Cov neeg sab xis zoo li Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, yav dhau los Congressman Allen West, thiab lwm tus tau tawm tsam txog Coca Cola's Super Bowl ad featuring "America the Beautiful" hu ua ntau hom lus raws li lub ntsej muag ntawm cov neeg ntawm ntau haiv neeg tau pom.
Hom yog cov tshuaj tiv thaiv ntawm Michael Leahy ntawm wacko lub vev xaib Breitbart.com:
"Lub tuam txhab siv cov nkauj zoo li no, ib feem ntau hu nkauj hauv pawg ntseeg thaum Lub Xya Hli 4 uas sawv cev rau lub qub 'E Pluribus Unum' saib ntawm Asmeskas haiv neeg li cas, txhawm rau txhawb ntau haiv neeg hauv peb lub caj pas."
Glenn Beck tus neeg tawm tsam ntseeg tau hais tias qhov kev tshaj tawm yuav "ua rau peb faib ua nom ua tswv." Nws ntxiv:
โNov yog txhua qhov kev tshaj tawm no. Nws yog ib qho ntawm koj lub ntsej muag - thiab yog tias koj tsis nyiam, yog tias koj ua phem rau nws, ces koj yog kev ntxub ntxaug. Yog tias koj nyiam nws, zoo ces koj yog rau kev nkag tebchaws, qhov ntawd yog qhov nws yog. Koj yog rau kev vam meej. Qhov ntawd yog tag nrho cov no, yog faib tib neeg. "
Yav dhau los Florida Congressman Allen West, ib tug Tea Party nyiam, blogged:
"Nws pib zoo siab nrog cov lus ntawm 'America tus Zoo nkauj.' Tom qab ntawd cov lus los ntawm lus Askiv mus rau hom lus kuv tsis paubโฆ.Yog tias peb tsis tuaj yeem txaus siab ua ib lub teb chaws los hu 'American the Beautiful' ua lus Askiv hauv ib lub tebchaws. kev lag luam thaum lub sij hawm Super Bowl, los ntawm ib lub tuam txhab raws li Asmeskas thaum lawv tuaj - doggone peb nyob rau hauv txoj kev mus rau perdition. "
Limbaugh hais rau nws cov neeg mloog:
"Yog tias koj xav tias txoj hauv kev zoo tshaj plaws, yog tias koj ntseeg tias txoj hauv kev zoo tshaj plaws los muag Coca-Cola rau cov neeg Asmeskas yog hu nkauj 'America's Beautiful' ua ntau hom lus, yog vim li cas koj ho tsis tsim cov khoom nrog cov ntawv luam tawm hauv 10 qhov sib txawv. yam lus? Puas yog txoj kev muag Coca-Cola?
Yog tias cov neeg saib xyuas kev saib xyuas no paub lub hauv paus pib ntawm "America tus Zoo Nkauj," lawv yuav tau npau taws ob zaug, liam Coca Cola ntawm kev txhawb nqa lub npe hu ua "homosexual agenda." Vim hais tias, lawv puas tau thab mus nrhiav qhov tseeb (tsis yog lub ntsiab lus muaj zog ntawm cov neeg tawm tsam), lawv yuav tau kawm tias "America tus Zoo Nkauj" tau sau los ntawm - twv peb hais qhov no rau pej xeem? โ ib lesbian!
Yog lawm, qhov tseeb. Tus sau ntawm no iconic anthem ntawm American patriotism yog Katharine Lee Bates. Hauv lub teeb ci ntsa iab ntawm cov bigots 'rov qab tawm tsam Coke kev lag luam, Stephen Colbert tau taw qhia tias Bates yog poj niam nyiam poj niam. Nws kuj tseem tuaj yeem hais ntxiv tias nws kuj yog ib tug ntseeg kev coj noj coj ua thiab ib tus yeeb ncuab ntawm Asmeskas imperialism.
Bates (1859-1929), tus kws sau paj huam zoo thiab tus xibfwb qhia lus Askiv ntawm Wellesley College, yog ib feem ntawm kev hloov pauv hloov pauv hauv cheeb tsam Boston, txhawj xeeb txog txoj cai ua haujlwm, nroog slums thiab cov poj niam xaiv tsa.
