The National Anthem Is A Dastardly ‘Neo-Confederate Symbol,’ Salon Declares [edited title]

[IAMX 3,055]

 

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The National Anthem Is A Dastardly ‘Neo-Confederate Symbol,’ Salon Declares

 

Salon, the far-left media outlet, has declared that “The Star-Spangled Banner” is America’s national anthem because “neo-Confederates elevated” the song “as a way of honoring southern slaveowners’ rebellion.”

Salon staff writer Jefferson Morley’s meandering essay, published Sunday, charges that “neo-Confederates developed” the concept of “singing ‘The Star-Spangled Banner'” — and also Memorial Day.

The recent removal of a statue of former Supreme Court Chief Justice Roger B. Taney in Maryland “is the manifestation of a popular awakening that goes beyond bringing down statues of Confederate heroes like Stonewall Jackson,” Salon says.

The leftist website that has hailed socialist basket case Venezuela as an ‘economic miracle’ spends a great deal of time discussing Taney, who served as chief justice from 1836 to 1864 and earned notoriety for writing the 1857 Dred Scott decision, which found that blacks were not citizens. The completely overturned ruling is widely regarded as one of the worst in the history of American jurisprudence.

 

President Andrew Jackson appointed Taney to the Supreme Court, Salon notes. Jackson also appointed Francis Scott Key, a slave-owning attorney and a dabbling poet, as the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia in 1833.

Key wrote “The Star-Spangled Banner” 19 years before Jackson appointed him to the federal government position and 22 years before Taney became a Supreme Court judge — and 47 years before the outbreak of the Civil War.

Salon claims that “Key’s ‘Star-Spangled Banner,’ with its lyrics deriding black people who took up arms to gain their freedom in the War of 1812, became a point of pride for Southerners.”

According to Salon, “In the decades following the Civil War, the defeated South strove to establish rituals such as Memorial Day, which honored the veterans of northern and southern armies equally, implying equality of respect for their causes.”

 

http://dailycaller.com/2017/08/29/the-national-anthem-is-a-dastardly-neo-confederate-symbol-salon-declares/

 

Now that they're realizing tantrums won't get Trump impeached, they're moving onto other topics they stand a better chance of winning at..

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to equate thread title with cited article

[CaliCat 3,957]

It would help if you added the lyrics to the anthem:

 

O Canada!
Our home and native land!
True patriot love in all thy sons command*

With glowing hearts we see thee rise,
The True North strong and free!

From far and wide,
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.

God keep our land glorious and free!
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.

O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.

Official French:

O Canada, terre de nos aieux, 
Ton front est ceint de fleurons glorieux. 
Car ton bras sait porter l'épée, 
Il sait porter la croix. 
Ton histoire est une épopée 
Des plus brillants exploits. 
Et ta valeur, de foi trempée, 
Protégera nos foyers et nos droits. 
Protégera nos foyers et nos droits. 

source: http://www.lyricsondemand.com/n/nationalanthemlyrics/canadanationalanthemlyrics.html

[Teddy B 17,251]

[smilesammich 10,727]

tantrums about slate op eds are totally en vogue. the only thing cooler are whispers of looming impeachment.

[CaliCat 3,957]

4 minutes ago, smilesammich said:

tantrums about slate op eds are totally en vogue. the only thing cooler are whispers of looming impeachment.

 

Since we're exploring the musical themes...

 

Snowfall in July,

With tantrums and fits,

Made up conspiracies, and Trump’s crazy twits,

Antifa nightmares, small violins,

These are a few of my favorite things.

 

[IAMX 3,055]

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Anti-American leftist fascists aren’t satisfied with tearing down historical monuments. They’re now slamming the national anthem as a racist “neo-Confederate” symbol.

Keep in mind that liberals never raised this issue during the 8-year presidency of Barack Obama — the nation’s first black president. No, they waited until eight months into President Trump’s tenure to denounce the Star Spangled Banner as a symbol of racism.

 

Here’s the inane liberal argument: Writer Jefferson Morley claims “neo-Confederates elevated ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ from patriotic tune to national anthem as a way of honoring Southern slaveowners’ rebellion.”

 

Morley offers no proof for his race-baiting assertions, which originally appeared in the liberal activist website Alternet and was republished by Salon.

That reminds me: Shouldn’t Jefferson Morley change or disavow his “racist” name because it invokes the memory of noted slaveholder Thomas Jefferson? Just sayin’.

 

The Star Spangled Banner was written by Francis Scott Key in 1814 to memorialize the Battle of Baltimore at Fort McHenry during the War of 1812.

The War of 1812 was between British and American forces and their allies. They were not fighting over slavery. 

When writing the “Star Spangled Banner,” Francis Scott Key recalled being filled with awe after noticing that the U.S. flag at Fort McHenry had survived an 1,800-bomb assault.

The U.S. national anthem is a tribute to the American flag; it’s not ode for or against slavery.

Moreover, the music for the Star Spangled Banner was composed by John Stafford Smith in 1773 — almost a century before the Civil War. Trying to retroactively tie the national anthem to the pro-slavery movement defies logic.

 

So what’s next? Should we tear down the White House (which Barack Obama blithely lived in for eight years) since it was built by slaves?

 

http://www.bizpacreview.com/2017/08/29/leftists-slam-star-spangled-banner-symbol-racism-end-530595

 

[Dashinka 24,109]

Again, we need to scrap the entire Constitution and adopt the Antifa and BLM manifestos.  It is time to do away with that racist sexist document and let the elites tell us how to live in a Socialist Democratic paradise where everyone, citizens, LPRs, illegals, etc. can vote, but only the elites are able to count the votes just like Venezuela.

[IAMX 3,055]

4 minutes ago, Bill & Katya said:

Again, we need to scrap the entire Constitution and adopt the Antifa and BLM manifestos.  It is time to do away with that racist sexist document and let the elites tell us how to live in a Socialist Democratic paradise where everyone, citizens, LPRs, illegals, etc. can vote, but only the elites are able to count the votes just like Venezuela.

More accurate than you can imagine, especially given all the methods the left used to try and overturn a Democratic election because people didn't vote their way.

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[CaliCat 3,957]

Swig, eh!

Edited August 30, 2017 by CaliCat

[Teddy B 17,251]

7 hours ago, Bill & Katya said:

Again, we need to scrap the entire Constitution and adopt the Antifa and BLM manifestos.  It is time to do away with that racist sexist document and let the elites tell us how to live in a Socialist Democratic paradise where everyone, citizens, LPRs, illegals, etc. can vote, but only the elites are able to count the votes just like Venezuela.

We have a winner!!!

 

[CaliCat 3,957]

2 hours ago, Teddy B said:

We have a winner!!!

 

 

How's your VJ bingo card coming along? I'm three shy of winning a first-class round-trip ticket to Caracas! LOL. 

[Teddy B 17,251]

5 minutes ago, CaliCat said:

 

How's your VJ bingo card coming along? I'm three shy of winning a first-class round-trip ticket to Caracas! LOL. 

The only thing left I need is a "Moochelle Obama" and I've got bingo!

[Jacque67 7,328]

7 minutes ago, Teddy B said:

The only thing left I need is a "Moochelle Obama" and I've got bingo!

You're a winner! (Trying not to use up my precious plus ones; a new me)

[Teddy B 17,251]

Just now, Jacque67 said:

You're a winner! (Trying not to use up my precious plus ones; a new me)

Abstinence is best Jacque!

[Jacque67 7,328]

Just now, Teddy B said:

Abstinence is best Jacque!

Boy, it's tough! Don't know how long I can keep it up!