Posted on 11/08/2017 7:57:13 AM PST by Zakeet
I believe “hireling” referred to the British forces in general. German merks were not as common in 1814 as 35 years earlier. Americans looked on professional soldiers as the dregs of a society who could do little else. While the term ‘slave’ does reference runaway slaves as you state, it also refers to the compulsory nature of the Royal Navy. Impressment of American seamen was a primary casus belli, and Key’s one night aboard a British man o war likely did little to dissuade any belief he held that the Royal Navy used slave labor.
“Although it appears to be insanity, it’s not. It’s just the anacronistic “colored people” club trying desperately to remain relevant.”
As Chris Rock says: Who’s more racist, black people or white people? Answer: Black people. Black people hate Black people too, and there are two sides, Black people and Niggaz, and Niggaz have got to go!”
Here are the opening lyrics to the #1 Rap Song on the Billboard Chart:
"Rockstar", by Post Malone
I've been *uckin' hoes and poppin' pillies
Man, I feel just like a rockstar (star, ayy, ayy)
All my brothers got that gas
And they always be smokin' like a Rasta (-sta)
*uckin' with me, call up on a Uzi
And show up, name them the shottas (-tas)
When my homies pull up on your block
They make that thing go grrra-ta-ta-ta (ta, pow, pow, pow, ayy, ayy)
Oh, I see the trigger. In the last stanza, Francis Scott Key uses the word “freemen.”
Obviously, he was writing about being free from England, but I can certainly understand why some would need a safe space to recover from a stanza that no one ever sings. /s
I never thought (or read) about the anthem word “slave” as possibly referring to impressed British sailors. So I looked it up. And by golly, you’re right.
From Wikipedia:
Key may have intended the phrase as a reference to the British Navy’s practice of impressment (kidnapping sailors and forcing them to fight in defense of the crown), or as a semi-metaphorical slap at the British invading force as a whole (which included a large number of mercenaries)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star-Spangled_Banner
Agreed.
They are spoiled-rotten brats. Need to be slapped. And often. Not by their abusive welfare queens, either.
And Skittles, in honor of Ferguson. I guess those riots, where people hurt their neighbors and their small businesses, were more important than the Revolution.
I need to watch "The Patriot" again. Getting nauseated here.
[[Years ago no one would have thought about replacing the anthem for “racist” reasons.]]
And years ago parents would have NEVER allowed their local schools to push homosexual propoganda in the schools,
and years ago the people would have never stood for legalizing homo marriage-
an years ago people would never have allowed punk kids burning the flag
and years ago parents would have never stood for being told they could not bring their child to reparative therapy if their confused sick child thought they were were gay
and years ago we never would have stood for people claiming they are another sex
and years ago we never would have stood for politicians forcing us to call obvious males or females something other than what they are-
and years ago... so on and so forth
And Yet we did allow it all eventually
Nor mine...
Nor Mine!
If the leftist Democrats continue with this kind of anti-American rant, Trump will win in a historic blowout in 2020.
Bet the rent.
I would think “Jose, can you see” would be popular with the grievance industry.
Sorry. Was on a phone and in a hurry. I meant to say, “Whitey”.
To be replaced by some cop killer hip hop song.
Payback is a merciless bitch-—and it IS coming.
This verse would make their heads explode:
In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea,
With a glory in His bosom that transfigures you and me;
As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free!
While God is marching on.
Time to cut off the spigot. The decades of transfer payments and special programs for the black community has failed. Time to stop throwing good money after bad.
I'd go with "Big Boy Pete" or "Stagger Lee".
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