This week, Bruce Springsteen claimed that he was standing amount “embarrassed Americans”.
This coming from the man who sings “Born in the USA,” but the signs were there all along. Springsteen’s hit may sound like a patriotic jam, but its intention is often misheard or misunderstood. With lyrics like “So they put a rifle in my hand / Sent me off to a foreign land / To go and kill the yellow man,” the song was a political statement from the very beginning.
The anti-war/anti-America message may have been subtle then, but now Springsteen is making his displeasure with the United States known across the world. His most overt criticism of his home country came this week during a concert in Melbourne, Australia.
See Bruce Springsteen’s full statement on the next page:
POS
He can stay away if he hates America so much.
NO We Are NOT
Bye.
And we’re embarrassed about you, too,$#%&!@*
How shameful, you are a true$#%&!@* I’m embarrassed to say you are an American, Going overseas to talk$#%&!@*like that. And you’re from my home State of New Jersey. From one American to the other, Eat a$#%&!@*Bruce.
Boycott
I’m not embarrased
Another has-been rocker.
Not nearly as ashamed as we are of you !