Does The National Anthem Upset You?

[gatomontes99]

 

Are there any people that are really and truly upset about this?

[herbie]

Ignore all the corruption and gross display of commercialism flogged in your very faces as patriotism and pretend it was the anthem....

[Deluge]

16 hours ago, herbie said:

Ignore all the corruption and gross display of commercialism flogged in your very faces as patriotism and pretend it was the anthem....

There's a lot of shit going on this country that I don't like, but that's no reason to hate the national anthem. Unless, of course, you hate America and you wish to burn it to the ground - is that where you are comrade? 

[herbie]

My sister was just here visiting and I told her how when I moved back home to return to college I found their 1969-1970 eras piano book and noticed she and a younger sister had re-written the lyrics to the Star Spangled Banner Let's just say the bombes weren't bursting in air and not mention the rest.

She laughed at that and said not much has changed in 50 years.

[gatomontes99]

4 hours ago, herbie said:

My sister was just here visiting and I told her how when I moved back home to return to college I found their 1969-1970 eras piano book and noticed she and a younger sister had re-written the lyrics to the Star Spangled Banner Let's just say the bombes weren't bursting in air and not mention the rest.

She laughed at that and said not much has changed in 50 years.

So you were taught to be hate filled? 

[herbie]

Not at all. Bu on the other hand, you were taught to be so blind that a national anthem that surviving a war and worshipping your flag like some holy icon is what patriotism is.
Like that Youtube from Europe pointed out, completely unaware you've been brainwashed since birth.
Just like how a commercial event on the lawn of your govt that personally enriches your leader and excuses his family from outright fraud is a 'nothingburger' in your mind. How your leader can flog Bibles, pictures, gold coins, build monuments to himself and his  holdings 'in trust' are controlled by his relatives is not blatant corruption when your opinion would be different for anyone else at all.

Brainwashed 'cut of personalities' worshippers no less than Stalin, Mao, Franco, Mussolini and Hitler did their best to inspire. Convinced anyone who disagrees with the politics of a govt hates every citizen of that country, not the govt policy.

[gatomontes99]

1 hour ago, herbie said:

Not at all. Bu on the other hand, you were taught to be so blind that a national anthem that surviving a war and worshipping your flag like some holy icon is what patriotism is.

What are you trying to say?

Look, a piece of fabric, by itself, is meaningless. But the fabric that makes up Ole Glory is representative of people and ideals that make this country great. Sure, we can look up the meanings of 13 red and white bars and the field of blue with white stars. But it goes so far beyond that. That flag represents American Exceptionalism in both concepts.

When John Winthrop gave his City On a Hill speech he coined the phrase to describe a nation that was unique in design. Never before had a nation declared that the people have rights beyond government control and that it is the government's job to defend them. That concept, coupled with Republicanism and liberty created an exception to all governments, in the Americas, that stood above them all.

It was those principles that lead to Ronald Reagan's rebranding of the term to describe the accomplishments of the American people. We had come from a fledgling country to a super power in under two centuries. We were the world's economic leader and moral compass. Our people had the greatest innovations. We visited the moon, defeated the Nazis, stared down the USSR and triumphed over our own short comings.

Through it all, the flag stood as a reminder of where we came from, what this country was founded to be and what we could still do. We were not perfect, but we marched in that direction every day. 

It is not the flag that we worship. Worship belongs to God. But we do covet the meaning, the history and the promise that the flag represents. We do not apologize for our pursuit of life, liberty and happiness or our zeal for those goals. 

Your disdain, hatred and bigotry is your flaw, not ours. 

1 hour ago, herbie said:

Like that Youtube from Europe pointed out, completely unaware you've been brainwashed since birth.

I have no idea who you are talking about but I suspect he was giving a confession rather than an indictment.

1 hour ago, herbie said:

Just like how a commercial event on the lawn of your govt that personally enriches your leader and excuses his family from outright fraud is a 'nothingburger' in your mind. How your leader can flog Bibles, pictures, gold coins, build monuments to himself and his  holdings 'in trust' are controlled by his relatives is not blatant corruption when your opinion would be different for anyone else at all.

*Sigh* I mean, the last guy was funneling money through dummy corps to his family in exchange for political favors, so selling embroidered Bibles and collectors coins seems like a big improvement to me. 

 

1 hour ago, herbie said:

Brainwashed 'cut of personalities' worshippers no less than Stalin, Mao, Franco, Mussolini and Hitler did their best to inspire. Convinced anyone who disagrees with the politics of a govt hates every citizen of that country, not the govt policy.

Ok, I may have had a couple of whiskeys, but that word salad is nothing but emotional drivel. Can some translate liberaleese? 

I think he meant cult of personalities, but was he trying to say Hitler and Stalin were brainwashed? 

[Nationalist]

7 hours ago, herbie said:

My sister was just here visiting and I told her how when I moved back home to return to college I found their 1969-1970 eras piano book and noticed she and a younger sister had re-written the lyrics to the Star Spangled Banner Let's just say the bombes weren't bursting in air and not mention the rest.

She laughed at that and said not much has changed in 50 years.

So you own mom hated america?

Huh...

[Nationalist]

2 hours ago, herbie said:

Not at all. Bu on the other hand, you were taught to be so blind that a national anthem that surviving a war and worshipping your flag like some holy icon is what patriotism is.
Like that Youtube from Europe pointed out, completely unaware you've been brainwashed since birth.
Just like how a commercial event on the lawn of your govt that personally enriches your leader and excuses his family from outright fraud is a 'nothingburger' in your mind. How your leader can flog Bibles, pictures, gold coins, build monuments to himself and his  holdings 'in trust' are controlled by his relatives is not blatant corruption when your opinion would be different for anyone else at all.

Brainwashed 'cut of personalities' worshippers no less than Stalin, Mao, Franco, Mussolini and Hitler did their best to inspire. Convinced anyone who disagrees with the politics of a govt hates every citizen of that country, not the govt policy.

What policy do you disagree with?

[WestCanMan]

Leftits: "Can I say that the anthem is just racist, sexist, colonial propaganda, or are we still pretending to be patriotic?" 😬

[herbie]

Or can you just say that every time you fools attempt to deny my statements, you prove them more and more?

[Deluge]

15 hours ago, herbie said:

Not at all. Bu on the other hand, you were taught to be so blind that a national anthem that surviving a war and worshipping your flag like some holy icon is what patriotism is.
Like that Youtube from Europe pointed out, completely unaware you've been brainwashed since birth.
Just like how a commercial event on the lawn of your govt that personally enriches your leader and excuses his family from outright fraud is a 'nothingburger' in your mind. How your leader can flog Bibles, pictures, gold coins, build monuments to himself and his  holdings 'in trust' are controlled by his relatives is not blatant corruption when your opinion would be different for anyone else at all.

Brainwashed 'cut of personalities' worshippers no less than Stalin, Mao, Franco, Mussolini and Hitler did their best to inspire. Convinced anyone who disagrees with the politics of a govt hates every citizen of that country, not the govt policy.

Hey, as long as the guy secures the border and keeps LGBT in check, I'm fine with stuff like the UFC thing. Would I like to see more from Trump? Yes, but I'll take what I can get. It sure beats the shit out of anything Harris would've brought to the table. 

The problem is your short-term memory. You'll cry like a b*tch over a UFC event, but where were you when Biden was queering Washington DC? 

You're a f*cking hypocrite - all of you leftoids are - and nobody respects anything you have to say.