Posted on 09/13/2016 3:31:42 PM PDT by PROCON
The self-righteous hindsight of the left exposes itself again as progressive writer Lawrence Ware suggests, “Put simply, we need a new national anthem…”
In an article published by The Root on September 12, Ware urged for the rewriting of the national anthem due to the “vicious legacy of who wrote this song and what it represents.” He referenced a Counterpunch article which argues that Francis Scott Key, the author of the national anthem, was a pro-slavery, black abusing, religious nut. To ask black people to stand for the national anthem, Counterpunch argued, is comparable to asking a Jewish person to stand for a song written by a Nazi.
The Root, Counterpunch, and other lefties have made the argument that the third stanza of “The Star Spangled Banner” clearly exemplifies Key’s disdain for black slaves. The last half of the stanza reads, “Their blood has wash'd out their foul footstep's pollution. / No refuge could save the hireling and slave / From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave, / And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave / O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.” However, contrary to what progressives will argue, Key is not referring to the death of slaves in general, but the British Corps of Colonial Marines, former slaves fighting for the British. He does not celebrate their deaths simply for being slaves, but because they were fighting on the side of the British during the War of 1812, also nicknamed the “second war of independence.” Thus, their loss meant an American victory.
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Bite me!
Who comes up with this crap?
Fine Make up a new one.
Just don’t expect me to sing along.
Maybe Jay-Z and P Diddy can collaborate.
if they want to sing another anthem, let them move to another country. they have 300 to choose from... without bothering us here in USA with every new line of BS they can dream up
America the Beautiful has been suggested. It’s also a lot easier to sing.
People need to stop this cr8p. These people need to be b7tched slapped many times.
Yeah, they can move to where they like the anthem better. We’re not changing ours to the flavor of the day.
I had a work acquaintance named Elizabeth who decided with me that Doo Wah Diddy should be the national anthem. So, wherever we were, when Doo Wah Diddy played over the company intercom, we stood with our hands over our hearts.
Liberia is looking for immigrants...
I nominate “Old Folks At Home”.
The guy’s an idiot. That said I’ve never been a huge fan of our current National Anthem. Few people know the words and it is difficult to sing. That and I am a reactionary. I’d prefer we went back to our original national anthem...
The “progressive” left needs a new country...somewhere in Africa would be fine
There would be no consensus on a new anthem, so why bother?
The only one (or two): America The Beautiful or God Bless America. Of course the loony left would have a hemorrhage if either one was chosen.
What America needs more than a new national anthem, or anything else is to be rid of the Clintons, and idiots that vote for their ilk.
Think what THEY would come up with for a national anthem, and fight, fight, fight to retain what we have. Steeped in tradition, and based on our initial fight for liberty, justice, and freedom for all.
Believe it, or not to give in to THEM on this simple seemingly nonsensical issue would be handing over our history to idiots to play with as they please. It would mean we don’t care. Go ahead, and screw up the greatest nation this Earth has ever known.
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