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    Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 3 Jul 2020

    Jeet Heer Retweeted Bobby Lewis

    There are songs where it is hard to make out the lyrics. But Born in the USA is not one of them. Yet it took 36 years for a conservative to listen to the lyrics & figure it out.https://twitter.com/revrrlewis/status/1279055637608087552 …

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    Bobby LewisVerified account @revrrlewis
    Congratulations to The Federalist for finally discovering, after 36 years, that "Born in the USA" is not a celebratory anthem about America's awesomeness. pic.twitter.com/dYS5wMJ7w3
    8:30 AM - 3 Jul 2020
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      2. Christopher Brown‏ @chrisoncoffee 3 Jul 2020
        Replying to @HeerJeet

        See also: Fortunate Son, Keep on Rockin in the Free World.

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      3. Squirmin Melville‏ @rhetorusrex 3 Jul 2020
        Replying to @chrisoncoffee @HeerJeet

        The Bible

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      1. Michael Smith‏ @mepsmith 3 Jul 2020
        Replying to @HeerJeet

        They just yell the chorus on repeat

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      1. Coffeeless in Ottawa‏ @CoffeelessInOtt 3 Jul 2020
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        Next you'll be telling me that Bad Religion's "American Jesus" is not about how the son of God is an American.

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      2. John Holbo‏ @jholbo1 3 Jul 2020
        Replying to @HeerJeet

        Randy Newman examples also come to kind.

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      3. Gregory Hays‏ @aristofontes 3 Jul 2020
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        Although isn't Newman a bit different in that the lyrics wouldn't differ at all if the song were meant to be taken straight? It's a sort of Pierre Menard effect.

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      1. Alas, poor Loric‏ @sneakerpants 3 Jul 2020
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        https://youtu.be/1bXzFY72wbs 

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      1. Chris Mommsen‏ @ChrisMommsen 3 Jul 2020
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        Even Chris Christie seems to get it to some extent lol https://www.npr.org/2019/03/26/706566556/bruce-springsteen-born-in-the-usa-american-anthem …

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      1. Dan Schuh‏ @schuh_dan 3 Jul 2020
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        Calling George Will. There is not a smidgen of androgyny in Springsteen, who, rocketing around the stage in a T-shirt and headband, resembles Robert DeNiro in the combat scenes of "The Deerhunter. https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1984/09/13/bruce-springsteens-usa/f6502baa-a8eb-48ad-ba85-7fa848d8833e/ …

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      1. Chris C.‏ @77chrisc 3 Jul 2020
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        Do you remember when Ronald Reagan tried to use it for his campaign? Good times! 🤣🤣🤣

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