Matt Walsh Triggered By "Black National Anthem" At Superbowl

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[@AthenaGate]

The official black national anthem is Jimi Hendrix playing star spangled banner at Woodstock. How could he get that wrong?

[@johnpjones182]

Oo! I like that. Play that version at the start of every game!

[@Darkeus1]

This is the real answer.

[@darrengordon-hill]

No. That's just the best version of THE national anthem of America!! Jimi played an electric guitar. Evented by a white guy. Most of his band and fans were white GET OVER YOUR BIGOTRY!!! THE "black national anthem" is the terrible rendition Fergie did!!

[@aceshigh1984]

Funny thing is, i've seen people praise Hendrix for being a true patriot or something. Without knowing the purpose of why Hendrix played it

[@SimmSumm]

And Whitney Houston singing her version at the Super Bowl. Every black high school and HBCU uses her version when the marching band plays it st games lol.

[@geezyercheese2855]

As a non American. I thought that someone singing a Christian hymn in front of a stadium full of people would be something that American Conservatives would support.

[@melaniey.5596]

Depends. It gotta be protestant or evangelical. For many Catholics are still a big no no.

[@jairoayala4353]

@@melaniey.5596 lmao wtf? Cons are freaking out because they’re black…

[@melaniey.5596]

@@jairoayala4353 oh yeah, not denying that’s the case here. But what I mean is that there still exists anti-catholic sentiment in America, not as bad as it was before, but it seems to still be there.

[@jessemiller4953]

Their hatred of black people outweighs their 'love' of their religion.

[@freedomofmusic2112]

conservatives call themselves christian, but don't believe anything Christ said. One of my favorite videos ever is GOP Jesus, it's pretty old for a youtube video, but evergreen

[@alexanderball6326]

"End Racism, Chiefs" is the most un intentionally hilarious thing ive ever seen lol

[@midnight6284]

I didn't even think about that LMAO

[@mikehuntiches6276]

I’m Scottish and think they need to change the Vikings name too. It’s not flattering at all

[@Ironraven001]

@@mikehuntiches6276 You think the Scots were vikings? 😆

[@megarigged]

@@mikehuntiches6276 Minnesota has a lot of Scandinavian people. Also, Celts aren't Vikings

[@alexanderball6326]

@@midnight6284 it goes to show the lack of awareness they have, and really does expose it as empty virtue signalling

[@almosthelpless9374]

"We're not racist, we're just mad every time we see black people expressing themselves in the media we consume."

[@johnpjones182]

Yup.

[@saininj]

Nailed it.

[@LinkRocks]

But I thought conservatives boycotted the NFL because of Colin Kaepernick?

[@armingleiner5292]

The concept of a seperate anthem for black people is idiotic.

[@stupidderps1859]

It's not racist to people if they don't count as people.

[@sbushido5547]

_"No one's saying you can't sing the song. I'm just saying that if you do, I'll condemn it as a vile disgusting betrayal of everything it means to be American!"_ -Matt Walsh

[@Terra_Lopez]

Did he really say that? What is this guy's (Matt's) problem?

[@neil2444]

"How dare a black woman sing a song that promotes equality!? *Clearly* black people have way more rights now and shouldn't be allowed to sing about them because me, a self-proclaimed fascist, says so."

[@justasplanned8023]

Same vibe as “You can wear whatever clothes you want, it’s a free country! Change your name and put on a dress! But I’ll call you a mentally Ill groomer rapist and actively support legislation that persecutes you”

[@matthewminaya838]

Yeah dude that song was awful

[@L_Train]

Is that a real quote? I hope so because one thing I can't tolerate is people making up quotes and falsely attributing them. I've had it happen to me

[@eman22017]

What I love about Matt Walsh is that he always covers the important topics, like a small drag show or a halftime show. You know, stuff that impacts working class Americans.

[@garythefishable]

He looks for topics that will just make his fanbase angry. Never seen him post anything even pretending to be constructive.

[@Tormund_Giantsbrain]

To be fair the superbowl has been part of the American zeitgeist since forever. It might not have any practical impact on the livelihood of the working class but you cannot trivialize the social hold it has on the working class.

[@hongo9111]

@@MickeyMouse-lm6zj "“Lift Every Voice and Sing” was written during a fraught moment in African-American history. At the dawn of the 20th century, post-Civil War reconstruction efforts were being dismantled; segregation had been codified through Plessy v Ferguson; and a Jim Crow reign of terror and exploitation was taking hold across the country." from Time website. There you go, now go be a bitch somewhere else.

[@davitdavid7165]

@@MickeyMouse-lm6zj cope harder for the algorithm

[@Rogue_Leader]

Fascists know that they have nothing to offer. That’s why they do this.

[@garythefishable]

Matt Walsh is so mask off bro, he's actually one of the main reasons I eventually left the right. He made me realise that maybe there was some truth to what the "crazy leftists" were saying about us 🤣

[@garythefishable]

@A B Apostates like myself are pretty common in this community.

[@HotDogTimeMachine385]

Congrats on escaping the right :) I know how hard that is.

[@themanwithoutaplan9389]

@@MickeyMouse-lm6zj Why not? It’s just a cultural retread of a piece of music?

[@MMAGamblingTips]

@@themanwithoutaplan9389 but why? Not why not. What is the need to have two national anthems? It is literally divisive. We have a single national anthem like every country. It seems like they start Republicans was told to “Own the LiBz”.

