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:
Your a jerk ! Don’t come back !
I would like to shake your hand!
Bruce Springsteen is a worthless fucking$#%&!@*!
Then just stay there.
We r embarrassed by u!!! Scum, stay overseas
Stay gone springsteen
Go Bruce. I mean stay there.
YOU ARE THE EMBARRASSMENT
you make me sick you’re antiamerica piece of dung you will never see one dime of this exfans money you make me sick a–hole
I’m embarassed to have been a fan!