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LeftInTX

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12. I probably wouldn't bring it up.

Reply to Dear_Prudence (Reply #6)

Wed May 1, 2024, 05:01 PM

May 2024

Your group may have a bit of right slant, but the cause you are involved in is non-partisan.
I'm in a pro-public ed group which is like that.
It's full of GOP but we are there for public ed. The focus is on state elections and the issue is on public ed, not everything else.

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Is the song God Bless the USA partisan? [View all] Dear_Prudence May 2024 OP

Yes, in my opinion SpankMe May 2024 #1

hell yes it is gay texan May 2024 #2

I hate that song. piddyprints May 2024 #3

Greenwood may be proud but the Tubes were proud first. LunaSea May 2024 #4

They're likely unaware it's seen as divisive and partisan by Dems/Godless Librulz. maxsolomon May 2024 #5

You are probably right Dear_Prudence May 2024 #6

Every line is contestable: maxsolomon May 2024 #7

Right you are. Dear_Prudence May 2024 #15

I probably wouldn't bring it up. LeftInTX May 2024 #12

I stand for the National Anthem. The MAGAts doc03 May 2024 #8

Ugh. Of course. Vomit inducing song. NewHendoLib May 2024 #9

I don't think it's partisan as much as it is overplayed to the point of being stupid and obnoxious. Gore1FL May 2024 #10

Christian nationalism.... TheRealNorth May 2024 #11

It is the song's only message. Chainfire May 2024 #16

I'm guessing it's one of the made up ones. Iggo May 2024 #19

I hate that song...it sucks BigmanPigman May 2024 #13

Glee Club Dear_Prudence May 2024 #33

Well it is Lee Greenwood's song and right now Trump is selling his bibles. Fla Dem May 2024 #14

Hate that song so much angrychair May 2024 #17

I prefer Imagine for that reason Dear_Prudence May 2024 #22

Partisan? I dunno. Jingoistic tripe, maybe. Iggo May 2024 #18

Outrageous! Dear_Prudence May 2024 #21

It's definitely partisan. TSExile May 2024 #20

Good observation. One trick pony. nt Dear_Prudence May 2024 #23

I never heard it until desert storm. But apparently, it was #6 on country charts in 1984 when it was released. LeftInTX May 2024 #27

Don't know but it is an abomination edisdead May 2024 #24

Who do you think started this whole "Greatest country in the world" nonsense? A HERETIC I AM May 2024 #28

I'm an Atheist pfitz59 May 2024 #25

Yes. Plus it sucks as a song. Patterson May 2024 #26

Patriotism is the passion of fools and the most foolish of passions. Schopenhauer Ping Tung May 2024 #29

Since Reagan, perhaps Nixon, Republicans have tried and no_hypocrisy May 2024 #30

Antidote Dear_Prudence May 2024 #32

Don't know if it was written to be, but it has certainly been appropriated. wyldwolf May 2024 #31