At first, “tired and used up” seemed appropriate terms for those words we toss around on every national holiday…
But after a little more thought, I realized the REAL problem I have with the old words.
If you are at all familiar with my writings, you know that I LOATHE “The Star-Spangled Banner”…
And, like Old Glory herself, the words to our national anthem have been weaponized by the right-wing crazies.
“Freedom” applies to anything the hell I feel like doing, no matter how loathsome, selfish or evil… But not to anything YOU do that I’ve decided I don’t like.
“Bravery” refers to my propensity to mercilessly bully and threaten those less fortunate or even just different from me.
It’s all very tribal…primitive and un-evolved.
And, I don’t know…
I just don’t think that is the crap the founders meant to encourage when they visualized the “Great Experiment.”
Just sayin’
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