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'God Bless America' a 'warmongering song,' Ithaca professor says
©2017 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. ^ | 10/03/2017 | By Caleb Parke, Fox News

Posted on 10/03/2017 12:43:01 PM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines

“God Bless America” is a “warmongering song” that should not be played at sporting events, according to an Ithaca College professor.

“In the aftermath of Sept. 11, 2001, the expressions of hyper-patriotism took hold,” Professor Stephen Mosher wrote in an op-ed for The Ithacan, “Irving Berlin’s warmongering song ‘God Bless America’ became our second, unofficial national anthem at the ballpark.”

That song, “God Bless America,” was sung by concertgoers in Las Vegas on Sunday night, led by country duo Big & Rich, just an hour before a shooter opened fire on them....

He added: “Maybe ‘America the Beautiful’ would be better (although it has problems for 21st century citizens)."

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To: Nifster
Always good to have academics lectur us

Academic (my definition): A person incapable of providing goods or services of value to other people, who pontificates and expects to be paid for it, usually out of public funds.

41 posted on 10/03/2017 2:03:09 PM PDT by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Build the Wall Faster! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

Bet the prof REALLY loves Onward Christian Soldiers.


42 posted on 10/03/2017 2:43:01 PM PDT by ThePatriotsFlag (If GOP won House, Senate and Presidency...why are the Democrats still in charge?)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

Seriously, alums etc. stop giving $$$ to these traitorous fronts masquerading as “education”


43 posted on 10/03/2017 2:44:34 PM PDT by A_Former_Democrat ("I am SpartaLee" Hey, NFL, why didn't you any of you bold guys hire Kaepernick? #GoodbyeGoodell)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

Ah, Lefties. They hate “war,” but they love Revolution.


44 posted on 10/03/2017 2:48:59 PM PDT by A_perfect_lady
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

There is NOTHING war mongering about God bless America
He is crazy
and his specialty?? Sports as political resistance? WTF?


45 posted on 10/03/2017 2:50:37 PM PDT by RWGinger (Does anyone else really)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines
feh... did you see the pink pussy police badges today?
46 posted on 10/03/2017 3:01:27 PM PDT by Chode (You have all of the resources you are going to have. Abandon your illusions and plan accordingly.)
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To: RWGinger

An evaluation of Moser’s class:

Attendance: Not Mandatory
Textbook Used: No
Would Take Again: No
Grade Received: B+

I love easy classes which this was but Mosher is an all around bad professor. Instead of teaching students how to think on their own he tries to get them to think the way he does. If you don’t, he will be extremely condescending and disrespectful.


47 posted on 10/03/2017 3:14:39 PM PDT by Bookshelf
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To: PGR88

I sang along reading your post. Beautiful.


48 posted on 10/03/2017 3:36:22 PM PDT by DaughterofEve (Proverbs 3:5-8)
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To: Bookshelf

Looks like mixed reviews of his ability...

http://www.ratemyprofessors.com/ShowRatings.jsp?tid=125484


49 posted on 10/03/2017 3:49:19 PM PDT by Thank You Rush
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To: subterfuge

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Professors are among the dumbest people on the planet. Why they get their stupid ideas considered at all escapes me.
>

Why, or where? Either way, A: Their cranial-rectal inversion?


50 posted on 10/03/2017 4:56:07 PM PDT by i_robot73 ("A man chooses. A slave obeys." - Andrew Ryan)
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To: DoughtyOne

Sick. Sad. Depraved. Why is this person poising our youth in the name of teaching?


51 posted on 10/03/2017 6:13:44 PM PDT by Kudsman ( Anyone to the Right of Stalin is a Far Right Wing candidate to the Far Left Wing Media.)
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He should be held up for ridicule and pelted with tomatoes instead of getting paid to agitate. And drive a Volvo. Lol


52 posted on 10/03/2017 6:16:19 PM PDT by Kudsman ( Anyone to the Right of Stalin is a Far Right Wing candidate to the Far Left Wing Media.)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

Yes, Israel Baline was a known warmongering Jew from Russia. There it is, Russia, Russia. Russia. Somebody please put Professor Stephen Mosher out of his misery.


53 posted on 10/04/2017 4:33:10 AM PDT by Jimmy Valentine's brother (Crush the Democrats; see them driven before you and hear the lamentation of the girly men.)
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