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Civil rights groups call for collapsed Baltimore bridge to be renamed when it's rebuilt because legacy of national anthem author Francis Scott Key is 'clouded with racism accusations'
Dailymail ^ | April 09, 2024 | Germania Rodriguez Poleo

Posted on 04/10/2024 9:17:34 AM PDT by backpacker_c

Civil rights groups are calling for the collapsed Baltimore bridge to be renamed when it's rebuilt, citing accusations of racism against national anthem author Francis Scott Key.

Leaders argued that the The Star-Spangled Banner author -who the collapsed bridge was named after - was a slave owner who wrote lyrics that scholars have said 'demeaned black people.'

They have asked for the bridge to be renamed after late congressman Parren J Mitchel, the first black man from Maryland elected to the US House of Representatives.

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Society
KEYWORDS: bridge; francisscottkey; fsknameracist; makeitracist
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Of course, they would...

Can't have white people be honored, when white people have been oppressing and disinfranchising blacks throughout history and denying blacks their equity or superiority....

according to crt...

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1 posted on 04/10/2024 9:17:34 AM PDT by backpacker_c
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To: backpacker_c

How did I know that was coming.


2 posted on 04/10/2024 9:18:48 AM PDT by Tommy Revolts (,,)
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To: backpacker_c

Wouldn’t it make a hell of a lot more sense just to save the money and not rebuild it? They didn’t put up new Robert E. Lee statues and “rename” them? Cancel Culture Club fags need to be fair here.


3 posted on 04/10/2024 9:19:31 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (I can't wait until the "media" is printing headlines like, "Trump Reverses Biden-era Policy.")
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To: backpacker_c

after all, look what they’ve achieved in S.A. since chasing out white farmers and landholders. out standing. and starving.


4 posted on 04/10/2024 9:21:25 AM PDT by Qwapisking ("IF the Second goes first the First goes second" L.Star n )
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To: backpacker_c

Who did not see this coming raise your flag......................


5 posted on 04/10/2024 9:22:04 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: backpacker_c

How about these black and whatever else groups and leaders pay for the bridge, then they can name it what they want.


6 posted on 04/10/2024 9:22:34 AM PDT by Red6
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I imagine they’ll name it after the black guy who wrote the MFL’s Super Sunday “Black” National Anthem.


7 posted on 04/10/2024 9:24:13 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (I can't wait until the "media" is printing headlines like, "Trump Reverses Biden-era Policy.")
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How about these black and whatever else groups and leaders pay for the bridge, then they can name it what they want.

How about paid for *and* built with only black labor?

8 posted on 04/10/2024 9:28:10 AM PDT by CatOwner (Don't expect anyone, even conservatives, to have your back when the SHTF in 2021 and beyond.)
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So ‘accusations’ are sufficient. Got it. Now I hope all the locals accuse these demo-commie scum of racism for saying this, and make it clear we can’t listen to them because their reputation is ‘clouded by accusations of racism’.


9 posted on 04/10/2024 9:28:43 AM PDT by curious7
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To: backpacker_c
Enough of this racism crap.

Everyone gets discriminated against because human beings don't trust people who are different than them. Animals are the same way. It's bake into the cake--human nature.

If you want racism to end, show people that you can be trusted.

10 posted on 04/10/2024 9:29:37 AM PDT by RoosterRedux (A person who seeks the truth with a closed mind will never find it. He will only confirm his bias.)
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To: backpacker_c

To be called “F You White People Bridge.”


11 posted on 04/10/2024 9:33:06 AM PDT by subterfuge (I'm a pure-blood!)
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“ are calling for the collapsed Baltimore bridge to be renamed when it’s rebuilt, citing accusations of racism ”

As expected.
As Patton said about Rommel, “I read your book” .

These people only have a very short book with one chapter, so they are 100% predictable.
Anything named after a white male needs to be erased and renamed after someone with darker skin.


12 posted on 04/10/2024 9:34:26 AM PDT by HereInTheHeartland (Have you seen Joe Biden's picture on a milk carton?)
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Name it the George Floyd Bridge. Make it a draw bridge. The draw bridge part should resemble a police officer forcing a black man to the ground when going down.

Is that PC/CRT enough?

13 posted on 04/10/2024 9:34:36 AM PDT by who_would_fardels_bear (Kafka was an optimist.)
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To: backpacker_c

The Slave Reparations Money Bridge would work.


14 posted on 04/10/2024 9:34:59 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (I can't wait until the "media" is printing headlines like, "Trump Reverses Biden-era Policy.")
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They heard all the suppositions on social media and decided, “why not?”

What lyrics in our National Anthem are demeaning to blacks?


15 posted on 04/10/2024 9:35:00 AM PDT by Thank You Rush
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Sure. And while we’re at it, we’ll rename the barge as “The Thug Boat”.


16 posted on 04/10/2024 9:35:47 AM PDT by LittleBillyInfidel (This tagline has been formatted to fit the screen. Some content has been edited.)
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Don’t bother rebuilding it. Leaving it a disaster area makes for a better monument to the civil rights movement.


17 posted on 04/10/2024 9:36:48 AM PDT by escapefromboston (Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none.)
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To: RoosterRedux

I called it within several hours after the collapse!


18 posted on 04/10/2024 9:37:09 AM PDT by Wally_Kalbacken
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To: FlingWingFlyer

Nothing they say or even believe is consistent.

The modern liberal / leftist is a spoiled child. An amoral punk with a huge attitude and feeling both entitled and a victim at the same time.

They are truly disgusting humans inside and out, weirdos, dysfunctional, and think that everyone should be more like them, example: https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTJbOZmkLqykEgRLu6cYzzcfcnh4vTa2-BDQhwlZhgkN3GMZuC659M4TVCv&s=10


19 posted on 04/10/2024 9:38:12 AM PDT by Red6
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To: Tommy Revolts

So many freepers predicted this it started to get tedious.


20 posted on 04/10/2024 9:38:39 AM PDT by TalBlack (I We have a Christian duty and a patriotic duty. God help us.)
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