I wasn't criticizing Key but pointing out that there is an attack on the slaves in the anthem. It was in their best interest to see the slavocracy overthrown and they followed up on it. And the white patriots did not appreciate it. Is that so hard to follow? The slaves were not happy campers and ran away or assisted the Brits when they could, just as they assisted the Union soldiers fifty years later. Key attacked them in the lyrics for doing so.
It's hard to follow that, if the 3rd verse makes veiled references to the Maryland blacks and vilifies them that the whole song and, therefore, Key, would be deemed as racist. It's stupid.
I like the song and love to sing it and did not intend to insult it or Key but he was a creature of his time and was irate with slaves assisting the Brits. Some SJW decide to topple a statue; I don't like toppling any of them but that is me. But if you are obsessed with wiping out all vestiges of slavery or anti black tendencies then Key is a target of sorts.
In the subway video, as I asked in another thread, I wonder what this was being filmed to begin with. Staged and planned? Where are the "men" to step in and beat the compound hell out of that POS? Same with the second brass knuckle video.
Wow, 20 arrests and still out doing this kind of crap. Yep, racial injustice for sure. Texas players should watch this crap.
Since slavery was still legal in England not sure what the slaves thought they were doing to help themselves in 1812
There was slavery and there was slavery. Would you like to pick cotton in Maryland or Virginia or be some foppish Limey's manservant? I suspect the beatings weren't as harsh in Britain. Slavery made sucking noises under any circumstances but getting sold down the river to Mississippi was not as likely over there Lots of good books on slavery. Roll Jordan Roll is the best. On Texas there is An Empire For Slavery, which is also superb. It all depended on who owned you and what line of work he was in. Houston and Travis were both very benign but others less so
This guy will eventually be shot by police after fighting with them, running and taking their weapons. Then he will be an angel and a martyr.
Probably already a hero to many for what he did to the women who dared to be white on that subway platform. Why can't I be in those places when that crap happens....
I would be okay with altering that third verse to something a little different. Let's face it, Keys wrote it as a poem not a song or an Anthem so us altering it should be well within our rights as a nation. I would not want us to get rid of it, but altering the words on a verse seldom sang is not a huge deal to me.
All vestiges of slavery..... So pretty much everything in this country. Gee great. No. No I dont support this. View history through the lens of the present is one of the most dangerous and destructive forces in todays world.
Idiots in DC are trying to create their own CHOP. Fortunately, it looks like the police have stopped it.
These guys are *******. They don't do it when some big white dude is around. They wait until it's only women and dudes with man-buns.
St. John’s church vandalized again. The same church where priests objected to Trump clearing out protesters and complained he did a publicity stunt by holding a bible. Okay, what now? Does the church want it taken over for the black house? Appeasement will not work with these vile terrorists. If the government won’t stop it, soon the free people will.
Never feel sorry for the cannibal that is eaten by other cannibals. The President saved their butts and they pissed on him, so they can save their own butts now.
