It’s a bit of a stretch to say it has confederate origins. There are two aspects of the song itself that leftists take issue with.
First, there’s the alleged connection to General Lee. One of the higher-ups at UT Austin at the time was a student of Lee at what’s now known as Washington & Lee University. Apparently, Lee would frequently tell students that “the eyes of the south were upon them,” meaning that people were expecting them to do great things. Students at UT Austin adapted that phrase for The Eyes of Texas.
Second, there’s the venue where the song was first performed; a minstrel show. Given the modern backlash against minstrel shows and blackface, they want to invalidate everything associated with them.
Do these factors merit the song being cancelled? Personally, I think not. It’s too much of a stretch.
Of course it’s a stretch. That’s what drives cancel culture. All you need is a hint of a possibility of a mention, yada, yada, yada to bolster the looney leftist’ reasoning behind this nonsense. Take it to an extreme and you could conceivably cancel just about anything you want to.
It’s a bit of a stretch to say it has confederate origins. There are two aspects of the song itself that leftists take issue with.
First, there’s the alleged connection to General Lee. One of the higher-ups at UT Austin at the time was a student of Lee at what’s now known as Washington & Lee University. Apparently, Lee would frequently tell students that “the eyes of the south were upon them,” meaning that people were expecting them to do great things. Students at UT Austin adapted that phrase for The Eyes of Texas.
Second, there’s the venue where the song was first performed; a minstrel show. Given the modern backlash against minstrel shows and blackface, they want to invalidate everything associated with them.
Do these factors merit the song being cancelled? Personally, I think not. It’s too much of a stretch.
Of course it’s a stretch. That’s what drives cancel culture. All you need is a hint of a possibility of a mention, yada, yada, yada to bolster the looney leftist’ reasoning behind this nonsense. Take it to an extreme and you could conceivably cancel just about anything you want to.
Who does this bother? Who wants it canceled? I think it’s coming from the Chinese communist party. Erase the people’s past and then you erase them
Stretching is one of the commie left's favorite forms of exercise.
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