[@themajesticspider-man6116]

@@MickeyMouse-lm6zj If you're Asian or Hispanic, then make your own anthem if you want lol. What's your point?

[@ianirwin9480]

guess hes never heard about New Zealand, whose national anthem is half English and half Te Reo Maori, then followed by a Haka in sports events

[@adragonwithalaptop9630]

He would flip his shit

[@johnpoole3871]

Matt Walsh doesn't know what the fuck he is talking about. Countries all over the world have minorities with their own languages and anthems and even flags. It is probably more rare that that isn't the case.

[@julesdalli9716]

I live across the pond in Australia. They probably treat their indigenous population, better than we have treated the Aboriginal tribes, and still treat them to this day.

[@bobwilliams4895]

So it's one song in two languages?

[@ms.aelanwyr.ilaicos]

@@bobwilliams4895 stay mad 😘

[@Steelmage99]

Every single statement of Matt Walsh's can be answered with a resounding; "So what?"

[@HeyThisIsBrian]

I love how they're arguing a song called "Lift EVERY Voice and Sing" is intended to divide us, and in doing so they're making the exact opposite argument of All Lives Matter.

[@darrengordon-hill]

I love how "All lives matter" is bad while claiming "lift EVERY voice"... If I can negate your argument by switching the roles, you have no argument.... Were it the "US national anthem", you'd have a point...

[@julesdalli9716]

Conservatives are PROJECTING? Surely, that can't be right........

[@bobwilliams4895]

That didn't make any sense.

[@mayayamato7351]

by the ever-shifting focus of rhetoric, yadda yadda, everyone hopefully remembers the rest of the quote.

[@Friendly_Neigborhood_Astolfo]

​@@bobwilliams4895of course it did

[@solangegregory4810]

Someone said Republicans act like the “black national anthem” was sung at a specific pitch that white people can’t hear 😂

[@freedomofmusic2112]

LMAO 😂

[@frankiegigs3030]

tbh i watched the super bowl and didn't even notice the end racism things on the field. but, seeing matt walsh foam his pants about such a generic call to action is still pretty funny

[@anothercub6958]

I know right? It's is the bare minimum of progressive ideas, and it has Matt and his fans foaming at the mouth. Meanwhile, actual progressive people aren't batting an eye because this is the least any big corp putting that message in the field could do.

[@toenibbler2830]

Even funnier is they’ve been there for two years and he’s still pissed

[@julesdalli9716]

The insignificance of what tends to upset Walsh is fascinating.

[@realchrislozinski]

It’s quite bizarre how people like Matt Walsh can call themselves supporters of any sort of free speech in any regard

[@kinnish5267]

Facebook, KZbin and the old Twitter that cancelled right-wing sites, they have speech codes, for "hate speech" , newspapers won't hire right-wing journalist, colleges won't hire right-wing professor etc...- LOL the left believes in free speech LOL LOL

[@SlightlySouthrn]

They only want free speech for themselves, as republicans (and many other conservative factions) see themselves as superior

[@thejackal007]

Not bizarre at all. It all falls under the auspice of free speech for me, not for thee (unless you believe exactly as me).

[@Qwikipedia]

His speech is very free. Fact free.

[@mars7304]

The only thing about it that's free is the fact that it's free of anything worthwhile

[@user-qk7en8pq1u]

"you'll notice that nowhere else in the world, do individual racial groups write and perform their own songs before major events" Sir, have you been to the United Kingdom?

[@leenaali9246]

He said aside from the western world not America you dope

[@HACSSuperbMiner]

Matt Walsh when black people:

[@reactor4]

I loved when Matt Walsh lied on Joe Rogans show about how MILLIONS of kids were on hormome blockers. So, just and FYI, Walsh as ZERO problems lying.

[@ob2kenobi388]

Remember: If there was a multinational (or, should I say, transnational) conspiracy to hide the negative effects of HRT and the crimes of trans people... Matt Walsh would be dead. The telltale sign of a conspiracy-the literal smoking gun-is if the people who try to blow the lid off get murdered to prevent them from doing so. He's not dumb. He's evil, but he's not dumb. He knows that if the conspiracy he describes actually did exist, there's no way in hell they'd allow him to get this popular. He knows that what he's saying isn't true. He's not wrong, he's not ignorant, he's not stupid, he's a lying bastard and he knows it.

[@philwill0123]

Yep, from millions to 4 thousand (because he needs to provoke, he couldn't say he didn't have figures to hand). But of course his sycophants moved the goalposts to "well 1 is too much" . If 1 is too much,why lie about millions?

[@samiamrg7]

Case in point: He claimed no other countries “allow” seperate national anthems for different ethnic groups, but a cursory search on the topic shows many examples of this being the case. Often, these countries are, believe it or not, multi-ethnic or multilingual!

[@Meyr3356]

@@samiamrg7 New Zealand National Anthem, God defend New Zealand. It's sung in 2 different languages (though it's essentially the same verse translated), in Maori and in English.

[@mikehuntiches6276]

Yeah it’s just several thousand at most. Just started by son on those after I caught him playing with his sisters Barbie dolls

[@gravelmonarch]

I sung this song growing up in church. It’s literally a classic hymn.

[@cosmosofinfinity]

Little did you know, you were starting a race war every time you sang that song

[@biteofdog]

It was the first time I've heard it sung that way and I was blown away by how amazing it was. Simply beautiful!

[@Josh-dm7cu]

This is the least offensive thing that has ever existed in mankind’s history.

