I've said it before and I'll preface this post by repeating it: I'm not a fan of the Lee Greenwood song "God Bless the USA." As patriotic songs go, it's leaden. It's rhythmically plodding, the melody is unimaginative, the words try too hard to go for the populist vibe, and Lee Greenwood's voice does nothing for me.
But lots of people like it, there's nothing offensive about it, and its basic sentiment is one I'm full aligned with.
A school in Massachussetts liked it, and wanted to sing it at an event. The school's chicken-s--- administrators 86ed it, however. Preemptively. Not because anybody complained about the title line, but because they feared that someone might.
It's truly late in the day.
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