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Except the actual words to La Marseillaise are quite terrible, at least by modern standards, "Qu’un sang impur Abreuve nos sillons!" "That their impure blood Sh

• erazor42 4y ago
  « Impure » does not refer to enemy blood but refer to the own blood of the French republican. (Versus the « pure » blood of the royalist)
• kergonath 4y ago
  They are the reflection of their times. Their are outdated now, and not taken literally, but they are a relic from the foundation of the Republic. As a pacifist I don’t think we should get rid of them. History is important.
• corrral 4y ago
  A huge part of the Anglophone Web, including much of the left, is currently casually referring to Russians as "orcs" and gleefully speculating about how many sunflowers will sprout from their corpses. "Modern standards", ha! Hasn't changed a bit. (and—sigh—no, I'm not pro-Russian when it comes to the invasion of Ukraine, or much else for that matter)
  • the_af 4y ago
    I find the "orcs" thing appalling. Especially since in my country, Argentina, the same word is casually used to describe poor people, implying they are a thieving, untrustworthy, dumb mob.