[@reddogbrew9427]

Segregation isn’t offensive. Got it.

[@Josh-dm7cu]

@@reddogbrew9427 🫤delete your comment, you couldn’t even grasp what I was saying in my comment. I was clearly talking about how Matt Walsh was offended by the song.

[@reddogbrew9427]

@@Josh-dm7cu “this is” such an open ended term you want people to read your fucking mind? Talk about dense.

[@masterplusmargarita]

@@reddogbrew9427 You are correct, segregation is when they play a song at a sporting event.

[@reddogbrew9427]

@@masterplusmargarita this water fountain is for you, don’t go to that other water fountain. This song isn’t for you, go listen to the other song. Blacks only events on college campuses, let’s just ignore the rampant segregation. If we’re going to segregate let’s go all out and send the monkeys back to the jungle.

[@DrHotWarLove]

Broke: Watching the Super Bowl to enjoy the halftime show. Gigga Broke: Watching the Super Bowl to get angry at the halftime show. Woke: Not watching the Super Bowl because you have better shit to do.

[@davitdavid7165]

Gigachad: being a not American and not watching the superbowl, even when you have nothing to do

[@ihaveasecret9539]

Bespoke: Watching the Super Bowl to enjoy the actual game.

[@felicitys3621]

I watched it cause this super cute tomboy was hosting a watch party at her house and I got to sit next to her

[@charlescampbell7230]

Mafia: save our Super Bowl energy for next year

[@ludovicusbathory1715]

In a nutshell I fit the third option. Between work college and making time for personal hobbies I dont have time for the super bowl.

[@samiamrg7]

The NAACP claim of “Lift Every Voice and Sing” as the “black national anthem” actually predates the esablishment of “The Star Spangled Banner” as the official US national anthem in 1931. So if we’re putting stock in “tradition,” here, Matt, which one is more “traditional?”

[@pogo8050]

Ooof

[@warlordofbritannia]

Plus, the Star Spangled Banner only started being played before games during the 1910s

[@Alex-0597]

Ah, well, Matt only wants to defend our glorious Aryan traditions, not those of the other degenerate races like liberals

[@celticsfan1554]

As a white kid who sung this song all the time in school growing up, the discourse is ridiculous. It’s a great fucking song

[@donovanlocust1106]

Where'd you grow up , king?

[@funkibunko706]

yeah boston public schools obviously prioritize the black national anthem

[@celticsfan1554]

@@donovanlocust1106 Brooklyn

[@celticsfan1554]

@@funkibunko706 Born and raised in Brooklyn

[@TheGreatestJediOfAllTime]

@@celticsfan1554 then why are you a celtics fan

[@rockymtndrone]

1950s: Republicans mald about black woman sitting on bus 2020s: Republicans mald about black woman singing So little has changed…

[@saininj]

It's scary how little has changed.

[@dataexpunged93N15]

When their entire political ideology is keeping a stronghold on "tradition", traditions that include racism- it's no surprise that nothing had changed. Sadly.

[@curtisedmonds9933]

If anything it's worse. At least a seat on the bus is something material.

[@warlordofbritannia]

1920s: Conservatives mald about black people singing Progress!

[@Patch.of.clover]

@@curtisedmonds9933 I’d argue that is the natural progression. Mostly because physical things are more easily equated to one’s own rights. Right to food and water and shelter. So that’s an easier spot to argue for. Then we move on to immaterial things, such as entertainment and art, which in a fascist’s mind, one could argue not everyone has a right to.

[@dinosmash69]

Matt Walsh is *the definition* of speaking your mind when your brain is empty.

[@scug1997]

*of

[@TheMahayanist]

You should've watched Michael Knowles take on this stupid bs.

[@IAMSONICTH3H3DG3H0G]

@@MickeyMouse-lm6zj because this nation was built on blacks. Also if they wanted I'm sure they can write more. This is such a failure of an argument.

[@orphaotheseeker2770]

@Mickey Mouse WTF are you blathering about? It's the National Anthem, you dingus. It represents every black, white, Asian etc American.

[@alieninthecaribbean]

@@MickeyMouse-lm6zj The anthem honors the experience of African Americans. The Star Spangled Banner was written by a slave-owner and contained racist lines in it (before being edited) "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 was never truly embraced by people excluded because of their ethnicity, culture or religion. People like Matt Walsh love to pretend the USA had this sacrosanct history of meritocracy and inclusion from its founding. But that is a lie. So many cultures in the USA created their own national songs that reflected their truth in the USA. Native Americans have their own anthem as well.

[@thedarkone246]

I thought Walsh would like a song praising "All Voices" considering how much he loves "All Lives"

[@HighKicks2yaTeef]

Lord, these folks are gonna stroke out being mad 25/8 like this.

[@lyndonlives638]

And nothing of value would be lost... 🤷‍♂

[@SmashToBits]

More air for the useful people then, win win

[@wiselioness322]

Well they’d best get on with it then and decrease the surplus population.

[@coreyjblakey]

Lol, In New Zealand we sing out national anthem twice usually. First in Maori, then in english. So Yes Matt, other countries Do let there minorities have there “own” anthem (admittedly the Maori one is just the english one translated) but its first and the boomers hate it.

[@rudeboyjohn3483]

Walsh is always angry on his show because it takes time away from the 16yr olds he probably has locked up in a basement somewhere

[@mememachine6022]

DAMN WOKE LIBERALS HAVING ME COMPLAIN INSTEAD OF VIOLATING MY CHILDRENS CONSENT!

