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ben asked in Politics & GovernmentPolitics · 2 years ago

People who oppose not standing for the national anthem: Do you know the full lyrics to the Star Spangled Banner?

I stand for the anthem, but after I read the full lyrics I can understand why some don’t.

One part goes:

“No Refuge could save the hireling and slave,

From the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave.”

People who oppose not standing for the anthem, did you know this?

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  • 2 years ago

    What is your point? Slavery existed at the time, and many people of every social station died.

  • Anonymous
    2 years ago

    Nobody cares about the lyrics. That's not what it's about. The Declaration of Independence calls the Indians "savages." That doesn't seem to trouble people.

  • Anonymous
    2 years ago

    Oh, say can you see by the dawn's early light

    What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming?

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  • Anonymous
    2 years ago

    As far as I'm aware...we have no slaves in America today

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  • 2 years ago

    Even without those lyrics you still hate the National Anthem.

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