Tau ntau xyoo Bates nyob nrog thiab hlub nws tus npoj yaig Wellesley Katharine Coman, tus tsim ntawm lub tsev kawm ntawv qib siab txoj haujlwm kev lag luam, uas tau sau Keeb Kwm ntawm Kev Ua Haujlwm Kev Ua Haujlwm hauv Hawaii Islands thiab Keeb Kwm Kev Lag Luam ntawm Sab Hnub Poob. Coman kuj yog ib tug kws sau paj huam. Nws thiab Bates tau sau ntawv Askiv keeb kwm raws li Qhia los ntawm Askiv Poets.
Txawm hais tias lawv nyob ua ke tau 25 xyoo hauv qhov hu ua "Boston Marriage," lawv tsis tuaj yeem lees paub lawv txoj kev sib raug zoo. Thaum Coman tuag, txawm li cas los xij, Bates luam tawm Yellow Clover: Phau Ntawv Nco Txog uas ua kev zoo siab rau lawv txoj kev hlub thiab lawv txoj kev koom tes hauv kev hloov pauv ntawm kev hloov pauv thiab kev coj noj coj ua ntawm lawv lub hnub.
Yog Bates thiab Coman tseem muaj sia nyob niaj hnub no, tej zaum lawv yuav tau ua kom zoo dua ntawm Massachusetts txoj cai tso cai rau poj niam txiv neej sib yuav - txoj cai uas tib neeg nyiam Limbaugh pom qhov txaus ntshai.
Bates 'lub voj voog ntawm cov neeg hloov kho thiab cov radicals - suav nrog cov neeg ua haujlwm koom siab, cov poj niam nyiam poj niam thiab cov neeg tawm tsam vaj tse - yog cov neeg tawm tswv yim zoo rau cov neeg tsiv teb tsaws chaw. Bates thiab Coman tau tuaj yeem pab dawb hauv Denison House, lub tsev nyob hauv Boston uas ua haujlwm los txhim kho lub neej ntawm cov neeg tsiv teb tsaws chaw uas nyob hauv Boston cov slums thiab ua haujlwm hauv nws cov sweatshops. Denison House tau tsim los ntawm lawv cov npoj yaig Wellesley Vida Scudder, lwm tus neeg muaj kev ntseeg siab, feminist, thiab poj niam nyiam poj niam. Nws tau ua qauv ntawm Hull House, tsim los ntawm Jane Addams hauv Chicago.
Txhawm rau hwm nws qhov kev ua tiav, ob lub tsev kawm ntawv theem pib - ib qho hauv Wellesley, Mass., lwm qhov hauv Colorado Springs, Colorado, nrog rau Bates Hall tsev so hauv Wellesley College - tau muab npe rau tus sau "America the Beautiful."
Limbaugh, West thiab lwm cov neeg saib xyuas uas tau npau taws los ntawm Coke kev lag luam muaj tsawg kawg yog ib qho zoo sib xws nrog Bates. Nws yog ib tug Republican tas sim neej, nyob rau lub sijhawm uas muaj ntau tus Republicans vam meej. Tab sis Bates tau tawg nrog tog los pom zoo rau Democratic tus thawj tswj hwm tus neeg sib tw John W. Davis hauv 1924 vim yog GOP qhov kev tawm tsam rau Asmeskas kev koom tes hauv Pab Koomtes ntawm Tebchaws. (Davis poob qhov kev xaiv tsa rau Calvin Coolidge). Zoo li ntau tus neeg tawm tsam thaum lub sijhawm, Bates ntseeg tias Asmeskas yuav tsum koom nrog hauv ntiaj teb, tab sis nws yuav tsum tsis txhob thab plaub rau cov teb chaws tsis muaj zog - cov kev xav uas nws tau hais meej meej hauv "America the Beautiful."