[@Radjhitoocool]

It’s actually really interesting watching Vaush learn what the black national anthem is 😂. Like it’s something that’s kind of been in the background of my life even as a non-religious person I kind of just assumed everyone knew what it was like they heard it played in school at some point.

[@TheN00bmonster]

I’ve never heard of it, thanks for the knowledge

[@rh9477]

Take Me Out To The Ballgame is the white national anthem

[@wonder_9315]

Goated comment deserves pin

[@iang7244]

W take

[@DefiantJazzEnthusiast]

Black person here. Most black people know when you say the Nat’l Black Anthem that it refers to “Lift Every Voice”.

[@MrTARDIS]

So, when you boil the issue down, Matt Walsh's problem is "Singing while black"?

[@jimbob498]

You really don’t care about learning anything do you???

[@SmashToBits]

Just like Map Wash got pissed at Lizo playing an old flute, its white people clutching their pearls and saying "but black people!" Its super pitiful

[@cosmosofinfinity]

Nuh-uh, sometimes it's playing flute while black too

[@newvision4l314]

@@SmashToBits they’re mad she played a slave owner’s flute lmao

[@masync183]

You can boil it down to 1 word really. Black.

[@sashag2196]

rap is the kind of vocal delivery most often used in hip-hop (a rapper is rapping), while hip-hop is the name of the overall style/genre of music.

[@screamingphoenix8113]

It's not even surprising any more, conservatives always find something to whine about with the superbowl. Remember when for like 20 years, every conservative halftime show was some aincient Wonderbread country singer? Well that's because the NFL was dumb enough to take conservative whinging about the halftime show seriously. Now the NFL has learned to ignore them, and the halftime show is a hundred times better because of it. Conservatives have no idea what they want, they are eternally dissatisfied with everyone and everything. All trying to appease them will do, will make you just as miserable as they are.

[@julesdalli9716]

Conservatives take this approach to media, broadly. We see the same thing with Disney being "woke", Mr Potato Head having the "Mr" taken out of his name, and business putting "Happy Holidays" signs in their stores during December. For a group of people who call the other side "snowflakes", they manage to get upset over very miniscule issues.

[@katzensindweich3505]

Yeah they are like a frustrated 3 year old. Any excuse to have a tantrum.

[@07foxmulder]

So instead of wonderbread we now have bland brown bread performers. The halftime show has always been trash.

[@firestream93]

Imagine the outcry from the left if white athletes would have kneeled for the black national athem. You know, like some black athletes kneel for the regular national anthem.

[@grutsthefoodman3645]

@@07foxmulder I don't watch football halftimes so I can't contest this

[@TheMouseAvenger]

Never heard of this 'Black National Anthem' before, but it actually sounds rather interesting. :-) Can anyone tell me its backstory & the reasons for its usage?

[@blackgreyfox242]

I have never heard of this Black. It is American Football played in America, it is not played in Black.

[@electron155]

Pretty sure it was created by two black men at the beginning of the 1900’s as a reflection of their identities and culture relating to slavery. It shows how African Americans were able to be hopeful and stick together through difficult times and eventually gain their freedom

[@davitdavid7165]

@electron155 oh, how totally not nice! I see why Walsh has big issues with it. It is just to controversial! Too radical!

[@blackgreyfox242]

@@electron155 I love that I know the song from my extremally bigoted church that did not allow for black leaders.

[@fixieroy]

@@electron155 it was created because Americas Anthem ( the full version) has a line that is arguably racist/pro slavery and people argued if it was about real slaves or a metaphor for a couple decades before the song became Americas official anthem. This is why there was a delay in the song being written and the song being adopted. Black people rightfully refused to sing the song and created an alternative ( i shouldn’t even say create, because lift every voice and sing is a church song). To solve this issue- the star spangled banner was shortened and the version people sing today omits the slave part. However this short version isnt ..truley the offical anthem- because the offical one is still the OG version. But this is just how we dodge the race issues bullet. Heres the line. “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.”

[@skrimph]

Fuck, I just realized I look like Matt Walsh if he had a worse hair line and a lot more grey hairs. Hope no one mistakes me for a fascist

[@arontavares5248]

The gray hair probably makes you look more like a Marx cosplayer than a Matt Walsh wannabe, and honestly, I'm here for it.

[@bobwilliams4895]

Lol at fascist.

[@cloudshad0ws]

@@bobwilliams4895 Matt Walsh LITERALLY calls himself a "theocratic fascist" in his twitter bio. Cope harder.

[@Reed5016]

Dye your hair completely gray so you look more like Marx.

[@preciousmourning8310]

you can be the anti-Walsh

[@esbenm6544]

The "end racism slogan" is part of the end racism in sports campaign, an initiative in response to numerous incidents of racism and bigotry becoming an embarrassment. It is a positive step but also a corporate response. Matt is complaining about capitalism.

[@Spongebrain97]

You gotta love conservatives who get angry over non issues like this and complaining that everything is "woke", meanwhile they're always having a moral panic. The red scare, satanic panic, Patriot Act/terrorism paranoia, accusing everyone of being a groomer, etc. Also it's funny how Walsh here is doing the typical "leftists are using race to divide Americans" when literally nobody but certain people like him had an issue with the song and are creating an artifical problem to divide Americans 😅🤦‍♂️

[@darrengordon-hill]

You accept your abuse so others should?? You're happy eating "Soylent Green", so none have a right to complain? Would you object to a "white national anthem"?

