{"id":3949,"date":"2024-08-12T20:19:14","date_gmt":"2024-08-12T20:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=3949"},"modified":"2024-08-12T20:19:14","modified_gmt":"2024-08-12T20:19:14","slug":"social-media-had-all-sorts-of-things-to-say-after-controversial-images-surfaced-showing-the-difference-between-usa-serbia-basketball-players-during-their-respective-national-anthems-pics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=3949","title":{"rendered":"Social Media Had All Sorts Of Things To Say After Controversial Images Surfaced Showing The Difference Between USA &#038; Serbia Basketball Players During Their Respective National Anthems (PICS)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Photos pointing out the difference in the way Team USA and Serbia players stood for their respective national anthems before their Olympic semi-final clash last week are trending online, prompting some criticism for the players who represented America at the games.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-sm-content-width\" data-content-name=\"mai-video-player\" data-track-content=\"\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div id=\"pw-med-background\">\n<p>The first image shows the Serbian team expressing unity and patriotism as they hold each other close to sing their anthem. In contrast, the other shows the Americans with their heads down and hands in their pockets, seemingly uninterested, while \u201cThe Star-Spangled Banner\u201d plays.<\/p>\n<p>To be fair, this is hardly unlike what we see before\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/nba\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBA<\/a>\u00a0games, but seeing it on the Olympic stage left many people angry, and they had a lot to say about the differences\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GlobalDiss\/status\/1821954562233663928\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">in the photos<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The Serbian and American basketball teams during their national anthems at the Paris Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>Notice the difference? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Olympics?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Olympics<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Paris2024?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Paris2024<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wtqHDftodt\">pic.twitter.com\/wtqHDftodt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Global Dissident (@GlobalDiss) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GlobalDiss\/status\/1821954562233663928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 9, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cHands in your pants during the national anthem??? This is like insulting your own mother,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0one said.<\/p>\n<section class=\"wp-block-group check-this-out has-xs-padding-top has-sm-padding-bottom\" data-content-name=\"Check This Out\" data-track-content=\"\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-8 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex has-xl-margin-bottom\">\n<p><em>\u201cThey should be banned for playing in the national team,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0another suggested.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group mai-link-exclude has-alt-background-color has-background has-light-background has-xs-padding-top has-xs-padding-bottom has-sm-padding-left has-sm-padding-right has-xl-margin-top has-xl-margin-bottom\" data-content-name=\"Google News Follow Us\" data-track-content=\"\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p><em>\u201cHow can they disrespect their own country so much?!<\/em>\u201d another asked.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI have always wondered how do true Americans feel when they see such disrespectful behavior,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0said a fourth.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWell, everyone from the Serbian team has actually been born in Serbia and probably many generations before them in their families. Serbians are known for loving Serbia,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0someone commented.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cYa the US has a bunch of overpaid prima donnas who care more about themselves than representing their country. It showed in the way they played also,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0a user claimed.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cMany European countries require mandatory military service\u2026 which breeds a strong sense of patriotism. In contrast, Americans have been taught that their country is racist and evil\u2026 and that money matters more than anything else in their lives,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0a comment read.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-team-usa-basketball-showed-their-american-pride-after-beating-serbia\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Team USA Basketball Showed Their American Pride After Beating Serbia<\/h2>\n<p>Team USA wasn\u2019t exactly disrespectful, as none of the players knelt or turned away like they have during times of protest. One could argue that they might not feel inclined to stand rigidly because the anthem is played before every game in the NBA.<\/p>\n<p>In any case, they showed their pride in celebrating their victory over Serbia after fashioning a second-half comeback that sealed passage to the final, where they beat France to win gold.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photos pointing out the difference in the way Team USA and Serbia players stood for their respective national anthems before their Olympic semi-final clash last week are trending online, prompting &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3950,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3949"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3949\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3951,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3949\/revisions\/3951"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}