Boos rain down at the Bell Centre during The Star-Spangled Banner

Good. It's about time people stopped treating the US flag with respect in western countries.

And in the US. The flag doesn't deserve any respect as it's a sign of oppression and Nazis. If I see anyone with a flag that's not accompanied by a pride flag or something else liberal, I assume they are racist nationalists because that's all it represents now.
- I completely understand the feeling. After the 2022 "freedom convoys" the maple leaf became associated with similar kinds of people. Canada Day 2022 was not a day filled with patriotism. It slowly made its way back to normal over the next 2 years, but up until the last few months someone with a flag flying from their car window still gave off a particular negative vibe. Now it's back and bigger than ever.
- The US flag has always been an icon of bad things, stupidity and ignorance.
If we stop being shitty, the boos will stop. It's not too hard to understand. I never thought we'd be this bad.
It hasn't been treated with respect for a while. First, the type of people to loudly fly it are usually doing so with performative patriotism. Or they'll ignore the US Flag Code by wearing it as clothing, using it in advertisements and bedding, draped over vehicles, etc. They often fly it alongside the flag of Trump (who's actively destroying our country with an unelected fascist), the flag of the traitors to our country (secessionist racists), the flag of supporting the successors to slave-catchers (police bullies with qualified immunity abusing the law), or even the flag of our literal enemies in the last World War (the Nazi swastika).
What is a country beside land and words written on old paper long ago? It's the people. Personally, I think we have a pretty great flag, but if you're actively hurting people in the country and glad about it, you're disrespecting this country more than anything you could do to its flag...
- Very rarely does anyone use the flag as clothing. Portraying it on clothing is allowed.
Lol wut. Respect isnt the word to describe how people have responded to US symbols, since at least 40 years
- It is respectful not to boo when the US flag is shown. Western countries have been quite respectful in that regard. Countries bombed by the US or otherwise afflicted by US decisions however...

Good for y'all. A bunch of absolute dickheads were booing the Canadian anthem at a hockey game down here recently. Sorry you guys are forced to be our neighbors

Kinda lame to boo someone you're bullying. Loser behavior if you ask me.
- Well, it's America. Kicking someone we're bullying is our national past time
- We've always known this. Look at all the houses with the flags in front. Look at the military parading everywhere and the jets flying overhead during sporting events. The country is the epitome of "little dick energy".
  A weak person punches down and yet this is what America is doing.
- They are unburdened with self reflection. At least it proves we're bothering them with it.
That was probably in response to us booing your anthem, we've been (rightfully) doing it at every hockey game I've seen since Trump's first tarrif announcement. Fuck America.
I'm sorry to all of you down there who didn't vote for this shit. I hope you guys can make it through this, and try to fix things afterwards
- Thanks. I'm hoping we can, but also I'm hoping I can get tf out of here
  I'd say I want to go to Canada, but somehow yalls real estate market is worse than ours

We managed to piss off some of the most infamously nice people on the planet for no reason whatsoever.

most infamously nice people on the planet
Do the First Nations know this?
- Yeah, you got me there.
- Yea, I’m sick of this white washed narrative.
  White Canadians can be just as xenophobic and racist as Americans.
- Yeah, the US is dead. I don't see a path forward from here for the US as an intact nation. Overall, that's probably a good thing. I'm hopeful that the different US regions can just all peacefully agree to part on friendly terms. The only real strain point I see is California being like "so, we get to keep all the water in the Colorado river basin, right? Right?" But I really think we can work that out without bullets.
Ever read up on Canada’s forces in WW1? They can be brutal when they need to be. 😄
- Isn't a lot of the Geneva Convention a reaction to Canada's WW1 conduct?
- When the "Sorry!" ends, the war crimes begin.
- Oh, I believe it. I'm just still amazed that we decided to piss off the people that are internationally famous for being polite for literally no sane reason at all.
Well sure except when it comes to hockey.

We're pretty popular. It's awesome that we're great again.

I'm tired of this shit.

The American anthem was booed at the OHL game I was at last weekend. I'm not sure why it's played in the first place, my understanding is that we only play the American anthem when we play an American team in the NHL. The OHL is Ontario only. Maybe someone with some more knowledge can explain that part to me.

Flint Firebirds, Saginaw Spirit, and the Erie Otters are American teams that play in the OHL.
- Ah, it was a Guelph vs Saginaw game. That makes sense thanks! I didn't realize there was a few American teams.
US* anthem
Is that senior, whale-shit, hockey?
- The OHL is farm teams for the NHL. Three of the players in the game had been drafted already.

I normally find this kind of thing petty, but there's nothing normal about this mess... go Canada! Yay to the boo!

Yeah, but Canadian beer sucks!
Edit: it's a reference from a movie called "Canadian Bacon"
- Objectively false. Canadian beer, especially from BC, is some of the best on the planet.
- I hate all beer, bleh.

Rick Hillier was also trying to encourage Canadians not to boo their closest neighbour’s anthem.

Rick Hillier can fuck himself with a rusty pipe.

I'm in the US, and this is the first thing my coworker said to me this morning lol. "Did you hear what happened this weekend?" I was like, good for them.

Growing number of us Americans say to keep the Boos coming.

We need more and more of it. We need every one of these clueless dipshits who didn't vote. I have no hope for the magats. They are a lost cause.
This^
Boo us!
I want united, seething hatred of us to permeate every bubble Americans are hiding themselves in.

Oh shit, did Canada finally remember the US are the bad guys again!?

Eh. We get it. Stop blaming Binningtom for the loss though.

Binnington didn't lose them the game, but he didn't win them it either.
That being said, you can't expect to win only scoring once. They needed to get in front of the net for deflections or picking up a rebound. Instead, they kept trying to force passes through 3 or 4 players, turn over the puck, and get zero offensive zone time. It was so frustrating to watch.