[@julesdalli9716]

Conservatives always seem angry and bitter, when anything involving politics comes up. Liberals/socialists can be the same way, but I think there is an element of positivity there. Like, they'll point out that the system is fucked (which it is), but also talk about ways it can be improved. Conservatives just project bitterness for the sake of bitterness.

[@bobwilliams4895]

Weird how you dont see the issue of one race having their own national anthem. Isn't America about uniting everyone? Should every race get their own anthem?

[@ms.aelanwyr.ilaicos]

@@bobwilliams4895 stay mad 😘

[@Spongebrain97]

@Bob Williams it's not really "one race having a national anthem" though as much as you want it to be and it's literally a song everyone can get behind. Thank you for proving the point of conservatives crying over non issues and actually being the ones who literally want America divided lmao

[@maxx_thedragondominator]

6:39 Vaush, the fact you have to ask what’s the black national anthem, tells you a lot about how black and white cultures are different and thus the reason there is a black national anthem

[@B0ss115]

It is referred in the black community as “the black national anthem”. It’s replaced with the regular national anthem to honor our history and struggle. Because as I’m sure many of you know, in the past it was pretty hard for black people (and still is) to really feel American. So we dubbed our own national anthem and still sing it to this day. Our original cultures and histories were erased, so yes we have a “black national anthem”.

[@darrengordon-hill]

What is the "black community"? I - an Englishman of Caribbean descent - am in no "black community". One minute yall are "black", then "coloured", then "people of colour", then "African-American" - the mere idea of labelling myself "African English" don't really, considering all the Africans born here after their parents moved...

[@darrengordon-hill]

Dear weirdo, Step the first is MAKING YOUR OWN NATION.... The black national anthems are: F The Police WAP Because I Got High Criminal What what in the butt

[@michaelfiori6700]

@@darrengordon-hill there is no fine line my dude. Watch the south park episode where randy days the n word on national TV. He then sorry to th black community by kissing Jesse Jackson's ass. Token says Jesse Jackson doesn't speak for black people. I was like 12 when I figured that out. There is no fine rule. Just like many Americans love things like die hard, Christmas vacation. Any other pop culture thing. Yet I know many people who never heard of these quote American things. It's a song, it's football. Thy literally could play the doo Shark and I wouldn't matter

[@darrengordon-hill]

@@michaelfiori6700 Yay, nebulous vaguery?? I'm English. I'm not American. Might be a fine line as we both speak English, but I'm certain that line exists.

[@darrengordon-hill]

@@michaelfiori6700 Imagine a world in which "White oppressors" can't say a word that hurts the feelings of "black people"... now imagine Caucasians insisting there is a word negroids can't use...

[@artesianglitch1652]

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[@SimmSumm]

Written in 1900 by James Weldon Johnson, the song was originally penned as a poem celebrating Abe Lincoln's birthday and reflecting on the triumphs of Black Americans. The song was eventually adopted by the NAACP and came to prominence during the Civil Rights Movement in the '50s and '60s. A choir of 500 schoolchildren at the segregated Stanton School, where James Weldon Johnson was principal, first performed the song in public in Jacksonville, Florida to celebrate President Abraham Lincoln's birthday. At the turn of the 20th century, Johnson's lyrics eloquently captured the solemn yet hopeful appeal for the liberty of Black Americans. Set against the religious invocation of God and the promise of freedom, the song was later adopted by NAACP and prominently used as a rallying cry during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s.

[@jamalhartley5863]

Thank you 🙏👍

[@lairbear3611]

Its important to remember that calling Lift Every Voice was called the black national anthem by the NAACP in 1912 bc it was a non racist song about lifting all people up as equals. Comversly, the original poem of the star spangled banner references slaves running or going to the grave and free men fighting to protect their homeland. It literally is a poem turned song that sets up the country as being for whites and upholds the idea of blacks being cowards and not being equal. As such the NAACP rejected that as a true national anthem and ssid the gospel song about all people being equal was a true anthem that spoke to all people rather than just white folks.

[@ShirleyTimple]

"He's still in the car" 💀

[@teamjacob2388]

You would think they played Fight The Power. I’m pissed off at how gleeful I would be watching the life exit his body omg

[@lyndonlives638]

Oh, I would LOVE to hear Fight The Power at the Super Bowl!

[@RainbowDashShadesOfApproval]

I'm sorry, all I'm hearing from Matt Walsh is "*gasps for air* Black *wheezes through his grit teeth* national *chokes on spit* anthem! *gasps one more time* REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!"

[@Ryuu44]

I agree with Walsh on one thing. The beginning of the Super Bowl would be considered too stupid for people outside of your country. It's a national sporting event. Nobody sings their own anthem during sport events that aren't international. The obligatory worship of the Holly Troops is also extremly stupid.

[@DGAMINGDE]

9:10 New Zealand that performs the Haka, a traditional Maori dance: Am I a joke to you?

[@jonathanfigliuolo8754]

"Disingenuous" is a very nice way of saying "condescending schmuck who knows he's wrong"...

[@aethelflaed6814]

I feel like it’s meaningful context that “Star Spangled Banner” was only officially made the National Anthem in 1916. But it had been around for a century whereas “Lift Every Voice and Sing” had only been around since 1900 so… 🤷🏻‍♀️ Also, from Wikipedia: “In 2008, jazz singer Rene Marie was asked to sing the national anthem at a civic event in Denver, Colorado, where she caused a controversy by substituting the words of "Lift Every Voice and Sing" into the song.” So that’s pretty awesome and I approve.

