indoctrinate others with right wing ideology. It’s nationalism wrapped up to look like patriotism.
Indeed. Almost as weird as saluting the flag
The pledge of allegiance in schools is hardcore indoctrination too.
Why the fuck do you need to pledge your allegiance to a flag at school?
It’s a super duper propaganda type movie where the current political party is shown as saviours in India (ultra right wing nationalist / BJP) the trump equivalents
And Muslims are shown as the villains ofc
And why does it matter if you don't have forced pride?
Or stand for it...
We do it at the theaters on military installations; but we will also play the host nation's anthem as well.
Example; in Korea they will play the Korean Anthem and then the US anthem and then the movie. We are instructed/ordered/ordered to render proper customs for both.
We do it before every sports game in America. 50 years ago this was the exact response we gave to people when they didn’t stand for the anthem. It’s still a controversial thing when people kneel for it.
Nationalism at work.
It was initially played in 1960s to encourage patriotism especially because there was a looming threat of war. It was then made mandatory somewhere in 2016 by the Supreme Court and then in around 2018 that decision was reversed to making it optional. However the theaters still play the anthem till date. I agree there’s no need to play it but on the flip side every Indian has the anthem by heart because of this 😉
How else do you show you are patriotic? 😂
I’ve always thought the same before school. Some weird Nazi shit. Ok kids before we learn SWEAR YOUR ALLEGIANCE! SWEAR TO ME!!!
Some countries are weird and don't realise it. I wonder in the states do they actually pledge allegiance to the flag in school - weirdos
This used to happen in many countries, including the UK.
It is weird to play it now.
The same reason why we need the United Stares Air Force to do a flyover for a 1pm Cleveland Browns game. People are childish idiots.
Same reason you play it before a sporting event.
Blasting it all the time helps keeps the fire of Hindu nationalism burning.
Even at sporting events. Why ?
Why do you need to play it 90% of the time it's played.
A throw back to the days of 'Empire'. Every public performance ended with National Anthem, Most sporting events began with Anthem. TV/Radio stations used end the days transmission with National Anthem. USA need to listen to the anthem and pledge allegiance to the USofA. Nothing a queer as folk!
The movie is called Dhurandhar - it's part of a wave of nationalist propaganda movies. Nationalism is rising substantially in India, fueled by anger at their greatest enemy and neighbor, Pakistan. As part of this nationalism they've also started going on a witch hunt to find unpatriotic civilians and humiliate them at the very least - primarily targeting Indian Muslims, accusing them of being pro-Pakistani if they don't do x, y or z.
They used to play God, save the queen at every movie theater in Northern Ireland and everyone would stand up, and if you didn’t well, you would take your life into your own hands, so to speak because they would automatically classify you as a “IRA member”
They do the same in Thailand (but as a tribute to the king) first time I went my dad grabbed me up cause I had no idea what was happening
Now he's just going to watch a pirated version at home
Doubt he would want to watch it after that shit show 🤣
And stand for the anthem
Well, he already paid for a ticket
Why are they playing the national anthem at a movie screening? That shit is weird as fuck
Totally thought it was going to end up with someone bringing his wheel chair over or something.
I was surprised this isn't a skit.
When people have nothing to contribute to the society and yet want to feel a sense of undeserved pride, they use things like national anthems to make them feel like they actually matter. The people in the video who heckled the poor guy must have gone home feeling like they have accomplished something for their country.
Oh someon read Arthur Schopenhauers Essay on national Pride, nice.
"The cheapest sort of pride is national pride; for if a man is proud of his own nation, it argues that he has no qualities of his own of which he can be proud; otherwise he would not have recourse to those which he shares with so many millions of his fellowmen. The man who is endowed with important personal qualities will be only too ready to see clearly in what respects his own nation falls short, since their failings will be constantly before his eyes. But every miserable fool who has nothing at all of which he can be proud adopts, as a last resource, pride in the nation to which he belongs; he is ready and glad to defend all its faults and follies tooth and nail, thus reimbursing himself for his own inferiority."
Personally, I don't think it's any more strange than playing the national anthem when the Milwaukee Brewers play the Chicago Cubs on a random July Wednesday.
Which, to be fair, is far more strange than most people give it credit for.
Been here forever in Thailand but it's actually the Royal Anthem. It wasn't until the last five years that it's more socially acceptable to not stand.
Authoritarianism
Thailand does something very similar
They have been doing this cringe shit since the early 2000s..
While we’re at it, why do some countries play the national anthem at non national team sporting events? That shit is weird as fuck.
When I was a kid in the 60's they played the anthem before the first movie of the day. Just an indoctrinated mindset that's time has passed by. Clearly we still do it before sporting events in North America, especially in baseball during world war 2. It's only weird when it's something you're not used to.
Nobody follows traffic but everybody goes up in arms on not standing up. Indian priorities are truly fucked up
How can he sit?!
Major throwback
Don’t forget the casual rape and murder of women.
A rise in ultranationalism can only mean one thing, invasion(s).
For India it can get weird because they have different ethnicities so nationalism can take a really wrong turn. Look at all the videos of people being forced to speak marathi.
Yeah, in America whenever there is a rise in nationalism (like this present moment), there's a rise in violence and persecution against minorities.
These guys have whole ethnic state administrative units.
Nationalism is a fucking cancer.
That's a loss of communication.
Forced patriotism. Sounds familiar.
Happened to me at a restaurant in Knoxville Tennessee, there was a game or something and they played the national anthem, the manger and the waitress came to me asking why I didn’t standup I left without finishing the food or paying. My friend who lives there said it’s not about the national anthem and more about you being brown.
Is this India? I think they have bigger things to worry about than standing for ones anthem.
I'm pretty sure anyone with a working brain doesn't need an opinion to what is right and what is not in this situation.
