National Anthem is racist

[Jermyn Davidson]

Personally, I see nothing wrong with our National Anthem just as it is.

[Aquila]

Originally Posted by Esaias

1
My country, 'tis of thee,
Sweet land of liberty,
Of thee I sing;
Land where my fathers died,
Land of the pilgrims' pride,
From ev'ry mountainside
Let freedom ring!
2
My native country, thee,
Land of the noble free,
Thy name I love;
I love thy rocks and rills,
Thy woods and templed hills;
My heart with rapture thrills,
Like that above.
3
Let music swell the breeze,
And ring from all the trees
Sweet freedom's song;
Let mortal tongues awake;
Let all that breathe partake;
Let rocks their silence break,
The sound prolong.
4
Our fathers' God to Thee,
Author of liberty,
To Thee we sing.
Long may our land be bright,
With freedom's holy light,
Protect us by Thy might,
Great God our King.

Yes! I like that one too!

In my opinion, both are better songs than the Star Spangled Banner.

[Aquila]

Originally Posted by Jermyn Davidson

Personally, I see nothing wrong with our National Anthem just as it is.

Eh. It isn't the worst thing in the world. But it does appear to glorify war and violence more than God, the brotherhood of all Americans, and love of the land and beauty of our great nation.

In a very real sense, we're very much a warrior culture that has no sense of brotherhood, and no respect for nature or nature's God.

[Esaias]

Originally Posted by Aquila

Eh. It isn't the worst thing in the world.
In a very real sense, we're very much a warrior culture that has no sense of brotherhood, and no respect for nature or nature's God.

That's a foreign influence brought in to pervert and corrupt.

[Esaias]

BTW, here's the Irish National Anthem, in English (trigger warnings galore for the PC crowd):



[Verse 1]
We'll sing a song, a soldier's song,
With cheering rousing chorus,
As round our blazing fires we throng,
The starry heavens o'er us;
Impatient for the coming fight,
And as we wait the morning's light,
Here in the silence of the night,
We'll chant a soldier's song.

[Chorus]
Soldiers are we
Whose lives are pledged to Ireland;
Some have come
From a land beyond the wave.
Sworn to be free,
No more our ancient sireland
Shall shelter the despot or the slave.
Tonight we man the "Bearna Baoil"
In Erin's cause, come woe or weal
'Mid cannons roar and rifles peal,
We'll chant a soldier's song.

[Verse 2]
In valley green, on towering crag,
Our fathers fought before us,
And conquered 'neath the same old flag
That's proudly floating o'er us.
We're children of a fighting race,
That never yet has known disgrace,
And as we march, the foe to face,
We'll chant a soldier's song.

[Chorus]

[Verse 3]
Sons of the Gael, men of the Pale,
Our long watched day is breaking!
The serried ranks of Inisfáil,
Shall set the tyrant quaking!
Our campfires now are burning low,
See in the East a silv'ry glow,
Out yonder waits the Saxon foe,
So chant a Soldier's Song!

[Aquila]

Originally Posted by Esaias

That's a foreign influence brought in to pervert and corrupt.

The anthem?