[@CoreyCat4]

Witnessing Republicans struggle to hold back racist slurs over a hymn in Black History Month is as amusing as watching my dad struggle to grasp the Halftime Show.

[@orion148]

So super funny, my roommate actually put on the super bowl performance while I was watching this, and I just thought “wow, pretty song”

[@romankvapil9184]

If I were to look up "snowflake" in the dictionary at this point, I'd probably see Matt Walsh's face on the page.

[@darrengordon-hill]

Doesn't know how dictionaries work...

[@charlesbechen821]

@@darrengordon-hill Doesn't know what a turn of phrase is

[@darrengordon-hill]

@@charlesbechen821 Matt is indeed rare and unique

[@pm.meowth4850]

@@darrengordon-hill 😂

[@alex_blue5802]

When I see people getting upset about the black national anthem, it does not make me feel that we have achieved racial harmony in this country. In fact it underlines the need for a black national anthem in the first place.

[@dl2839]

We don't need a "black national anthem." It is a terrible idea.

[@bobwilliams4895]

You obviously don't get the problem.

[@ms.aelanwyr.ilaicos]

@@bobwilliams4895 stay mad 😘

[@Vizardog]

@@bobwilliams4895 The problem is whiny babies being upset at a song.

[@bobwilliams4895]

@@Vizardog No one is upset about "a song". Giving a national anthem to only one race in the most diverse country on Earth is the issue. It should be one national anthem for ALL Americans because that is unifying. When can we expect the Asian anthem? And the Mexican anthem? Native American? Hawaiian? African? Middle Eastern? Dont you care about equity?

[@MintTea2005]

In churches you usually stand up to sing or whatever it is. I used to go to church as a kid so it’s not that crazy

[@GATORAID1993]

They play the Canadian national anthem at every nhl game. Matt must really hate canada

[@abcdefghij1234543210]

23:18 by this logic, singing the Star Spangled Banner today sends the message that the US is still at war with Britain and serves to perpetuate and exacerbate the divide between the two countries.

[@saudade7842]

I love how he talks about them standing during the hymn when that's standard christian practice. When a hymn/gospel is sung you stand if able, that's just how they do it

[@goastlyarrowplays]

It’s not standard, it depends what denominations you are apart of. I know Baptist will kneel while Catholics stand.

[@Someone-tried-to-hack-me]

@@goastlyarrowplays I have never once in my entire life seen a baptist kneel and I live in the Bible belt???

[@OGEdger]

Matt really does take a long time to say nothing.

[@kade6776]

No it’s calling us chief, like “End Racism, Chiefs.”

[@timothymcqueen3408]

Matt Walsh has more episodes than there are One Piece chapters?

[@cosmosofinfinity]

Takes way less time, talent and work to churn them out

[@alieninthecaribbean]

So people are unfamiliar with the history of the Star Spangled Banner and that it never really was fully embraced by non-whites in the USA, particularly because of its racist line in the original: "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." The British freed enslaved Africans who fought with them. When the USA won, they were re-enslaved again. To pretend the USA has the exact same history and relationship with Native Americans, Africans brought over to be slaves, Mexicans who lost land and were driven further south, Chinese laborers, etc. as it did with white, male, Christian landowners is to be obtuse. Native Americans also have their own anthems they sing that honor their experience. So do African American Americans. When people are excluded they create their own. Don't denounce the beauty they created, let it teach you about why such a song had to be created in the first place.

[@blacksann01]

As a veteran I attended a NFL game and when everyone stood for the national anthem I nudged the guy next to me to stand up, he said "no", I said "come on buddy, I'm a vet and would really appreciate it if you'd stand up", he told me "f*ck you and being a vet", so I dumped him outta his wheelchair and said "enjoy the climb back up bitch!" And thats why I'm not allowed back into any NFL games

[@ariessi1485]

Wtf is wrong with you?

[@freedomofmusic2112]

😂

[@jantjepietjepol]

These people think that all art does is give instructions and not just someone trying to express themselves through a certain medium.

[@Arvensa]

Here's the heart of the matter that I wish Vaush would have illuminated in this video: The lyrics of "Lift Every Voice" referring to "The Dark Passage" and such are very much allusions to the trans-Atlantic slave trade specifically, making the song an inspiration of hope that Black Americans can have their voices lifted to join in the participation, dignity, and joy already enjoyed by the privileged mainstream, having overcome a history of violence and disenfranchisement. It's assimilationist by way of both its message and its framing in the form of a Christian Hymn. So it's especially absurd for Walsh et. al. to be wilfully attempting to separate the sort of "Black Lives Matter" parts away from the Christian assimilationist feel-good song and be divisive about it with a tirade about how lifting that Christian assimilationism up as an example by platforming it during this "Great American Tradition" is somehow divisive and against that same Christian assimilation he's explicitly loading "The Star Spangled Banner" with in the very same sentence. He is so starved for content to fill his channel with that he's willing to try a takedown piece of the Nice Respectable and Proper way to do inclusion he claims to want and which favors the status quo he desperately clings to. Surely he of all people should prefer this display to protests in the streets. Would you like the people to go burn down a police station instead of gathering to listen to a nice song and watch your precious traditional American Sport, Mr. Walsh? You will never be Respectable enough for the Right Wing, as long as you continue to exist in their sight. This performance is a perfect example of what its proponents claimed they wanted from all of us, and when they actually have it in front of them they spit all over this, too. What they always push for is silence and disappearance.

