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Canadian fans boo US anthem as tariffs spur 'buy local' pledge (www.bbc.com)

submitted 6 months ago by Lemmynated@lemmy.zip to c/world@quokk.au

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A few hours after President Donald Trump announced that he would impose steep tariffs on Canada, hockey fans in the capital Ottawa booed the Star-Spangled Banner during a National Hockey League game against a visiting US team.

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[–] Viri4thus@feddit.org 23 points 6 months ago (18 children)

The real pressing question is, who the fuck plays a national anthem for anything other national teams? How deranged of a society one has to live in to think this kind of brainwashing is normal. Holy Dr House, It's collective dementia.

[–] nolefan33@sh.itjust.works 45 points 6 months ago (17 children)

It's just what they do in the NHL. Any time a US and Canadian team play each other, they play both anthems. You know, out of the mutual respect we felt for each other until about two days ago.

[–] frank@sopuli.xyz 5 points 6 months ago

Yeah, lots of teams are mixed nationality too

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