Zone1 And so the bridge renaming battle begins.

[1srelluc]

When the Bridge in MD is Rebuilt, Rename it Because Francis Scott Key Was a Slave Owner

Francis Scott Key wrote “The Star Bangled Banner,” but he was also a slave holder

www.theroot.com

We should not, in 2020-whenever-the-bridge-is-rebuilt, be naming things in honor of former slaveholders.

Yep, Key had that colonial fever. He bought his first slave in 1800 or 1801. Even at that long-ago date, slavery had ceased being an unquestioned aspect of American life.

There were people who questioned its morality, abhorred its horrors. Key bought a few more Black people during his life and had seven or eight when he died in 1843.

As an attorney, Key represented some freedom-seeking slaves and slave owners who wanted their human property returned.

I'm thinking The Freddy Grey Memorial Bridge.....At least you can pronounce it.

Hey, maybe The King Syrup Bridge as the HQ is there and it would honor all the sugar that used to go through there.

 

[rightwinger]

Harriet Tubman was a Marylander and was enslaved not too far from that bridge

 

[odanny]

Naming the bridge is the least of their problems.

 

[1srelluc]

Naming the bridge is the least of their problems.

Evidently it's never too early to race-bait/destroy history.

 

[okfine]

Evidently it's never too early to race-bait/destroy history.

It should be named after a black just to chap your ass, right?

 

[el midgetron]

I can’t believe it’s 2024 and we are still using terms like “black box”……

 

[mudwhistle]

When the Bridge in MD is Rebuilt, Rename it Because Francis Scott Key Was a Slave Owner

Francis Scott Key wrote “The Star Bangled Banner,” but he was also a slave holder

www.theroot.com

We should not, in 2020-whenever-the-bridge-is-rebuilt, be naming things in honor of former slaveholders.

Yep, Key had that colonial fever. He bought his first slave in 1800 or 1801. Even at that long-ago date, slavery had ceased being an unquestioned aspect of American life.

There were people who questioned its morality, abhorred its horrors. Key bought a few more Black people during his life and had seven or eight when he died in 1843.

As an attorney, Key represented some freedom-seeking slaves and slave owners who wanted their human property returned.

I'm thinking The Freddy Grey Memorial Bridge.....At least you can pronounce it.

Hey, maybe The King Syrup Bridge as the HQ is there and it would honor all the sugar that used to go through there.

The January 6th Memorial Bridge.

 

[mudwhistle]

I can’t believe it’s 2024 and we are still using terms like “black box”……

We aren't, the media is.

 

[1srelluc]

I can’t believe it’s 2024 and we are still using terms like “black box”……

Put that shit in conspiracy theories.

 

[Polishprince]

How about the H. Rap Brown Bridge? The civil rights activist was active in Maryland, and has nothing really named after him in the state.

 

[jwoodie]

How about I Hate Trump Bridge?

 

[Polishprince]

How about I Hate Trump Bridge?

Libs won't like it when the name is shortened and the "I Hate"is deleted from the name

 

[gtopa1]

Why not "Trump Bridge for Better America"........sounds fine to me!!! Or MAGAbridge?? Nice!!!



Greg

 

[ozro]

If the "Francis Scott Key Bridge" is an offensive name to a certain group of people, I suggest they just don't use it. Just stay on your side of the fucking river.

 

[E. Pluribus]

Don't Run Into Me Bridge.

 

[Natural Citizen]

How about the H. Rap Brown Bridge? The civil rights activist was active in Maryland, and has nothing really named after him in the state.

Also, Baltimore's Mayor took the opportunity to speak on this tragic event to tell us all how much he dislikes white straight males while also affirming that his purpose in life is to make white folk uncomfortable and afraid.

He don't look like much to me, though...

 

[Lisa558]

Harriet Tubman was a Marylander and was enslaved not too far from that bridge

Why does everything have to be renamed after a black, or renamed at all for that matter? They are busy renaming roads and schools after blacks, and let’s face it - they’re only about 13% of the population.

Let’s keep it as the Francis Scott Key Bridge. As the author of a wonderful National Anthem, and at the spot where he was inspired to write it, that name remains the most appropriate.

Is the Democrats’ hate for whites and our National Anthem really that extreme??

 

[The Irish Ram]

Why not name it the Volodymyr Zelensky?

 

[Lisa558]

How about the H. Rap Brown Bridge? The civil rights activist was active in Maryland, and has nothing really named after him in the state.

Why does everything have to be decided by race? Did he have anything to do with the National Anthem? Fort McHenry?

 

[Concerned American]

When the Bridge in MD is Rebuilt, Rename it Because Francis Scott Key Was a Slave Owner

Francis Scott Key wrote “The Star Bangled Banner,” but he was also a slave holder

www.theroot.com

We should not, in 2020-whenever-the-bridge-is-rebuilt, be naming things in honor of former slaveholders.

Yep, Key had that colonial fever. He bought his first slave in 1800 or 1801. Even at that long-ago date, slavery had ceased being an unquestioned aspect of American life.

There were people who questioned its morality, abhorred its horrors. Key bought a few more Black people during his life and had seven or eight when he died in 1843.

As an attorney, Key represented some freedom-seeking slaves and slave owners who wanted their human property returned.

I'm thinking The Freddy Grey Memorial Bridge.....At least you can pronounce it.

Hey, maybe The King Syrup Bridge as the HQ is there and it would honor all the sugar that used to go through there.

Obrador wants it named the Hernandez-Illegal Immigrant bridge, because he built it.