# God Bless America is not the fucking national anthem! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 7, 2011, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-bless-america-is-not-the-fucking-national-anthem/598856 "2011-10-07T02:40:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2011, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-bless-america-is-not-the-fucking-national-anthem/598856/121 "2011-10-08T13:53:10Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > Please stand and remove your hats while the curator of the Louvre carries the Mona Lisa across the outfield. MIght as well. The line is pretty long for the copies of that Duchamp piece they have. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Onimous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@Ann\_Onimous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Onimous)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2011, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-bless-america-is-not-the-fucking-national-anthem/598856/122 "2011-10-08T14:13:15Z")
I find myself agreeing with Frank. Even though I love GBA (which I have to stop thinking stands for Game Boy Advance) the song cannot possibly ever represent our whole country. Part of what makes America great is our diversity. The Star Spangled Banner is just fine: for us altos, we just have to start in a lower key when singing solo. No prob. ---
**Author:** ![colonial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/34f0e0/32.png) [@colonial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colonial)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2011, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-bless-america-is-not-the-fucking-national-anthem/598856/123 "2011-10-08T15:09:04Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > First of all, if you’ve only been online since 2004, then, as far as I’m concerned, you’re a rank newbie. And I’m holding my nose. Seven years’ experience qulaifies one as a veteran in any field of endeavor. > [@Morgyn](#): > > Second of all, just in case you hadn’t noticed, you’re not in a chat room here. What you could get away with in a chat room will not pass unnoticed nor unremarked here. I am aware of the fact that some people who deserve to be irritated get their noses all out of joint when SDMB is referred to as a “chatroom”. Therefore I plan to continue using the term at every opportunity. > [@Morgyn](#): > > Third of all, if you think either Frank or I were ignorant of who wrote God Bless America before you “revealed” it to us, then you have too high an opinion of your store of knowledge. It’s not that have I have too high an opinion of my own store of knowledge, but that I have an accurate opinion of the paucity of yours. > [@Morgyn](#): > > Fourth of all, if you think who wrote God Bless America has fuck all to do with the point of this thread, you need to learn how to reason from Point A to Point B, because, dude, you took a left while the rest of us were driving straight ahead. Addressed earlier, but let me add that If you have been playing the chatroom game as long as you claim then you should be well aware of the fact that most threads include some off-topic interjection that reasonable people don’t get all bent out of shape over. > [@Morgyn](#): > > Fifth of all … you know what? No fifth of all. You aren’t worth it. From what I’ve seen of you, you’re not interested in contributing It should be pretty obvious that I am interested in contributing a spirited defence of a great song which makes an appropriate alternative national anthem. > [@Morgyn](#): > > only in beating your drum I am certainly interested in beating my own drum, and so are 100% of the all contributors to this and all other chatrooms. > [@Morgyn](#): > > and our heads. You got this one right! > [@Morgyn](#): > > PLONK Alas. ---
**Author:** ![colonial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/34f0e0/32.png) [@colonial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colonial)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2011, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-bless-america-is-not-the-fucking-national-anthem/598856/124 "2011-10-08T15:10:42Z")
> [@colonial](#): > > Berlin’s art is a case where the culture has displayed good taste, > yet you can think of nothing but to trash them. > [@Capitaine Zombie](#): > > Oh, an Hitler quote, why dont you? The quote is mine, and only a complete moron like you would would find fault with the suggestion that a culture may display good taste. Ever heard of ancient Greek drama and Homer, you asshole? Then there are Italian Renaissance sculpture and painting, Elisabethan and Jacobean drama, Classical symphonic music, and the list goes on and on and on. Cultural good taste gave birth to all of them and cultural good taste continues to sustain them. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2011, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-bless-america-is-not-the-fucking-national-anthem/598856/125 "2011-10-08T15:15:00Z")
[Tin Man porn.](http://www.randommemo.com/2009/06/tin-man-porn.html) ---
**Author:** ![Martin\_Hyde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/47e85d/32.png) [@Martin\_Hyde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martin_Hyde)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2011, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-bless-america-is-not-the-fucking-national-anthem/598856/126 "2011-10-08T15:30:07Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > What do the French do during the performance of your national anthem? The only thing the French hate more than their own country is every other country on earth, and the only thing they enjoy more than pissing on their own country is looking down their nose at every other country on earth. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2011, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-bless-america-is-not-the-fucking-national-anthem/598856/127 "2011-10-08T16:03:56Z")
So, they’re just like every other country on the planet? Good to know. ---
**Author:** ![Martin\_Hyde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/47e85d/32.png) [@Martin\_Hyde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martin_Hyde)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2011, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-bless-america-is-not-the-fucking-national-anthem/598856/128 "2011-10-08T17:01:08Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > So, they’re just like every other country on the planet? > > Good to know. Not at all, many countries dislike themselves more than the rest of the world. Belgium, for example. Most Americans are generally only vaguely aware of the rest of the world, which isn’t the case in some other places… ---
**Author:** ![Capitaine\_Zombie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e95f7d/32.png) [@Capitaine\_Zombie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capitaine_Zombie)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2011, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-bless-america-is-not-the-fucking-national-anthem/598856/129 "2011-10-08T17:01:52Z")
> [@Capitaine\_Zombie](#): > > Oh, an [Hitler](http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler) quote, why dont you? > [@colonial](#): > > The quote is mine I refuse to engage a conversation with someone who thinks he’s [Adolf Hitler](http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler). ---
