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meanwhile American genocide day is a celebration holiday
For some. For others it’s Indigenous People Day.
I saw this on my calendar, pretty cool that it has some recognition
Awesome anthem.
Well, I hope it sounds better in original, because the translation sounds like it was written by a salty 12 years old edgelord. Pure cringe.
Of course you say that, not being at the time of one of the First Revolutions against the Spanish Empire.
I mean, I get why you wouldn't necessarily want to constantly remind people of past wars. It's a matter of pragmatism really. The guys you murdered yesterday may help you to murder someone else tomorrow. Or maybe we eventually stop doing so entirely, not constantly reminding people of past enemies might help either way.
I think the Anthem of Europe ('Ode to Joy') is really what a hymn should be. It's not about the past at all, it's about the future and ideals. The German Anthem is kind of nice too (even the part the Nazis generously reinterpreted in their favour, thus banned/omitted today). It's also about things to strive for, not triumph or wars. Would be really weird to sign about getting murdered by the French, liberating from the French, murdering the French, or murdering the French again, when I never even had a fistfight with a Frenchmen.
That's not to say I don't care about the past, but particularly the relationship between France and Germany goes to show what happens when you don't leave things in the past, and what is possible when you do.
Deutschland Deutschland über alles, über alles in der Welt
May he sedition hush,
and like a torrent rush
Rebellious Scots to crush!
God save the King!
etc etc
It's Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit. The Germans abolished Deutschland Deutschland über alles after WW2.
It's two further examples of lines from national anthems that are not sung today.
(and I'm not sure from your comment if you knew, but both the Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit, and Deutschland Deutschland über alles are lines from the same song - the Deutschlandlied)
And they don't use the latter anymore. Love from Germany.
Du hast etwas falsch verstanden.
american genocide day is a celebration holiday
Bear River, Sand Creek, and Wounded Knee don't have celebratory holidays.
You probably mean either Thanksgiving or Columbus Day, right?
He means Columbus Day. Thats what he's referencing.
Where does OP reference that?
Btw, I was also thinking that Independence Day might also be a candidate, in which the Declaration of Independence explicitly states that "all men are created equal," whilst also in the very same document, declaring Native Americans as "savages."
(nevermind women and slaves, of course)
Can be inferred because that's what day it was, it's on the 12th
I'll bet that's a super catchy tune.
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