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0 pointsada19817y ago0 comments

We actually had elected officials chanting “USA! USA!” at the last State of the Union Address.

Very fine people on all sides of course.

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My favorite part of the "USA! USA!" chant is how seriously non-Americans are about it. Every time I've started or participated in a "USA! USA!" chant it was only about 15% nationalism and 85% a joke. Part of its enchanting humor is how that seems lost on everybody else.

em5007y ago

"We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be."

ada1981OP7y ago

So part of why it’s “funny” is that it’s offensive to most people who don’t find it funny?

I must admit, you’re the first person I’ve ever heard refer to a USA chant as enchanting.

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