There's a reason why that specific country is well known for a lot of bad things, most of these people are uneducated
So you not remember the backlash from kneeling during anthem. It’s not just an india thing. Christ i remember getting bullied for not reciting the pledge of allegiance every morning
they're brainwashed from childhood
Weird shit
Anyone else getting that sinking feeling (again) that we're all doomed?
Humanity and civility are no more. There's a nastiness and bitterness in the world. Live and let live isn't a thing anymore.
I'm scared.
India's PM Modi has been the worst absolute scum in bringing forth nationalism and racism and has openly promoted islamaphobic behavior.
It has been scary for the average muslim living india. Kids killed because they might have eaten beef. Unbelievable
You’re more likely to see the bad go around on the internet than the good now in this day and age. Don’t let it get to you too much.
We need dark woke.
Nationalists and xenophobes need to feel shame or ostracized into acting normal.
Tell which point in the history of the world, it was better then today?
WW2?
Or when lifespan averaged 44 max?
Or Spanish influenza? Black plague?
When people routinely died of diseases that no longer exist today?
When vastly larger % of the world lived in extreme poverty? Famine?
Turn off social media and almost none of this "doomed" narrative will exist in your mind.
Is your neighborhood doomed?
Get off Reddit and go without a phone for a week. You’ll realize the world isn’t as bad as the internet would like you to think.
Standing for the national anthem in cinemas, schools etc is so fucking weird.
Poor dude. This is dumb as hell.
HOW CAN HE SIT?!?!
Hindutva movement is awful, and it’s crazy that not more people know how bad it is. They take inspiration from actual fascists and if they could get away with it they’d get rid of every Muslim in India. The current ruling party follows this ideology.
maybe if they wanna make the country better they should copy the good states like Kerala, instead of encouraging violence.
I once got scolded because I didn’t say the pledge of allegiance in homeroom (US high school). We are no better than this
Is there anything at all redeeming about India other than the food?
they don't have consistent mass-shootings in universities at least.
True, but this is more than offset by the rapes I fear
You mean like Brock Allen Turner, the rapist
Doesn’t really negate the fact that india is a terrible place. nice deflection though
The average Indian is actually quite nice.
The nature is awesome, and conservation efforts are quite successful. You have some of the coldest, hottest, dryest and wettest places in India. As well as the Himalaya.
It’s extremely culturally diverse. Which I think is cool.
So performative patriotism isn’t just an American problem.
If they're playing the national anthem before a movie your nation has gone way too far down the rabbit hole of nationalism and violence in your future is probably unavoidable.
He could be a Jehovah's Witness who cannot stand for it due to religious beliefs, or a foreign national who feels uncomfortable doing so! Wat happened to freedom? Which country did this happen in? 1930's Germany?
This is very clearly in India brotha.
They're a small minority but they do exist in India.
The simplest explanation is that this person is a conscientious objector.
Well this is idiotic
It infected sporting events and now movies?
I thought for sure this wad gonna be some small town in Texas
I'll stand and clap for Nicole Kidman, but I'll be damned if someone tries to shame me for choosing to sit during the national anthem at the movies.
patriotism->nationalism->fascism= stages of brain damage
Did he get a refund?
Jingoism on an American scale(I'm American)
Damn, this north korea dictatorship is crazy, huh?
Imagine you wake up one day, and the most annoying thing in your life is someone not standing up to your national anthem.
God that must be beautiful
If I'm deaf, do I still have to stand for something I can't hear?
My ex-boyfriend was leaving a tailgate in America when a big pickup truck sped through and ran him over. The driver insisted it was his fault for 'trying to be a pedestrian and not American'
We can highlight specific clear incidents of uneducated masses attempting, committing violence but at some point you have to ask yourself, why is this ideology global? Why are some posting in this thread 'that it's only in a specific country'?
Do they really think this doesn’t happen in the other countries such as the U.S.? Or are they just trying to trick you to make you forget the real problems: giant corporations, broken schools, and unfair wealth gaps. Instead, they tell you to blame powerless strangers, people you don’t even know.
John B Calhoun called it "behavioral sink," in his Rat Utopia experiments during the 1960s and 1970s.
The US is an incredibly nationalistic country too. Of course there are people like that everywhere, but some countries encourage it, like the US and India.
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We should just have a people anthem.
We do, it's LoveGame by Lady Gaga
Colin Kaps cousin I think.
What's so special about a movie screening?
Huh what country?
India
Cultists.
The only playable character in the room filled with npc’s …fthisl
As a introvert this is hell
If only these fools were this patriotic in calling out politicians.
This reminds me of how much trouble I got in, in 3rd or 4th grade, for refusing to participate in the pledge of allegiance.
Thought that shit was weird even back then. Unfortunately I didn't know it was a right to refuse
Oh my god dude, so many shit to worry about and one chooses to give a fuck about what others are doing with their lives... Some people are exhausting.
Nationalism is the greatest enemy of peace
They're like Americans
This is what real brainwashing looks like.
Only fascist states act like this.
This is bullshit
Fragile patriotism strikes again
Good
These guys will be first one to bitch how the left is communist and then they pull the most communist shit ever. Virtue signaling is more important to them than actually fixing the country.
At a Casino once in Las Vegas,NV, The National Anthem came on the TV's. 100's of people stood up . Now it was National Rodeo Finals so the casino was filled with cowboys. My wife and I remained seated.First time we experienced this in our lives. We were not the only ones seated. We frequent the NHL games here and stand every time.
they found the dude who escaped the matrix... gotta keep a low profile my guy - don't let them know
And I thought Americans are weird about their national anthem.
HOW CAN HE NOT STAND!!!
Oh hey is that the fire alarm pull station right there?