[Chickensoup]

THE WRATH OF THE AWAKENED SAXON by Rudyard Kipling

It was not part of their blood, It came to them very late, With long arrears to make good, When the Saxon began to hate.

They were not easily moved, They were icy -- willing to wait Till every count should be proved, Ere the Saxon began to hate.

Their voices were even and low. Their eyes were level and straight. There was neither sign nor show When the Saxon began to hate.

It was not preached to the crowd. It was not taught by the state. No man spoke it aloud When the Saxon began to hate.

It was not suddently bred. It will not swiftly abate. Through the chilled years ahead, When Time shall count from the date That the Saxon began to hate.

[yldstrk]

Love Rudyard Kipling

[MinuteGal]

I hope it's not too late.

Leni

[Bernard Marx]

So when are they going to wake up? The alarm’s been going off for decades now.

[Persevero]

I wonder.

[Zhang Fei]

Kipling was a bit of a Germanophobe, perhaps in part because his son was killed in 1915 at the tender age of 18, during WWI, in action against Germany. He released this poem in 1917:

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The Beginnings
Rudyard Kipling

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It was not part of their blood,
It came to them very late
With long arrears to make good,
When the English began to hate.

They were not easily moved,
They were icy-willing to wait
Till every count should be proved,
Ere the English began to hate.

Their voices were even and low,
Their eyes were level and straight.
There was neither sign nor show,
When the English began to hate.

It was not preached to the crowd,
It was not taught by the State.
No man spoke it aloud,
When the English began to hate.

It was not suddenly bred,
It will not swiftly abate,
Through the chill years ahead,
When Time shall count from the date
That the English began to hate.

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To the extent that the Brits hated the Huns, it was fairly mild relative to the sentiment that the Germans expressed through their actions, via the extermination of millions of Jews, gypsies and Slavs. Frankly, it was downright moderate, given that an eye for an eye vengeance, with the usual add-on for losing the war, would have seen the German population erased from the earth.

[higgmeister]

LOL, well I'm one of them.   My family would have been a bit higher class if the Normans hadn't come along.

[Vendome]

Sharpening my blade...

[Zhang Fei]

I will say that in some quarters, British antipathy to Germans remained strong a couple of decades ago. A French flight carrying a bunch of Germans had crashed. When the bare outline of the incident came out, it was assumed that the airline and victims were British, and a mournful hush came over this crowd of British acquaintances. Then it came out that the passengers were German and the airline was French, triggering a wave of almost celebratory laughter.

[Dogbert41]

As long as people completely understand where this Leftist movement is headed, and what it will mean to each and every family across America, this will go away. Why? Because every one of us will be fighting for our very lives and those of our children, and children’s children. The Leftists? They are fighting for what? Free stuff?

[The_Media_never_lie]

I have been thinking about this poem. The hispanics and asians are getting fed up too. A lot of good black Americans I think, will get fed up. Where is the push back, though?

[M Kehoe]

Bttt.

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[Arcadian Empire]

Now is a good time.