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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] Kumbaya my loooooord, Kumbayaaaaaa. Kumbaya my loooooord, Kumbayaaaaaa. [/quote] [i]Through labor protests, folk masses, civil rights marches, student uprisings, postprandial programs at church spaghetti suppers, the song was treated in a straightforward manner, held up without irony as a ritual of reverence, a soft-voice anthem of togetherness, a choral group hug. Then something changed in the American psyche, and "Kumbaya" — along with the unity it represents — began to be mocked, especially by political figures and the people who cover them. The song became sneering shorthand for blissful agreement...The fuzzily translated word has become crystal clear code in the world of politics. As Vanderbilt University political scientist John G. Geer said to Freedman in The New York Times, invoking kumbaya "lets you ridicule the whole idea of compromise."[/i] https://www.npr.org/2012/01/13/145059502/when-did-kumbaya-become-such-a-bad-thing [/quote]
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