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.@lilyallen recently attacked "Rule Britannia".
1) Song from 18th century when we were engaged in the slave trade.
2) "Britain never ever shall be slaves" "none so blest as thee"
i.e A song bragging about how we're not the ones being enslaved, FROM WHEN WE WERE ENSLAVING PEOPLE.
@lilyallen So you know how the reason "black face" is offensive is due to the historical connotations of Caucasian people painting themselves black to mimic black people going right back to slavery?
A song from the slave days which gloats about slavery...
#GMB
I love that not one of the outraged replies I've seen even tries to say the song doesn't originate from bragging about how we enslaved other people and don't get enslaved ourselves.
Because being patriotic means believing that everything your country ever does or did is perfect.
Oh wait... Sorry... That's nationalism.
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