The Star Spangled Banner is over 200 years old... 200 mf'n years old. Fuck that clumsy, British drinking song... fuck that bulky confusing complicated war mongering racist bullshit.
Amazing Grace is a million times better than that bullshit.
I also like "Which Side Are You On?" by Florence Reece, Or "All you fascists bound to lose" by Woodie Guthrie, or "This land is your land"... From California to the New York island; From the red wood forest to the Gulf Stream waters; This land was made for you and Me." also a Woodie Guthrie song.
All of those songs would be a billion, no... a gazillion times better as a national anthem than "The Defense of Fort McHenry".
You know about that Woodie Guthrie song he sang about Donald Trump's father? Check it out. It turns out... Drumpf's father, who was Woody Guthrie's landlord, was racist when it came to housing. There's a shocker. Trump would have the sames issues to deal with later.
"Amerika.. fuck yeah!" from Team Amerika; & "Uncle Sam goddamn" by Brother Ali would also be strong contenders for our new national anthem.
"Welcome to the United Snakes... home of hte thief, land of the slave... Grand imperial guard where the dollar is sacred and proud."
"Gangster's Paradise" by Coolio is a good one too. It's a timeless classic;
sidenote Tomi Lehran.. she reminds me of the white woman that Emmitt Till whistled at, with all of her faux white supremacist outrage. Hey, Tomi... remember what happened to Willie James Howard in Florida in 1944 when he sent a Christman card to a white girl? Of course you don't, Tomi.
It's weird how a bunch of the lynchings of Black men, or boys, for that matter, start out because with some privileged cunt bitching about nothing. Like having Christmas cards sent to them. Or being whistled at. Or argued with, as was the case with David Walker, whose entire family was murdered. Or a QB who sat down during a shitty racist 1814 song.
anyways.
Tomi Lehran won't like this, but it turns out, that not only is the Star-Spangled Banner racist as shit, but so was it's author, Francis Scott Key, who was a smug white supremacist POS, was also a descendent of generations of slave owners... generations & a slave owner himself.
ol Frank Key called his African brethren "a distinct and inferior race of people" & then said that having blacks & whites integrating and intermingling amongst one another in common humanity was THE greatest evil afflicting communities.
Ol Frank Key helped to organize the first meeting of the American Colonization Society in 1817, which sent some 2,000 folks to Afrika. That was his solution to the Negro question. Ship 'em back to Africa. But definitely don't liberate them. Don't you fk'n liberate them. Nor talk about it. Nor have any pieces of paper with words on it about the liberation of Black folks.
Not here. Not in these united states.
Francis Scott Key, ol Frank Key, the authored the Star Spangled Banner, which is a racist song that celebrates the slaughter of the Black Marines during the War of 1812 at the Sack of Baltimore, the battle of Fort McHenry.
Don't believe me? Read the 3rd stanza of the Star-Spangled Banner... ol Frank hated the British, but he particularly hated the Black Marines... who he was most shocked by, since Black folks were an "inferior" race.
And why did Black Marines fight for the British?
For freedom.
It turns out that Black folks were far more likely to find freedom and independence under the Union Jack than they were under the “Star-Spangled Banner.”
In fact the same was true during George Washington's war as well. The first emancipation proclamation ever issued in the United States was by Lord Dunmore, John Murray... the 4th Earl of Dunmore, then the Royal Governor of Virginia.
And there's a strong argument that says, it was because of Lord Dunmore's emancipation proclamation, was the main reason why George Washington was persuaded to fight a war against the British. To protect his ownership of his 318 African-American slaves.
GW owned slaves, and so did Francis Scott Key.
In 1800 or 1801, ol Frank Key invested in 1 slave, and by 1820, ol Frank Key had owned 6 human beings that he kept in bondage.
and really, just that fact alone, that Frank Key owned slaves, is good enough of a reason for me, for Colin Kaepernick's silent sit down one time, kneel down the next time, protest.
Also, I bet ya, even if I had "videotape evidence of of Francis Scott Key raping Black babies", the racist jingoistic douches will still continue on with their racist jingoistic douchery. The Tomi Lahren's of the world doesn't change their minds when confronted with evidence.
Francis Scott Key owned slaves. 1 in 1800, and 6 in 1820. Any of them women? You think ol Frank may have raped any of his slaves? I wouldn't put it past an oppressor to do some heinous shit like that.
ol Frank Key himself owned slaves, and he fought against the abolitionists, as well as being an ardent foe of free speech & the right to privacy.
Eventually, ol Frank Key would put Dr Reuben Crandall on trial, a show trial, and while Reuben Crandall was in jail awaiting trial, Dr Reuben Crandall would catch TB, and would die shortly thereafter.
Why did the state prosecutor of Washington DC capture, imprison, and put Dr Reuben Crandall on trial? Because some of his slave-catching Constables found some abolitionist pamplets in his private lockbox in his home.
Reuben Crandall thought the institution of slavery was bullshit, but he hated alcohol drinking worse. WHen it came to Reuben Crandall's anti-slavery views, Reuben Crandall was silent about it... the "crime" that Reuben Crandall had committed, according to ol Frank Key, was that Reuben Crandall had pampletts in his private possession... Dr. Reuben Crandall had some pieces of paper inside of a box inside of his home... and those papers had scribbles on them about the barbarity of slavery.
That's it.
That's why ol Frank Key had him killed.
Sure... he didn't kill him directed. But he attacked his reputation. And he pushed for the death penalty, but ol Frank Key wasn't successful with that.
Dr Reuben Crandall caught TB, and woud up dying in Jamaica, 3 years after the infamous Snow White Race Riots of 1835 in Washington DC, 3 years after he caught TB from being in ol Frank Key's jail.
ol Frank Key didn't kill Dr. Reuben Crandall, no, he didn't.
