Simply when it appeared like MAGA nation couldn’t hate Dangerous Bunny anymore than they already do, the Puerto Rican celebrity went and did the “unthinkable” and refused to face for a rendition of “God Bless America” throughout the Yankees recreation this previous Tuesday evening (Oct. 7).
Based on Newsweek, snowflake MAGA supporters had a meltdown on social media after realizing that the Grammy Award-winning artist remained seated throughout the seventh inning stretch as “God Bless America” performed via the audio system. Whereas many in attendance stood with their fingers over their hearts as we have been taught to do as youngsters for such patriotic songs, Dangerous Bunny dared to not stand for the music throughout a time when the folks working America are actively concentrating on Brown folks for harassment and deportation strictly primarily based on the colour of their pores and skin.
For sure, the far-right and its influencers pounced on the second. They’ve a vested curiosity in protecting this tradition struggle alive and nicely and took to the web to proceed to fire up division and hate.
Newsweek stories:
Tomi Lahren, a conservative commentator and host of Tomi Lahren Is Fearless, wrote in a put up on X with 61,100 views and three,600 likes: “Dangerous Bunny seems to remain seated throughout ‘God Bless America’ at Yankee Stadium… Yeah as a result of he has a transparent disdain for America. He’s an a-hole.”
Whereas it’s thought-about custom and an indication of respect to face throughout the nationwide anthem, persons are divided on whether or not or not the identical must be performed for “God Bless America,” a music that was written by Irving Berlin in 1918 and made common within the late Nineteen Thirties, in keeping with the Smithsonian.
The Occasions of Northwest Indiana newspaper columnist Jerry Davich not too long ago posed the query, which garnered lots of of feedback and “a number of offended exchanges between folks with opposing ideologies,” he wrote on Fb in August.
In his article, Davich stated he attended the Woofstock 2025 occasion in Valparaiso, Indiana, and seen some folks standing throughout the tune. After asking readers their ideas on the topic, he obtained quite a lot of solutions starting from: “H*** sure” to “It’s the MAGA faux anthem.”
With months to go earlier than the Tremendous Bowl, it truthfully feels prefer it’s solely a matter of time earlier than Donald Trump and his administration exit on a limb to one way or the other forestall Dangerous Bunny from taking the stage on the halftime present. Heck, MAGA Republican congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) has even referred to as for an “English language First” regulation to be handed in response to Dangerous Bunny being tapped to headline the Tremendous Bowl halftime present.
The humorous factor about that’s that the Epstein information have but to be launched. Simply sayin’.
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