| 1. Author: DrafterX | Date: Wed, 9/13/2017, 4:04PM EST | |
Baltimore's monument to the man who wrote the "Star-Spangled Banner" was defaced Tuesday night, with the words "Racist Anthem" scrawled in black. The phrase was written at the base of the concrete and marble Francis Scott Key monument. Besides the black lettering, the structure was splashed with red and black paint. On the ground near the monument, words from the third stanza of Key's famous poem were painted in black, according to the Baltimore Sun: "No refuge could save, hireling or slave, from terror of flight, or gloom of grave." Police are investigating, but they’ve yet to identify any suspects. Key penned what is now the national anthem while he was held captive by the British during the War of 1812. The Key incident comes a few weeks after a monument to Christopher Columbus was vandalized in Baltimore and a week after the city removed four monuments honoring Confederate leaders. The Baltimore Sun described Key as having a mixed record on race, writing his “actions helped incite a race riot in the District of Columbia" due to Key’s actions as district attorney in the arrest of an abolitionist. Many historians have not read Key’s “slave” verse as a glorification of slavery, but rather have pointed to numerous alternate interpretations, including one stemming from the British practice of kidnapping sailors and forcing them into duty. Film at 11....  |
| 2. Author: jjanecka | Date: Wed, 9/13/2017, 4:55PM EST | |
Typical democrat nonsense. They're trying to start a race war. |
| 3. Author: victor809 | Date: Wed, 9/13/2017, 5:06PM EST | |
... by that logic one Trump supporter screaming "Jews will not replace us" means it's typical for all Trump supporters to be antisemitic.
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| 4. Author: victor809 | Date: Wed, 9/13/2017, 5:06PM EST | |
... sure is a good thing we've never seen that happen. ...
....oh.... wait.... |
| 5. Author: Abrignac | Date: Wed, 9/13/2017, 5:46PM EST | |
victor809 wrote:... by that logic one Trump supporter screaming "Jews will not replace us" means it's typical for all Trump supporters to be antisemitic.
Quit being a douche. |
| 6. Author: frankj1 | Date: Wed, 9/13/2017, 6:23PM EST | |
Abrignac wrote:Quit being a douche. so Victor is wrong cuz jj is right? can't side with ya on that, Bud. |
| 7. Author: Abrignac | Date: Wed, 9/13/2017, 6:39PM EST | |
frankj1 wrote:so Victor is wrong cuz jj is right?
can't side with ya on that, Bud. Nope, Victor is a douche sans JJ. |
| 8. Author: DrafterX | Date: Wed, 9/13/2017, 6:44PM EST | |
He's also assuming all KKK guys support Trump...  |
| 9. Author: frankj1 | Date: Wed, 9/13/2017, 7:00PM EST | |
DrafterX wrote:He's also assuming all KKK guys support Trump... he's pointing out that JJ stating Dems want to start a race war is the same as... |
| 10. Author: bgz | Date: Wed, 9/13/2017, 7:34PM EST | |
Last I checked, destruction of property and vandalism is against the law.
This is not a free speech issue, this is "we have too many uneducated and jobless dumb asses with nothing better to do" issue.
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| 11. Author: MACS | Date: Wed, 9/13/2017, 8:12PM EST | |
frankj1 wrote:so Victor is wrong cuz jj is right?
can't side with ya on that, Bud. Victor is both right... and a douche. They don't have to be mutually exclusive. Duh. |
| 12. Author: frankj1 | Date: Wed, 9/13/2017, 8:15PM EST | |
I can live with that, though I like Victor. |
| 13. Author: victor809 | Date: Wed, 9/13/2017, 9:14PM EST | |
Hell I can live with being both right and a douche... |
| 14. Author: frankj1 | Date: Wed, 9/13/2017, 9:23PM EST | |
that's what I like! |
| 15. Author: Speyside | Date: Wed, 9/13/2017, 9:34PM EST | |
Fiat accompli? |
| 16. Author: victor809 | Date: Wed, 9/13/2017, 10:04PM EST | |
Only drove a fiat once... wasn't super impressed... |
| 17. Author: Speyside | Date: Wed, 9/13/2017, 10:52PM EST | |
LOL! Fait Accompli. |
| 18. Author: Ewok126 | Date: Wed, 9/13/2017, 11:07PM EST | |
Hahahahaha,
Dyslexia can be a pain in the arse for sure. Good thing I speak Dyslexic very well. Not to good on French all that much but I knew what you ment Spey lmaoooo. |
| 19. Author: SteveS | Date: Thu, 9/14/2017, 6:10AM EST | |
interestingly enough, it was 203 years ago today that Key wrote the lyrics ... "the twilights last gleaming" was in reference to the evening of the 13th and "the dawns early light" was in reference to the early morning hours of the 14th ... |
| 20. Author: DrafterX | Date: Thu, 9/14/2017, 8:09AM EST | |
why was he up all night..?? was he on the crack..??  |
| 21. Author: teedubbya | Date: Thu, 9/14/2017, 10:31AM EST | |
You'd love to have him on your crack |
| 22. Author: DrafterX | Date: Thu, 9/14/2017, 10:38AM EST | |
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