After seeing the Coke “America the Beautiful” commercial, I commented that some people would be upset by it. Got that one right. All across the internet are people saying things like:

• Nice to see that coke likes to sing an AMERICAN song in the terrorist’s language. Way to go coke.
• DO NOT sing my Country’s song of Freedom in a different language.
• Dear Coke, Your commercial is a slap to the faces of my Italian and Finnish ancestors who came here & learned English.
• Safe to say I’m never drinking coke again after they sing an american song in another language, buncha pricks.
• You can’t sing an American song in another language!
• America the Beautiful was meant to be sung in our accepted language. Drink Pepsi.
• Our forefathers are rolling over in their graves. America the Beautiful is sung in English.
• This is the most un-American commercial I have ever seen.
• Because of this I will never drink Coca Cola again.
• Terrible ad, Coke. Just terrible. Offensive isn’t a strong enough word.

On the other hand, many people (like me) did like the commercial. Including:

• The best part of this super bowl is Coke losing a million racist customers.
• So you think people who don’t speak English aren’t allowed to love America?

I have friends who are immigrants from China and Latin America. Although they know English, it is not their “heart” language and never will be. Their heart language is Chinese or Spanish. Should we native English speakers be offended if they, and other immigrants, sing “America the Beautiful” in their heart language?

Is the Pledge of Allegiance invalid if spoken in Spanish?

Is that Coke commercial really so terrible?

Have Americans become a bunch of weenies, getting offended over just about anything?

Coke apparently anticipated that some people would be upset. They created a number of YouTube videos focusing on a single language, kind of a “making of” the Super Bowl ad, it seems.

• It’s Beautiful in Hebrew
• It’s Beautiful in Tagalog
• It’s Beautiful in Mandarin
• It’s Beautiful in Spanish
• It’s Beautiful in Hindi
• It’s Beautiful in Senegalese
• It’s Beautiful in Arabic
• It’s Beautiful in English