Bates sau paj huam "America tus Zoo nkauj" nyob rau hauv 1893 tom qab mus xyuas Pikes Peak hauv Colorado, uas nws pom Rocky Roob nyob rau hauv ib qho kev taw qhia thiab lub Great Plains nyob rau hauv lwm yam. Thaum nws rov qab los rau hauv nws chav tsev so, nws tau sau ib tsab ntawv rau cov phooj ywg, saib tias "cov teb chaws xws li Askiv ua tsis tiav vim tias, thaum lawv tuaj yeem yog 'zoo," lawv tsis tau "zoo." Nws tau tshaj tawm tias, "Yog tias peb tsis kam ua peb txoj kev ua tau zoo nrog kev ua siab zoo, thiab peb txoj kev nplua nuj nrog cov kwv tij, peb cov neeg Amelikas uas peb hlub yuav mus ib yam." Nws kho cov paj huam ntau zaus. Lub npe nrov tshaj plaws tau tshwm sim hauv nws phau ntawv America zoo nkauj, thiab Lwm Cov Paj Huam (1912).
"America tus Zoo Nkauj" yog ob qho tib si tshaj tawm ntawm Bates 'kev hlub thiab kev tawm tsam tawm tsam Gilded Age greed. Nws pib nrog cov lus paub zoo tam sim no,
โAu, zoo nkauj rau lub ntuj dav dav, rau cov nthwv dej amber ntawm cov nplej; Rau lub roob liab doog 'mesty saum toj no fruited tiaj."
Tom qab ntawd nws pivots rau cov kab uas txhais tau tias yog kev tawm tsam tawm tsam Asmeskas kev ua tub rog tsis raug cai thiab kev ua tub rog txawv teb chaws nrog rau tsoomfwv Meskas cov kev txwv tsis raug cai ntawm kev hais lus dawb, tsis pom zoo, thiab kev ywj pheej ntawm pej xeem:
โAmerica! Asmeskas! Vajtswv kho koj txhua qhov kev tsis txaus ntseeg, lees paub koj tus ntsuj plig hauv kev tswj tus kheej, Koj txoj kev ywj pheej ntawm txoj cai! โ
Hauv lwm nqe lus, nws pom tias:
โAmerica! Asmeskas! Vajtswv foom koob hmoov rau koj. Kom txog rau thaum tus kheej nce tsis stain Lub banner ntawm tus dawb! โ
Bates tsis zoo siab txog Asmeskas cov thawj coj nom tswv, ib yam, raws li tau hais hauv nqe lus no:
โAmerica! Asmeskas! Vajtswv foom koob hmoov rau koj. Txog thaum cov txiv neej nobler khaws ib zaug ntxiv. Koj lub siab dawb paug!โ
Cov paj huam cov lus kawg - "thiab muab koj lub siab zoo nrog cov kwv tij, los ntawm hiav txwv mus rau lub hiav txwv ci ntsa iab" - yog ib qho kev thov rau kev ncaj ncees hauv zej zog es tsis yog nrhiav kev nplua nuj.
"America tus Zoo Nkauj" tau luam tawm xyoo 1895 thiab tom qab ntawd tau teeb tsa suab paj nruag sau los ntawm Samuel Ward, tus kws tshaj lij ntawm Grace Episcopal Church hauv Newark, New Jersey.
Thiab tsuav yog peb tab tom qhia txog Limbaugh lunatics thiab lwm yam tshaj tawm xov xwm txog Asmeskas zais cia radical keeb kwm, tej zaum lawv kuj xav paub tias "Pledge of Allegiance" kuj tau sau los ntawm ib tug Christian socialist, Francis Bellamy. Thiab hais tias tus sau ntawm "Lub Tebchaws no yog Koj Lub Tebchaws," Yog Woody Guthrie, yog ib tug cog lus radical, uas Pete Seeger, tus neeg hu nkauj uas nyiam zaj nkauj thiab txawm ua nws ntawm Obama lub rooj sib tham, kuj yog ib tus neeg sab laug, thiab hais tias zaj nkauj no muaj kev tawm tsam muaj xws li cov lus me me uas thuam qhov kev xav ntawm tus kheej ntiag tug!
Peter Dreier qhia kev nom kev tswv ntawm Occidental College thiab yog tus sau 100 Cov Neeg Asmeskas Zoo Tshaj Plaws ntawm 20th Century: Kev Ncaj Ncees Kev Ncaj Ncees ntawm Fame, luam tawm los ntawm Nation Books.
ZNetwork tau txais nyiaj tsuas yog los ntawm kev ua siab zoo ntawm nws cov neeg nyeem.
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