Metallica Should Retire One of Their Songs Forever!

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In 1991, the heavy metal band Metallica released their self-titled “black” album, which after its release became the best selling metal album of all time. One of the songs on it is “Don’t Tread on Me”. The song’s title was a common slogan among American revolutionaries about 250 years ago. But….that song has not aged well at all.

To understand why, we must look at the lyrics.

Don’t tread on meI said, don’t tread on me
Liberty or death, what we so proudly hailOnce you provoke her, rattling of her tailNever begins it, never, but once engagedNever surrenders, showing the fangs of rage
I said don’t tread on me
So be itThreaten no moreTo secure peace is to prepare for warSo be itSettle the scoreTouch me again for the words that you’ll hear evermore
HeyDon’t tread on me
Love it or leave it, she with the deadly biteQuick is the blue tongue, forked as lighting strikeShining with brightness, always on surveillanceThe eyes, they never close, emblem of vigilance
Ooh no, no, no don’t tread on me
So be itThreaten no moreTo secure peace is to prepare for warSo be itSettle the scoreTouch me again for the words that you’ll hear evermore
Don’t tread on me
So be itThreaten no moreTo secure peace is to prepare for warLiberty or death, what we so proudly hailOnce you provoke her, rattling on her tail
So be itThreaten no moreTo secure peace is to prepare for warSo be itSettle the scoreTouch me again for the words that you’ll hear evermoreDon’t tread on me
So the song is loaded with revolutionary slogans. However…..
Never begins it, never, but once engagedNever surrenders, showing the fangs of rage
That’s an outright lie as far as American war efforts are concerned. We absolutely DID begin a war in Iraq on 2003, attacking that country when it wasn’t even threatening to attack any of its neighbors. And because we insisted on doing that, wasting so much manpower and money……we eventually were discredited, forcing us to leave both Iraq and Afghanistan after completely wearing out our welcome on both those countries. Not to mention we also gave up on Vietnam and left that country to its fate in 1973.
And NOW in 2026, we have actually started ANOTHER war in the Middle East, against Iran!
And there are other slogans that right-wing bigots might find appealing, such as:
Love it or leave it, she with the deadly bite
So if you dare to oppose right-wing policies, you might get DEPORTED, eh?
To secure peace is to prepare for war
We Americans spend so much money on military forces we might as well be a world conquering EMPIRE! We do not merely prepare for war, we look for excuses to openly wage it!
From now on, every time I hear that song, I will think of fascism, NOT freedom. Don’t say you won’t tolerate being treaded on if you insist on treading on others, HYPOCRITES!

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