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Following the Francis Scott Key bridge collapse, the Related Press wasted no time in politicizing the historical past of the nationwide anthem's creator, Francis Scott Key.
By no means let any disaster go to waste, proper? It's virtually as if they’re making ready a suggestion that or not it’s named after another person.
That is what the media does now. To maintain a watch:
Who was Francis Scott Key, in whose identify the bridge collapsed? His poem 'The Star-Spangled Banner' grew to become https://t.co/Y5tMA75Dob
– Related Press (@AP) 26 March 2024
From the story:
Whereas the primary stanza of the anthem is essentially the most well-known, it has a complete of 4 stanzas; Within the third, reference is made to a slave. Based on the Nationwide Park Service's Fort McHenry Nationwide Monument and Historic Shrine, Key, whose household owned enslaved individuals and who himself owned enslaved individuals, supported the concept of sending free black individuals to Africa, however to not America. Opposed the abolition of slavery.
His private historical past has made him a controversial determine in some circles; In June 2020, a statue of him was eliminated in San Francisco.
It's all very predictable, isn't it?
It solely took 12 hours for the “Bridge was racist” articles to seem.
– Britt (@pashedmotatos) 26 March 2024
Are we already making ready to rename the bridge?
– Gumslinger (@gumslinger) 26 March 2024
Apparatchiks are already planning to rename it 'The George Floyd Memorial Bridge'
– The Most Realist (@ProGunMemes) 26 March 2024
Do your followers actually not know who Frances Scott Key’s? If that’s the case, is it since you've taught them that “The Star-Spangled Banner” is racist?
– Matt Elliot (@MonarchosMatt) 26 March 2024
When did the media flip right into a bunch of discredited social justice activists?