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hoi4kaiserreichfanbo t1_ixszwjs wrote

Reply to comment by bmoreboy410 in It’s always nice to see Baltimore recognized on the world stage - Go USA ⚽️ by chrisbeall

Besides being awful to sing it’s a fine national anthem, why don’t you like it?

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thatgeekinit t1_ixt897o wrote

Possible criticism: The song is pretty martial for an anthem sung at international sporting events. Though it is pretty similar to the Polish and Ukrainian anthems in that way. A lot of anthems are based on 19th century nationalistic poems with similar themes.

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bmoreboy410 t1_ixt978u wrote

It has racist lyrics threatening slaves so I can’t support it.

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logaboga t1_ixta7mu wrote

It doesn’t at all?

Oh, say, can you see By the dawn's early light What so proudly we hail'd At the twilight's last gleaming? Whose broad stripes and bright stars Through the perilous fight O'er the ramparts we watch'd Were so gallantly streaming? And the rocket's red glare The bombs bursting in air Gave proof through the night That our flag was still there O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave O'er the land of the free And the home of the brave?

Where are the lines threatening slaves?

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bmoreboy410 t1_ixtc49c wrote

That is just the first of four verses.

From the third verse:

No refuge could save the hireling and slave From the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave

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logaboga t1_ixvipjd wrote

Maybe that’s why it’s not included lol, no rendition of that song includes the full verses

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judeiscariot t1_ixugfni wrote

It pays to read up to see that the whole thing is much longer and reaaaaally fucking awful.

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wbruce098 t1_ixvcekj wrote

Maybe there’s a reason we don’t sing those verses anymore. We also don’t count slaves as 3/5 of a person for the census anymore. Made mistakes, fixed some of them. I guess that’s progress.

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