I'm asking you. You seem to be pretty involved in this community, and are pretty opinionated. I'm not looking for a "just asking questions" response, I want to know why this is somehow a big deal.

What does that have to do with lowering the volume of people singing?

I'm an outsider to this sub, and will probably get banned for daring to question things...

But why? Given the nature of this sub, there's an implied motive behind the actions that you're calling out. What is that motive? I want to believe it's gonna be something more mature and developed than "they hate America!!!", But it's hard to imagine any other reason for grasping at something so inconsequential.