But then again, yeah, he did.
Amazing Grace is a million times better than that bullshit.
I also like "Which Side Are You On?" by Florence Reece, Or "All you fascists bound to lose" by Woodie Guthrie, or "This land is your land"... From California to the New York island; From the red wood forest to the Gulf Stream waters; This land was made for you and Me." also a Woodie Guthrie song.
All of those songs would be a billion, no... a gazillion times better as a national anthem than "The Defense of Fort McHenry".
You know about that Woodie Guthrie song he sang about Donald Trump's father? Check it out. It turns out... Drumpf's father, who was Woody Guthrie's landlord, was racist when it came to housing. There's a shocker. Trump would have the sames issues to deal with later.
"Amerika.. fuck yeah!" from Team Amerika; & "Uncle Sam goddamn" by Brother Ali would also be strong contenders for our new national anthem.
"Welcome to the United Snakes... home of hte thief, land of the slave... Grand imperial guard where the dollar is sacred and proud."
"Gangster's Paradise" by Coolio is a good one too. It's a timeless classic;
sidenote Tomi Lehran.. she reminds me of the white woman that Emmitt Till whistled at, with all of her faux white supremacist outrage. Hey, Tomi... remember what happened to Willie James Howard in Florida in 1944 when he sent a Christman card to a white girl? Of course you don't, Tomi.
It's weird how a bunch of the lynchings of Black men, or boys, for that matter, start out because with some privileged cunt bitching about nothing. Like having Christmas cards sent to them. Or being whistled at. Or argued with, as was the case with David Walker, whose entire family was murdered. Or a QB who sat down during a shitty racist 1814 song.
anyways.
Tomi Lehran won't like this, but it turns out, that not only is the Star-Spangled Banner racist as shit, but so was it's author, Francis Scott Key, who was a smug white supremacist POS, was also a descendent of generations of slave owners... generations & a slave owner himself.
ol Frank Key called his African brethren "a distinct and inferior race of people" & then said that having blacks & whites integrating and intermingling amongst one another in common humanity was THE greatest evil afflicting communities.
Ol Frank Key helped to organize the first meeting of the American Colonization Society in 1817, which sent some 2,000 folks to Afrika. That was his solution to the Negro question. Ship 'em back to Africa. But definitely don't liberate them. Don't you fk'n liberate them. Nor talk about it. Nor have any pieces of paper with words on it about the liberation of Black folks.
Not here. Not in these united states.
Francis Scott Key, ol Frank Key, the authored the Star Spangled Banner, which is a racist song that celebrates the slaughter of the Black Marines during the War of 1812 at the Sack of Baltimore, the battle of Fort McHenry.
Don't believe me? Read the 3rd stanza of the Star-Spangled Banner... ol Frank hated the British, but he particularly hated the Black Marines... who he was most shocked by, since Black folks were an "inferior" race.
And why did Black Marines fight for the British?
For freedom.
It turns out that Black folks were far more likely to find freedom and independence under the Union Jack than they were under the “Star-Spangled Banner.”
In fact the same was true during George Washington's war as well. The first emancipation proclamation ever issued in the United States was by Lord Dunmore, John Murray... the 4th Earl of Dunmore, then the Royal Governor of Virginia.
And there's a strong argument that says, it was because of Lord Dunmore's emancipation proclamation, was the main reason why George Washington was persuaded to fight a war against the British. To protect his ownership of his 318 African-American slaves.
GW owned slaves, and so did Francis Scott Key.
In 1800 or 1801, ol Frank Key invested in 1 slave, and by 1820, ol Frank Key had owned 6 human beings that he kept in bondage.
and really, just that fact alone, that Frank Key owned slaves, is good enough of a reason for me, for Colin Kaepernick's silent sit down one time, kneel down the next time, protest.
Also, I bet ya, even if I had "videotape evidence of of Francis Scott Key raping Black babies", the racist jingoistic douches will still continue on with their racist jingoistic douchery. The Tomi Lahren's of the world doesn't change their minds when confronted with evidence.
Francis Scott Key owned slaves. 1 in 1800, and 6 in 1820. Any of them women? You think ol Frank may have raped any of his slaves? I wouldn't put it past an oppressor to do some heinous shit like that.
ol Frank Key himself owned slaves, and he fought against the abolitionists, as well as being an ardent foe of free speech & the right to privacy.
Eventually, ol Frank Key would put Dr Reuben Crandall on trial, a show trial, and while Reuben Crandall was in jail awaiting trial, Dr Reuben Crandall would catch TB, and would die shortly thereafter.
Why did the state prosecutor of Washington DC capture, imprison, and put Dr Reuben Crandall on trial? Because some of his slave-catching Constables found some abolitionist pamplets in his private lockbox in his home.
Reuben Crandall thought the institution of slavery was bullshit, but he hated alcohol drinking worse. WHen it came to Reuben Crandall's anti-slavery views, Reuben Crandall was silent about it... the "crime" that Reuben Crandall had committed, according to ol Frank Key, was that Reuben Crandall had pampletts in his private possession... Dr. Reuben Crandall had some pieces of paper inside of a box inside of his home... and those papers had scribbles on them about the barbarity of slavery.
That's it.
That's why ol Frank Key had him killed.
Sure... he didn't kill him directed. But he attacked his reputation. And he pushed for the death penalty, but ol Frank Key wasn't successful with that.
Dr Reuben Crandall caught TB, and woud up dying in Jamaica, 3 years after the infamous Snow White Race Riots of 1835 in Washington DC, 3 years after he caught TB from being in ol Frank Key's jail.
ol Frank Key didn't kill Dr. Reuben Crandall, no, he didn't.
But then again, yeah, he did.
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