[@jayneroberts1236]

Omg I think it’s so stupid we even sing the national anthem before sporting events! We are not going into battle

[@anothercub6958]

I love rewatching news coverage of Iran and Iraq for the banger national anthems they perform as they destroy cities

[@daaaaaaanny]

I understand it for international events because they're representing their country. But when you're facing people from your own country? Doesn't really make sense

[@anothercub6958]

@@daaaaaaanny Imagine the national anthem plays twice. That way, both teams get represented

[@julesdalli9716]

I've always wanted to get national anthems out of domestic sport. Australia does the same thing in our own sports leagues, where we play "Advance Australia Fair" for no good reason. Save all of that for the Olympics, or the World Cup.

[@0815UserII]

Matt Walsh: The NFL is right, we should end racism. ... Also Matt Walsh: -continues to be racist Honestly, if the "most cherished national traditions" for Matt Walsh include racism, then this song is indeed "diminishing [his] most cherished national traditions". Black People: Can we have a national anthem? Matt Walsh: We have a national anthem at home. National anthem at home: ... National anthems are about as real as money. Though money, if implemented properly, might actually be usable in a neutral way, so it might actually be more real than national anthems.

[@RaeontheLeft]

If it was sung by a Country Singer they'd all be slapping their knees to it.

[@inrainbows1829]

Wait until Matt Walsh finds out Radiohead wrote a song called The National Anthem

[@tofu_golem]

Anyone: Racism is bad. Conservatives: Reeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

[@davex3747]

New Zealand. We have our anthem sung in 2 languages. Native Maori language and English. This conservative pearl necklace clutching is beyond dumb. Storm in a tea cup

[@luccan]

It's so strange how these people seem to be living in fear of literally everything

[@wet-read]

And they have the nerve to call those on the left "snowflakes".

[@garenthal9638]

@@wet-read the left thinks a video game is killing trans people

[@wet-read]

@@garenthal9638 What are you talking about?

[@garenthal9638]

@@wet-read Hogwarts Legacy

[@guillaumelagueyte1019]

"Te Atua Mou E" and "Ko e Iki he Lagi" are the national anthems of the Cook Islands and Niue, respectively.[11][12] In 2012, Tokelau adopted a territorial anthem, "Te Atua o Tokelau".[13] "Te Atua Mou Ē" ("God is Truth") is the national anthem of the Cook Islands. It was adopted in 1982, replacing the previous New Zealand anthem "God Defend New Zealand". "Ko e Iki he Lagi" (English: "The Lord in Heaven"), also titled in English as "Lord in heaven, Thou art merciful",[1] is the national anthem of Niue. It was adopted in 1974, when Niue became a self-governing state within the realm of New Zealand. Well, that was easier to find than I originally hoped for.

[@samiamrg7]

“The Star Spangled Banner” wasn’t adopted as the national anthem until 1931. It was a pretty obscure song/poem for most of it’s history. Matt is acting like this song is super important to American history and identiy, but it is a relatively new addition.

[@jurrutia4173]

I guess you missed the singer calling it “the black national anthem” that’s being exclusive! Double standards much?

[@anthonywoods8501]

@vaush if you go to any black church, they will refer to lift every voice and sing as the black national anthem

[@TheRedRaccoonDog]

Lift Every Voice and Sing is objectively a better song than The Star-Spangled Banner.

[@aethelflaed6814]

I remember one halftime show-apparently 2017 according to Google-where the performer slipped a bit of “This Land Is Your Land” into the National Anthem. A lot of people were like “oh good I was worried that was going to be political. Nothing but good solid American songs here!” It was mind-boggling. (First, I don’t know how a performance of the national anthem can be apolitical. Second, I thought everyone was aware that This Land is Your Land has a couple verses very critical of America…?)

[@andreakoroknai1071]

9:17 yes they do, Hungary is by no means a progressive country but there is a Romani National Anthem

[@legatus2976]

Can someone inform me how Matt Walsh has any fans? I mean I can understand how right wing people could like Crowder and Shapiro, as bad as they are, but people like Matt Walsh and Michael Knowles are so utterly devoid of charisma, humor, and just about any attractive quality that it boggles the mind.

[@GeteMachine]

Michael Knowles' response to this just happened to outdue Walsh's for being completely unhinged.

[@Darkeus1]

Maybe I am getting older but the National Anthem used to be, "Go to the bathroom and grab a beer" time and Halftime show was, "Go get food, hit the bong, use bathroom, grab a beer" Who watches this sh!t?

[@Gloomdrake]

The outrage is manufactured

[@golandry1]

A national anthem just for black people? And here I thought we ended segregation decades ago

[@joelhaggis5054]

With each passing day I become increasingly convinced that conservatives are living in a separate reality

[@TheXVodkaXFairy]

He keeps saying this only happens in America but I'm pretty sure Canada, Australia and New Zealand play songs or have additional verses in their national anthems that are representative of their aboriginal or native peoples. And it's not uncommon in these countries to recognise the original owners of the land they are on. They did it at the start of every university lecture or event when I was attending. So yeah, recognising non-white races at events is not that weird or out there .

[@derrickfoster644]

Sometimes we Canadians sing "oh Canada" in both English and French. Ad well as also singing the "Star Spangled Baner" if the other team is American.

[@Cancellator5000]

Those places are communist hellscapes though \s.

[@darrengordon-hill]

ADDITIONAL VERSES you say?? Not in fact... COMPLETELY DIFFERENT SONGS???

