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Apr 19 2019 03:22pm
https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/19/us/kate-smith-yankes-flyers-god-bless-america-song-dropped-trnd/index.html

The Yankees and Flyers have both stopped playing Kate Smith's God Bless America before games, and covered up a statue of her outside the Flyers arena that was erected as a tribute after her death in 1986;



They have done this citing a controversy on social media after some SJWs pointed out that she had once sung this song, calling it racist;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_11Fb01Ujw
The song however is obviously a satirical mockery of racism that was recorded by Paul Robeson;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lqaw2jviEsQ
they're literally accusing her of racism for recording a song which satirized racism to condemn it
And also cited her recording "Pickaninny Heaven" in a segment she recorded on behalf of a black orphanage in new york city in 1933;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mq0HH9d_lHk

For a woman from the south in 1933 to go out of her way to sing for black orphans and criticize racism is now being used to destroy her legacy.
First it was confederate statues, and Robert E. Lee. Soon it was the likes of Alexander Ramsey. Now Kate Smith
The moral crusaders of the 2010s and 20s will be remembered for images like that statue under a black bag
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Apr 19 2019 03:29pm
They done turned her into one of those reaper things from harry potter
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Apr 19 2019 03:31pm
Quote (Goomshill @ Apr 19 2019 03:22pm)
https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/19/us/kate-smith-yankes-flyers-god-bless-america-song-dropped-trnd/index.html

The Yankees and Flyers have both stopped playing Kate Smith's God Bless America before games, and covered up a statue of her outside the Flyers arena that was erected as a tribute after her death in 1986;

https://i.imgur.com/J8ohcrU.jpg

They have done this citing a controversy on social media after some SJWs pointed out that she had once sung this song, calling it racist;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_11Fb01Ujw
The song however is obviously a satirical mockery of racism that was recorded by Paul Robeson;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lqaw2jviEsQ
they're literally accusing her of racism for recording a song which satirized racism to condemn it
And also cited her recording "Pickaninny Heaven" in a segment she recorded on behalf of a black orphanage in new york city in 1933;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mq0HH9d_lHk

For a woman from the south in 1933 to go out of her way to sing for black orphans and criticize racism is now being used to destroy her legacy.
First it was confederate statues, and Robert E. Lee. Soon it was the likes of Alexander Ramsey. Now Kate Smith
The moral crusaders of the 2010s and 20s will be remembered for images like that statue under a black bag


Satire doesn't exist dude. Its all dog whistles
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Apr 19 2019 03:31pm
First it was Adolf Hitler, then it was John Lenin.

When will we learn?
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Apr 19 2019 03:46pm
Quote (thesnipa @ Apr 19 2019 03:31pm)
Satire doesn't exist dude. Its all dog whistles


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Apr 19 2019 04:00pm
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Apr 19 2019 04:09pm
I'm sure our resident sjws will approve of the niqab they've given her
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Apr 19 2019 05:00pm
i'm just glad there is a thread about this, memorising the moment civilisation as we knew it died - because 'they' came for kate smith...
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Apr 19 2019 05:32pm
Pretty pathetic, we need to stop trying to rewrite history and start focusing on the future.
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Apr 20 2019 06:12am
Quote (Plaguefear @ Apr 19 2019 07:32pm)
Pretty pathetic, we need to stop trying to rewrite history and start focusing on the future.


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