**Author:** ![Capitaine\_Zombie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e95f7d/32.png) [@Capitaine\_Zombie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capitaine_Zombie)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2011, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-bless-america-is-not-the-fucking-national-anthem/598856/130 "2011-10-08T17:03:02Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > So, they’re just like every other country on the planet? > > Good to know. Yeah but they’ve got an annoying way of being just like every other country on the planet. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2011, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-bless-america-is-not-the-fucking-national-anthem/598856/131 "2011-10-08T17:08:26Z")
> [@Capitaine\_Zombie](#): > > Yeah but they’ve got an annoying way of being just like every other country on the planet. Oh, yeah. I hate that. ---
**Author:** ![C3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/c3/32/3108_2.png) [@C3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C3)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2011, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-bless-america-is-not-the-fucking-national-anthem/598856/132 "2011-10-08T17:20:01Z")
**Frank** , I guess you just want another 9/11. Don’t you? Bryan Fischer, at the [Values Voter Summit](http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/10/fischer_mlb_fans_singing_god_bless_america_during_7th_inning_stretch_have_prevented_another_911.php?ref=fpblg) today: > [@](#): > > “By God’s blessing, we have not been hit by a Muslim attack since 9/11,” Fischer said. “I suggest that in part, we have Major League Baseball to thank. You remember that the week after 9/11 Major League Baseball converted the seventh inning stretch from the singing of ‘Take Me Out To The Ballgame’ to the singing of ‘God Bless America.’” ---
**Author:** ![colonial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/34f0e0/32.png) [@colonial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colonial)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2011, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-bless-america-is-not-the-fucking-national-anthem/598856/133 "2011-10-08T17:26:48Z")
> [@Capitaine\_Zombie](#): > > I refuse to engage a conversation with someone who thinks he’s [Adolf Hitler](http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler). All you are really refusing to do is submit to the continuing punishment from me that your Junior High School caliber posts deserve. Goodbye weenie. And my previous reply was so effective it deserves to be repeated in full: (typo corrected by author) > [@colonial](#): > > The quote is mine, and only a complete moron like you would find fault > with the suggestion that a culture may display good taste. > > Ever heard of ancient Greek drama and Homer, you asshole? Then there are > Italian Renaissance sculpture and painting, Elisabethan and Jacobean drama, > Classical symphonic music, and the list goes on and on and on. Cultural good > taste gave birth to all of them and cultural good taste continues to sustain them. ---
**Author:** ![Capitaine\_Zombie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e95f7d/32.png) [@Capitaine\_Zombie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capitaine_Zombie)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2011, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-bless-america-is-not-the-fucking-national-anthem/598856/134 "2011-10-08T17:44:22Z")
> [@colonial](#): > > And my previous reply was so effective it deserves to be repeated in full: > > (typo corrected by author) You realize that, as well, is a direct quote from Hitler? From Mein Kampf: > [@](#): > > Hey, where’s my Greek drachma, Homer, you asshole The Fuerher wasnt that coherent towards the end, just like you, **colonial**. Just. Like. You. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2011, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-bless-america-is-not-the-fucking-national-anthem/598856/135 "2011-10-08T17:49:06Z")
> [@Autolycus](#): > > What link are _you_ clicking on?\* Mine goes to Adult Swim. > > \*And where may I find it? Well, what the hell? I’ve tried it three times now, and I keep getting the same Asian girl. Here’s what I see in my url field - http ://dumpalink.com/videos/Robot-Chicken-Terrorism-4648.html Anybody want to speculate on why I keep seeing Asian porn instead of Robot Chicken? (I mean, beyond “Just lucky”.) **Bryan Ekers** is also in Canada, as far as I know, so I thought I’d be able to see that link okay. ---
**Author:** ![Capitaine\_Zombie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e95f7d/32.png) [@Capitaine\_Zombie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capitaine_Zombie)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2011, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-bless-america-is-not-the-fucking-national-anthem/598856/136 "2011-10-08T18:02:40Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Anybody want to speculate on why I keep seeing Asian porn instead of Robot Chicken? Happens when you spend too much time watching Asian porn. ---
**Author:** ![colonial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/34f0e0/32.png) [@colonial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colonial)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2011, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-bless-america-is-not-the-fucking-national-anthem/598856/137 "2011-10-08T18:23:09Z")
Oh. The JHS weenie is back. Hi weenie. > [@Capitaine\_Zombie](#): > > You realize that, as well, is a direct quote from Hitler? Exactly what is a direct quote, weenie?- Not many of us are the authority on Hitler quotations that you seem to be. > [@Capitaine\_Zombie](#): > > From Mein Kampf: > > “Hey, where’s my Greek drachma, Homer, you asshole” You lost me here, weenie. > [@Capitaine\_Zombie](#): > > The Fuerher wasnt that coherent towards the end, just like you, **colonial**. > Just. Like. You. I think I’m doing pretty well in the coherence department, actually. Well enough to kick your little JHS butt up one side of this thread and down the other, not that you represent much of a challenge. ---
**Author:** ![Raygun99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Raygun99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raygun99)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2011, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-bless-america-is-not-the-fucking-national-anthem/598856/138 "2011-10-08T18:26:05Z")
I think the Fucking National Anthem is “Sexual Healing” by Marvin Gaye. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2011, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-bless-america-is-not-the-fucking-national-anthem/598856/139 "2011-10-08T18:28:20Z")
> [@Capitaine\_Zombie](#): > > Happens when you spend too much time watching Asian porn. You become disoriented? ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2011, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-bless-america-is-not-the-fucking-national-anthem/598856/140 "2011-10-08T18:55:03Z")
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