“And where is that band who so vauntingly swore
That the havoc of war and the battle’s confusion,
A home and a country, should leave us no more?
Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps’ pollution.
No refuge could save the hireling and slave
From the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave:
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave,
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave”It seems that some have problems with the third stanza of the National Anthem. I would have no problem altering the wording to remove the offensive parts.
Rather than deleting “offensive” portions of a really old song, why don’t we just accept that it, like all art, is a product of its time? Please, let’s stop worshiping this song!
EDIT: And aren’t you the guy that is supposed to be all about “respecting” our anthem? Isn’t revising it for a modern audience disrespectful? That third stanza should be left as is, and let’s be honest no one even knows that stanza exists, as an example of why we shouldn’t worship a song. It’s not perfect.