During World War One, there was a widespread movement in the United States to rebrand sauerkraut as "liberty cabbage", an attempt to shed German affectations from popular speech. This would of course be repeated some seven decades later in the course of the "Freedom Fry" affair. It's worth remembering, especially on 9/11, that propaganda can often begin as simply smug and arrogant, and very quickly proceed into bigotry.
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