After the collapse of the Francis Scott Key bridge, the Related Press wasted completely no time dashing to politicize the historical past round Francis Scott Key, the writer of the nationwide anthem.
By no means let a disaster go to waste, proper? It’s virtually like they’re making ready for a suggestion that it’s renamed for another person.
That is what the media does now. Have a look:
Who was Francis Scott Key, whose namesake bridge fell? His poem grew to become ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ https://t.co/Y5tMA75Dob
— The Related Press (@AP) March 26, 2024
From the story:
Whereas the primary verse of the anthem is probably the most well-known, there are a complete of 4 stanzas; within the third, there’s a reference made to a slave. Key, whose household owned folks and who owned enslaved folks himself, supported the thought of sending free Black folks to Africa however opposed the abolition of slavery within the U.S., based on the Nationwide Park Service’s Fort McHenry Nationwide Monument and Historic Shrine.
His private historical past has made him a controversial determine in some quarters; in June 2020, a statue of him in San Francisco was taken down.
It’s all so predictable, isn’t it?
Solely took 12 hours for “the bridge was racist” articles.
— brit (@pashedmotatos) March 26, 2024
Gearing as much as rename the bridge already, are we?
— GumSlinger (@GumSlinger) March 26, 2024
Apparatchiks already positioning to rename it ‘The George Floyd Memorial Bridge’
— The Realest Realist (@ProGunMemes) March 26, 2024
Do your followers really not know who Francis Scott secret is? If sure, is it since you taught them that “The Star-Spangled Banner” is racist?
— Matt Elliott (@MonarchosMatt) March 26, 2024
When did the media remodel right into a bunch of scoldy social justice activists?
