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I’m sure there’s numbnumbs over there that want to change La Marseillaise to some cumbaya singsong too
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LTC Eugene Chu
*sigh* Here is old 2018 article about your comment. France also has a national anthem conflict due to song reference of "impure blood" and its colonial/imperialist history
https://theconversation.com/la-marseillaise-has-the-song-that-unified-the-french-republic-become-too-divisive-99045
https://theconversation.com/la-marseillaise-has-the-song-that-unified-the-french-republic-become-too-divisive-99045
La Marseillaise: has the song that unified the French republic become too divisive?
Primary school children in France will now have to learn and sing La Marseillaise. But for many people, it is racist and xenophobic.
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