Does opposing sarcasm risk flashing the universe into oblivion if it’s an exact inverse match? I’ll have to take that risk….

You have it backwards, my friend: WE, the United States, are the Great Melting Pot, not the French. But a Melting Pot implies - nay, expressly states - that the result tends toward a homogenous mix, comprised of the ingredients that went in. For much of our history since we began accepting “huddled masses” from various “teeming shores,” the result has been an eventual blending of cultures, resulting in a new mix that was stronger than before.

What we’re facing today - and which Nuestro Himno” reflects - is an increasingly heterogeneous culture. My wife is half-Hispanic, and hails from El Paso, Texas, where today few private or public employers hire anyone who cannot speak Spanish. Here in Austin, virtually everything from the restaurant menus to the grocery shelves are bilingual. This is not a Melting Pot; it’s a cultural divide.

I do not think that Nuestro Himno reflects a lack of respect toward the United States, but I do believe it reflects the firm belief and support of a separate culture coming into being. This is being driven by many factors: massive illegal immigration; rampant political correctness requiring absolute deference to all cultures that came to this land since (and including) the American Indians; huge and increasing economic imbalances between the haves and the have-not’s; and more (OK, I’m wimping out on add’l enumeration to avoid even more points of argument).

So, on the one hand, I do agree with you that Nuestro Himno does not deserve our condemnation, but it also does not deserve to be embraced unless you realize you are embracing the invasion of a new culture that is determined to become increasingly separate from, and eventually dominant to, the heterogeneous goal that has so long been part and parcel of our legal immigration policy.

how can you condemn a song of patriotism towards
the United States, just because it’s written in Spanish?

How indeed!?

Say, check out this site:

http://david.national-anthems.net/fr.htm

Next time you visit HQ, I say you should use the handy English translation of “La Marseillaise” and burst into song at the next company meeting. Being enlightened nationalists over there, I’m sure the French will embrace the anglicized version of their national anthem with the open-armed enthusiasm we so totally lack over here.