[@darrengordon-hill]

@Derrick Foster MAKE A POINT!! "Black" isn't a country. France is. Thus, the language "French". "Black" is not a language. Canada doesn't have a BLACK anthem... is that because they're racists????

[@samiamrg7]

+Darren Gordon-Hill Last I checked, France isn’t in Canada and Quebec isn’t a country.

[@TheManWhoLaughs2008]

What’s more dividing than two Anthems? Plus if u really think about it playing the Black Anthem and the National Anthem is basically saying Black ppl aren’t American.

[@thomasbeaumont8884]

Only conservatives call it the black anthem

[@TheManWhoLaughs2008]

@@thomasbeaumont8884 Only Conservatives stand for the National Anthem.

[@meprivate6923]

In the black community it's still colloquially known as the black national anthem. And it's some liberation theology stuff, that's why they're mad.

[@cameronmachado1774]

World cup was the biggest sporting event that plays the anthem of each special group involved in games.

[@lyndonlives638]

Pretty sure the only sporting event with the word "World" in it that America values is the "World Series"! 😆

[@cameronmachado1774]

@@lyndonlives638 true but it's growing in the US since we have more top tier players now.

[@SimmSumm]

The only time black people sing this song is when you are a freshman at an HBCU and you are doing your cross over to being a part of the school. It’s a song we sing and was made to represent our stuggle and rising up and we keep going. More black people know the lyrics/know how to play the National Anthem over Left Every Voice And Sing. The VAST majority of black people are southern baptist Christian and are socially conservative. It’s a black Christian song. Get over it. We not doing this bullshit on Black History Month.

[@symphomaniac]

Walsh would have a stroke if he ever attended an HBCU Football game

[@bobasaurusrexy]

“End racism “ has been on the players helmets for years. That’s right, I’m more of a man than Matt, because I actually watch football.

[@bobasaurusrexy]

Also, I literally just watched some history on how slaves invented hockey. I haven’t researched it all yet but it looked real interesting.

[@Spagettigeist]

Swiss person here... we ACTUALLY have two variations of the same national anthem (since a few years, so it's fairly new). One is the original one and one is changed so there's no god in it and is inclusive to atheists, which are a big group here. And believe it or not... .. there was a backlash against the non-god version too... mainly from the right... what a surprise, right?

[@Kuhmuhnistische_Partei]

And I think it's actually a good thing to have a non-god-related version. I mean, more and more people become atheist, at some point it's just kinda strange to still sing something about God and whatnot when nearly nobody really believes in it anymore. Christianity just isn't this big thing connecting most people anymore and if they really care about the National Anthem to be something people identify with and that connects people, you should focus more on the actual things that still connects people... like paying taxes to the same state infrastructure I guess, lol.

[@Spagettigeist]

@@Kuhmuhnistische_Partei "something people identify with and that connects people, you should focus more on the actual things that still connects people... like paying taxes " lol that is certainly a very common experience, but we don't want people to be feeling annoyed whenever they sing the anthem either XD

[@pansepot1490]

Lmao, Matt can tell the same to Moses. “Do we really need the Ten Commandments?” “Don’t we all know that murder and theft are bad?” “Didn’t god carve morality in our hearts?” “Aren’t these stone tablets just leftist virtue signaling?”

[@jimbob498]

What the piss are you babbling about?

[@Chief-et6xk]

@@jimbob498 to many big words ?

[@NopeUghUghAbsolutelyNot]

No Vaush... Lift Every Voice and Sing is known as the Black National Anthem even amongst black ppl. Its what we've always called it and I'm 40. It was the black national anthem to my mother when she was growing up too, so it's not a conservative thing. It's what its called in black circles.

[@majornougat5207]

I know its a petty detail to fixate on, but wtf is the "sweet baby gang" written on Matt's mug. Very weird vibes

[@xavierrobertson6266]

For those who don't know, Lift Every Voice is commonly referred to as the Black National Anthem (or negro anthem by old heads) by black folks. It's also not just a Christian hymn. It is specifically a negro spiritual, which while they are Christian hymns and use that imagery, they are mostly about deliverance from oppression

[@xavierrobertson6266]

In other words calling it the black national anthem is not just a conservative thing lol

[@BillionHoney]

Matt Walsh is living rent free in your heads

[@VictoriousGardenosaurus]

Imagine being more upset about a singer at the halftime show than all of the broken necks from last high school football season

[@jimbob498]

What????

[@SmashToBits]

@@jimbob498 Football is dangerous and hurts lots of kids playing it, but conservatives couldnt care less, they would rather cry about a halftime show

[@VictoriousGardenosaurus]

@@SmashToBitsPrecisely.

[@Azrael_Garou]

Ah yes, I remember. We always needed a new team of all new players literally every season because it's just a terrible fact that when you play a whole season of football, you end up paralyzed.

[@happycamperds9917]

But Vwoosh, I thought you hated Black Nationalism??!!?!

[@elliott614]

They always can't just say "giving it attention" they have to say "making it MORE IMPORTANT AND TAKING AWAY" And then "like the situation hasn't improved for them over the last 100 years" um. So I thought the Matt Walshes of the world cared about "heritage"

[@berkslaw]

The "so called" Black National Anthem has been around since 1900. It is a poem. How long has Matt Walsh been around? Who is Matt Walsh again? Is he a failed comedian? Matt, THIS IS THE UNITED STATES, not "any other country."